Greatest Main Event Achievement Ever?

Sky_SamT · July 2014

Hi All,

Hoping you can help us settle an office debate.

We are debating what the greatest main event achievement ever is. We have 3 of us with 3 different opinions (of course you may think somebody else deserves this accolade).

The answer could be based around prestige, monetary value or against the odds. We have:

1) Dan Harrington 3/839 in 2003 and 4/2576 in 2004

2) Greg Raymer 1/2576 in 2004 and 25/5619 in 2005

3) Mark Newhouse 9/6352 in 2013 and at worst 9/6683 in 2014

Please vote below and if you want let us know why you have chosen what you have.

jimb0d1 · July 2014

Newhouse because of the size of the fields!

MAXALLY · July 2014

Maxally R/U in Primo, 2011

F_Ivanovic · July 2014

Tricky decision. If Newhouse can get a top 6 finish then I'd say Newhouse. Dan Harrington may have had smaller fields but he finished 3rd and 4th respectively. If Raymer made the last 18 in the 2nd one then I think it would be him definitely, but again finishing 25th is not that big of an achievment.

GaryQQQ · July 2014

Newhouse. Bigger fields, much tougher fields.

As I undertsand it the the number of hold'em wizards playing in this tournament has increased exponentially over the last 9 years.

scotty77 · July 2014

Yeah certainly Newhouse.

To be so focussed for 7 days too is incredible in itself.

Sky_SamT · July 2014

I think the votes speak for themself.

Seem this office debate has been settled in the expected manner.

MattBates · July 2014

Surely the greatest main event achievement was Jerry Yang winning?

hhyftrftdr · July 2014

Jamie Gold?

FCHD · July 2014

Johnny Chan winning two years running?

DootyCalls · July 2014

Got to be Dan Harrington for me. Anyone who ever read his books would realise he was possibly the only man in poker tighter than Tikay. To make one final table with that style is impressive - two almost impossible.

Good old Action Dan...

imallin24 · July 2014

Johnny chang winning main event 2 years running

tomgoodun · July 2014

In Response to Re: Greatest Main Event Achievement Ever?:

Maxally R/U in Primo, 2011
Posted by MAXALLY

lol..or even tomgoodun making day 2 of main event after qualifying via freeroll (on another site) and bein busto at same time as above mentioned Greg Raymer in 2010 out with AK allin pre v qq... board runs out A.K.4.10.J....a brag and unlucky story all in one..

rancid · July 2014

Jonny moss
Doyle brunson
stu ungar
jonny chan

GCDF · July 2014

Since they changed the starting stack from 10k to 30k, it become a much tougher field, gone are the days of a recreational player winning again.

Newhouse for me.

unknown_username · July 2014

Got to be Harrington everyone seems to forget he won the Main Event in 1995, he's also 1 of only 5 players to win both the main and a World Poker Tour Title ;')