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Title: Words committing suicide Post by: MereNovice on July 14, 2016, 12:15:20 PM From http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/update/1ULG/gustavo-lopes-leads-as-day-2c-comes-to-a-close/
... and defending champion Joe McKeehen (183,900), who will hoping to do the impossible and win back to back Main Event titles. A feat that has not been accomplished since Johnny Chan managed it in 1987 and 1988. Title: Re: Words committing suicide Post by: tikay on July 14, 2016, 06:21:57 PM ;) Almost impossible, perhaps? Impossible except when it was last done, maybe? Title: Re: Words committing suicide Post by: Tal on July 14, 2016, 07:16:44 PM ;) Almost impossible, perhaps? Impossible except when it was last done, maybe? Increasingly difficult? Herculean achievement? Title: Re: Words committing suicide Post by: MereNovice on July 14, 2016, 07:32:30 PM Any of those phrases would be an improvement.
Personally, I wouldn't have offered 5,000/1 on him achieving the "impossible" this year. It was the reporter's immediate contradiction of the original assertion that chafed the most. I also thought there was an ideal opportunity to use a semi-colon, too. |