WOW

The title of this blog is what I said about twenty times out loud after Eli Manning wrestled his way out of a sure sack and 4th and long coming up and fired a miracle to David Tyree who made an equally miraculous catch on the other side. After throwing about 5 potential picks in his "coming out party" drive, Eli threw the pass to Plaxico. I wish I had a camera on myself because I jumped up hugged the dog as I just pulled out a 4/4 prop bet and correct Super Bowl bet on the Giants.

My four prop bets
1. No score in last 2 minutes of first half
2. Plaxico Burress will score TD
3. NYG will score last
4. Tom Brady will have less than 1.5 rushing yards (sacks don't count negative)

That's my little brag.

Seriously though, I started thinking about if that was the best Super Bowl I've ever seen, so I decided to count down my top 5 favorite games since I could remember. The games I remember begin with the Dallas blow out of Buffalo in Super Bowl 27 to the present.

5. Super Bowl XXXII 1998 Denver 31 - Green Bay 24
I remember this because it was Elway's first Super Bowl and I was pulling for the Broncos for that reason. I wanted to be a fair kid and Favre just won one the year before. I still remember Denver driving and scoring in the last minutes of the game. I think it's one of the best matchups of QB's in NFL Super Bowl history.

4. Super Bowl XXXIX 2005 NE 24 - Philadelphia 21
Tom Brady on another game winning drive in a tight battle with T.O. gutting out a sprained ankle injury. If Philly wins, it would probably have been higher because I was pulling for them, and I think I just donked off a bunch of my Paradise Poker bankroll playing 40/80 limit hold em during the game.

3. Super Bowl XXXIV 2000 St. Louis 23 - Tennessee 16
STRETCH ANOTHER YARD PLEASE!!! Who can forget this ending in Super Bowl history? A goal line stop in the waning seconds of the game while hanging out in Z's basement with a middle aged man screaming for Warner to break his legs watching the game with me. This game was great and close and pitted two gritty QB's Warner and McNair against each other. Man did those guys fall out of their prime.

2. Super Bowl XXXVI 2002 NE 20 - St. Louis 17
A booming game winning field to shock the world when everyone dubbed the "greatest show on turf" unbeatable. Brady leads the team into great position by utilizing his under receivers and managing the game in great fashion. On top of that I had a $5 bet with Mike Z. after week 2 where I took the field and he had the Rams to win it all. I savored that Lincoln.

1. Super Bowl XLII NY Giants 17 - NE 14
When the game was at 7-3, I thought to myself that it had been a great game so far. Despite literally no offense, the defensive battle and every play mattering really intrigued me. Then Eli drove to take the lead. Then Brady drove to take the lead. Then in a miraculous drive that was probably the ugliest best drive in Super Bowl history, Manning came through and capped it off with a perfect pass. There were so many big plays in that last drive I was standing up on edge. Not only that, but they had to drive and score a TD in order to have a chance in the game. Many of the other Super Bowls had OT to fall back on in those game winning drives. This was do or die and every play mattered. Not only that, but the Patriots were going for the ultimate brag ever at 19-0. This was an unreal game and I loved every minute of it. On top of that, I don't even like either of these teams in the slightest. I despise NE, and when it comes to the NFC, I usually root for the Cowboys who are rivals with the G men. I had to drive to a casino to put money on this game just so I cared a little. I'm glad I started to care.



0/7 would correctly label my Sunday tournaments. I cut it short because I've had 3 good days prior and didn't want to dig myself into a 2k hole.

I'm looking forward to poker tomorrow at the Venetian. I'll be playing in the Deep Stacks Tournament there and can't wait. I've been itching to play live poker for almost a month as all the events have been around the globe and not in Vegas. This really kicks off a long stretch of live tournaments that I'm excited to play. I'm totally confident in my game right now, but I'm always looking to improve. The first event is a $330 buy in I believe. Most events seem to be $540 or so with a couple bigger events. I'll decide if I want to play the bigger events depending on how I do. I will be missing the H.O.R.S.E. event as I'm going home to see my niece, which is kind of disappointing, but I do expect to play that lower buy in event at the WSOP. I hope there are a few opportunities before that to play H.O.R.S.E live.


I have another article I'm working on for PocketFives and I'll link that as soon as it gets put up there. I write for them usually once a month.


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