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rangerdon1
September 18, 2007
I introduced Mike to holdem 32 years ago. We played headup for hours at a time. Mike and I played the North Carolina/Virginia circuit for years. The same circuit Chris Bell, Michael Gracz and other pros frequent. Mike moved to vegas because no one would play with him anymore. He beat them too consistently. Heis the best 8 or better player I've ever seen. Remember, 8 or better used to be very popular.

I would put him up against the top 10 anyday

UMfanNohio
December 4, 2006
I wouldn't put him in the top 10. As far as Sexton's accomplishments in Poker...those saying he sucks and can't play, why don't you check out some things.

In the 2006 WSOP Sexton is in the Top 10 in tournament winnings with 3.1 million and 37 cashes. His biggest accomplishment was winning the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions with the 1 million dollar prize (beating out Daniel Negreanu). In which he donated 500,000 to charity.

Sexton may be more well known for his commentating on the WPT but there's no doubt the man knows how to play. How do you think he gets invited to shows like Poker Superstars and also he'll be on NBC's upcoming 'Poker after Dark' with the usual top quality players (Chan, Ivey, Helmuth, Negreanu, Farha...etc)

bad_dog76
August 31, 2006
Who cares if McMahon is on steroids? That's not the point.

?????
August 17, 2006
At least he's not on steriods, like that faggot McMahon

bad_dog76
August 11, 2006
Dude looks like a fat Vince McMahon from the WWE! I bet McMahon could whoop his ass in a fight and in poker

alan
July 13, 2006
Did you study the players on wpt?

HomePokerGames Admin
February 25, 2006
And I wonder what his cut of the Party IPO was.

HomePokerGames Admin
February 25, 2006
I just wish he did some real hand analysis during the WPT instead of dumbing it down.

?????
February 25, 2006
Simply the best!

gulfport.
September 29, 2005
You turkeys don't know shit.
You assume that he's a know-nothing since he's mainly known as a talking head.

He's the furthest thing from it.
Sexton has a world class game. Was/Is a regular at the 'big games' in Vegas and played as a pro long before the 'poker boom' that we are in now. He was one of Stu Ungars best friends.

Here's a list of his cashes and wins going back to 89 and as best I can tell, Sexton is a millionaire just from Tournament Poker.
I would venture that every single person blabbering their mouths couldn't claim a SINGLE cash in a major, nor a single win in any event whereas Sexton has many.

So, please shut up.
Don't know the guy, have never played with the guy but I do know for sure that he is 'qualified' to say the least.

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12-Jun-05 United States $ 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 10th $10,930

05-Mar-05 United States Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em
2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Las Vegas 5th $75,000

19-Jan-05 Australia Pot Limit/No Limit Speed Poker
Crown Australian Poker Championships - 2005, Melbourne 1st
A$ 120,000 $ 93,293

18-Jan-05 Australia A$ 10,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
Crown Australian Poker Championships - 2005, Melbourne 11th
A$ 30,000 $ 23,323

15-Jan-05 Australia A$ 5,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
Crown Australian Poker Championships - 2005, Melbourne 3rd
A$ 16,000 $ 12,439

11-Dec-04 United States $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em
Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, Las Vegas 13th $ 11,967

11-Nov-04 United States $ 500 No Limit Hold'em
2004 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket 12th $ 5,802

08-Jul-04 France € 3,000 Omaha Cup - Pot Limit Omaha
Rendez Vous a Paris, Paris 6th € 8,300 $ 10,120

15-May-04 United States $ 1,500 Seven Card Razz
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004, Las Vegas 10th
$ 4,840

26-Apr-04 United States $ 1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004, Las Vegas 18th
$4,120

29-Aug-03 United States $ 1,000 Half Hold'em & Half Omaha Hi/Lo
2003 Legends of Poker, Los Angeles 7th
$ 2,275

17-Jul-03 England £ 750 No Limit Holdem
European Poker Championships 2003, London 8th
£ 4,742 $7,733

19-Apr-03 United States $ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em
34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003, Las Vegas 7th $18,920

10-Feb-03 France € 5,000 European Heads Up Championships
Euro Finals of Poker 2003, Paris 1st
€ 65,000 $ 69,968

16-Jan-03 United States $ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo
The Fourth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open, Tunica 3rd $14,744

09-Oct-02 Aruba $ 300 No Limit Hold'em
2002 Caribbean Poker Classic, Palm Beach 7th
$ 560

18-May-02 United States $ 1,000 Seniors No-Limit Championship
33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002, Las Vegas 2nd $68,860

12-Feb-02 United States $ 500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
2002 L.A. Poker Classic, Los Angeles 18th
$ 648

11-Nov-01 United States $ 500 No Limit Hold'em Championship
2001 Gold Rush, San Francisco 2nd
$ 12,800

19-Oct-01 United States $ 100 7 Card Stud
2001 Fall Classic, Shakopee 5th
$ 407

14-May-01 United States $ 10,000 Championship Event
32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001, Las Vegas 29th $30,000

01-May-01 United States $ 2,000 Texas Hold'em (pot limit)
32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001, Las Vegas 9th
$ 8,380

27-Apr-01 United States $ 1,500 Omaha (pot limit)
32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001, Las Vegas 16th
$4,175

26-Apr-01 United States $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better
32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001, Las Vegas 15th
$3,345

12-Dec-00 United States $ 500 No Limit Hold'em
2000 United States Poker Championship, Atlantic City 7th
$ 2,050

09-Jul-00 United States $ 130 Omaha Hi-Lo
2000 Orleans Open, Las Vegas 9th
$ 1,045

01-Jul-00 France FF 10,000 No Limit Holdem
Summer Tournament 2000, Paris 11th FF 10,000
$ 1,454

15-May-00 United States $ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold'em
31st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2000, Las Vegas 12th $52,160

11-Mar-00 France FF 30,000 European Holdem Championship
Euro Finals of Poker 2000, Paris 1st
FF 1,153,500 $ 169,657

02-May-99 United States $ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em
30th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1999, Las Vegas 23rd
$ 4,605

08-May-98 United States $ 5,000 Seven-Card Stud
29th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1998, Las Vegas 10th
$7,800

02-May-98 United States $ 2,500 Seven-Card Stud Split
29th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1998, Las Vegas 14th
$3,000

03-May-97 United States $ 2,500 Seven-Card Stud Split
28th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1997, Las Vegas 9th
$ 4,388

03-Jul-96 England £ 500 Omaha
Grosvenor European Open Championships, London 4th
£ 2,900 $4,461

25-Jun-96 England £ 100 Seven Card Stud
Grosvenor European Open Championships, London 5th
£ 550 $ 846

09-May-96 United States $ 5,000 Seven-Card Stud
27th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1996, Las Vegas 7th $13,000

02-May-96 United States $ 2,500 Seven-Card Stud Split
27th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1996, Las Vegas 4th $16,450

23-Apr-96 United States $ 2,000 Limit Hold'em
27th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1996, Las Vegas 27th
$5,280

15-May-95 United States $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995, Las Vegas 23rd $17,300

08-May-95 United States $ 2,500 Seven-Card Stud
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995, Las Vegas 8th
$ 7,000

01-May-95 United States $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995, Las Vegas 9th
$ 8,235

29-Apr-95 United States $ 1,500 Seven-Card Razz
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995, Las Vegas 6th
$ 8,280

28-Apr-95 United States $ 1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995, Las Vegas 5th $15,900

27-Apr-95 United States $ 1,500 Omaha Limit
26th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1995, Las Vegas 4th $14,820

28-Apr-94 United States $ 2,500 Omaha 8 or Better
25th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1994, Las Vegas 5th $14,163

03-Jul-93 England £ 1,000 British Open Main Event NLH
1993 Festival Of Poker, London 5th
£ 4,350 $ 6,465

10-May-93 United States $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship
24th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1993, Las Vegas 24th $12,000

23-Apr-93 United States $ 1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split
24th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1993, Las Vegas 6th $11,340

11-May-92 United States $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship
23rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1992, Las Vegas 23rd
$ 8,080

05-May-92 United States $ 5,000 Omaha Pot Limit
23rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1992, Las Vegas 4th
$16,800

13-May-91 United States $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship
22nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1991, Las Vegas 24th
$9,200

May-91 United States $ 1,500 Omaha Pot Limit
22nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1991, Las Vegas 7th
$ 5,475

07-May-89 United States $ 1,500 Omaha Pot Limit
20th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1989, Las Vegas 6th
$ 9,450

04-May-89 United States $ 1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split
20th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1989, Las Vegas 1st $104,400

Unregistered
August 23, 2005
This once again proves the fact that all fat fucks are good at poker. Maybe not in his case.

McDaddy11
August 22, 2005
Him and that mad jerk Caro are worst players I ve seen ever.Caro knows all tells cause he invented that shit, just raise him, and he folds like a baby. He could never possibly guess what the fuck u have, and u know him, wannabe rock.

McDaddy11
August 22, 2005
he is the worst player in practice, knows everything as commentator, I would like to take some money from him, he is like a open book.

Unregistered
August 20, 2005
horseshit...The worst fucking player on the tour.

gulfport.
August 19, 2005
I don't think people understand how much he has done for poker. Aside from the movie Rounders, Mixe Sexton has been a driving force behing the commercialization of poker that we have seen in recent years. He was pretty much the man who convinced TV producers that poker on TV (on a semi-regular basis) would fly. If you enjoy poker on TV, thank Mike Sexton for it. As far as his own card skills, he is a great player. He isn't a Brunson or a Hellmuth or a Ungar, but he definitley plays at that 98th percentile level that, depending on how the cards fall, could easily wind him up at a final table or two and beat anyone on any given day.

delightfuldogs
August 6, 2005
I've learned alot listening to and watching him play.

englishcat
August 6, 2005
Hey Sexton, may all your wives be ugly and all your pot, green. LOL.

To Phil
July 25, 2005
Then why do u have trouble paying bills?

Phil Hellmuth Jr.
July 22, 2005
This guy is cool. He makes the WPT cool. He is a lil fat but hey its all good. Id own him any day of the year.......i've won a 9 Wsop Bracelets. Yall are jealous of me. ;) I could easily woop all yer asses. So dont play!

Stu Ungar
July 19, 2005
Hey Mikey! I knew I could find you here. Thanks for all the nice things you said about me in the book. But by the way, I am in need up here. Moses took me down by hitting a two outer on the river. Can you loan me a few bucks? Thanks!

MikeRizzTheProphet
July 18, 2005
This guy needs to be escorted from the table and the mic. He is one of the worst commentators I have ever seen and heard. The face of the game is young - the face of the game is Phil Ivey, it is Scott Fischman. It is not Mike Sexton. Alot of people watch the WPT on tv and it sucks that we have to listen to this guy. Vince is bad enough, but tollerable. He needs a funny, young sidekick to interject some thoughtful insight on a game that Mike obviously knows nothing about. He consistantly makes amature mistakes on professional stages, on and off the mic. Im sure he had his run but this guy is washed up. I completely aggree with Maestro up there about what the commentators really need to be talking about, I remember thinking to myself during a telecast the exact same thing. And for god sake's producers, listen up!!!! We know how to play hold 'em!!!!!!!! We know what drawing dead means!!! And if the person watching doesn't know, let them figure it out or ask someone else in the room, or better yet - dont waste your time watching poker on tv if you dont even know what a turn card is. Im tired of it. Same goes for the WSOP on ESPN. If I have to see that guy make his 10's full of Kings one more time im gonna lose my mind. You don't hear basball announcers teaching us how 4 balls means you get to go to first every freakin game!!!! Poker needs a new voice, someone witty and someone who knows the game in and out. Someone like me, thats why im in broadcasting school currently. Maybe someday I can save all of our ears from this guy who is in the wrong profession.

twhacker
July 14, 2005
playing a solid game at poker superstars

maestro
July 3, 2005
I think that Mike Sexton needs to improve the commentary all round. He (along with all the other commentators) need to start commentating like the audience knows how to play the game. I understand that in popular media poker is a relativly new game for the masses, however name one other sport that spends more time explaining what the terminology/rules are than what is actually being done. They need to start commentating on WHAT THE PLAYERS ARE THINKING. That is what its all about, what the other players might have, what their bets are representing, the possabilities. Fair enough we can see what they actually have, but thats not the point, they players cant, so you should judge, or commentate, according to what they acctually have, they need to start commentating on what the community cards COULD become with two extra cards. It is just the next step that televised poker need to take, we are beyond the beginner stages, move on. Also if I hear Mike Sexton make another stupid comment, like repeating, word for word what a player has just said on the table I will scream, how stupid does he think we are. i.e. Player says: "I just cant get a good hand", Mike says: "They're saying they cant get a good hand down at the table"....thanks Mike we heard it for ourselves.

greatwhite
July 2, 2005
Although he is the most helpful commentator on TV he has got to learn some things still. 82 is the second worst starting hand, not 83 for example. Also it is spades not SPADE! Alot more helpful with the game than the guys at the WSOP though.

Omar the Tentmaker
June 26, 2005
He is a good commentator, but plays too much by the book to be a top no limit poker player.

vincen
May 25, 2005
vince mcmahons twin brother??? wrestler?

Vince
May 25, 2005
This guy thinks he knows it all, every angle.. yet would probably bust out in 312th place in any real world poker tour event.

Observer
May 21, 2005
What's the deal with that hair piece he's wearing in the photo? He must take it off outside of commentating.Another thing - on the world poker tour. Both him and vince sit close to the table and are suppose to be commentating as it happens. The problem is that they're so close that you'd think the players might hear em say "look at that, hes got the big slick" since they dont quieten their voices and its usually pretty quiet. Secondly, since they only show a select few hands but the commentary sounds continuous like its hand after hand. So obviously they must dub it in later and not really commentating as it happens.

chadn50
April 29, 2005
Does Mike Sexton have a problem with singular and plural when it comes to card suits? Why can he say: Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs—but insists on saying "Spade?" Soooooo annoying! Vince VanPatten may not know as much about poker as Mike, but he can at least say Spades...

Big Ern
March 3, 2005
Mike Sexton is a GREAT poker player. If you bothered to WATCH Poker by the Book you would have noticed that Mike made hardly ANY mistakes. He was eliminated rather quickly but it had nothing to do with his gameplay being flawed. If you know poker you know Mike is one of the VERY BEST.

Unregistered
March 2, 2005
"OK...Give us a flop"

sexton sucks
February 22, 2005
this guy is a complete clown, your typical railbird "he should of done this" "he should of done that" did you see Sexton on the wpt's poker by the book? he went out in 10 minutes!

nfl footbal 94
February 20, 2005
lol, at the john madden comparison. it's funny all the stuff he says. mike, just remember, you get to see the cards..... the players don't. all and all he is a good commentator. he adds unintentional humor to poker.

I call it how I see it
February 12, 2005
This guy has a bad accent, he insults good poker players' intelligence the way he always states the obvious. It reminds me of John Madden. The guy also says "he's heading for whitewater" too often. Other than these few negatives....I'm sorry he's still a bad commentator

Unregistered
January 29, 2005
It always makes me laugh when he says "World Poker Tour" Just something about how he says it.

Enkhbat
December 7, 2004
I think his favourite thing to say is "he says OK give us a flop" :)

ickgoo
November 18, 2004
he's good to listen to but jessie may rocks...

slvsc2
November 16, 2004
Mike is a good commentator but I'm growing tired of his comments on players not playing hands that he wouldn't touch as a player. Sometimes he is overly critical. He may do that because he needs to bring some analysis to the game since Vince doesn't know how to say anything beyond "big slick," and "American Airlines."

wizardofoz
October 23, 2004
Makes the game very interesting to watch and breaks the hands down very well, and I also love his passion for the game.

Stormin Norman
October 8, 2004
Norman Chad who? This guy is the real deal!

Gus is the man
September 4, 2004
Mike Sexton is GOD!! Clearly a much much better announcer than lon and normon chad.

Ratsyboy
August 25, 2004
Bingo Bango Bongo!Mike Sexton is just an awesome presenter,the only reason he sticks to basic commentary is because it works!,When you start making it complicated thats when people will switch off!Watch out for his crazy hands Van Patten!!

GreenMountainDragon
July 29, 2004
He's talking about pre-flop position, which is probably the most important time to have position because the dealer can bail out w/out losing any $ or raise and force the blinds if everybody folds in front of him. Powerful position.As for Sexton and Van Patten, they both have to stop treating the audience like morons and focus on advanced topics rather than bone basic commentary. In fact, does the WPT really need both of them?

p3vorion
July 17, 2004
i would like to know why mike always says that a player is in position when he is on the button,,he says because tthe player has seen what the other players are going to do,,,it seems to me that the big blind would be the favorable position as he/she has seen what all the players are going to do,,. thanks

Gman
June 29, 2004
Mike seems to be a really good guy who has a great love for poker and is really trying to help it grow and expand. He is a good person for poker in general.

Garry Wilson, UK
June 26, 2004
Made No LImit Hold'em great in the UK

Jacob Mugutberg
June 7, 2004
This former Ohio St. gymnast is a terror on the matt as well as the felt. His commentary is TOP ONE. Sexton is a good no limit player and also does one heck of a floor exercise.

OSU gynamstics rocks
June 7, 2004
what are you talking about, sexton has had success in the wsop, get your head out of your arse

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Mike Sexton June 6, 2004
better commentator then player - not a No lmit hold em player at all