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Show StateSManSpOrtS Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 Weber State will be first test The beginning is joining the dark side up in Logan. finally upon us. If his 10-point, four rebound averThe View age in playing reserve minutes We've seen the little tastes of action during the two exhibition games is from from the blue and any indication, Grim's two years in Section F Logan most definitely will not be white game, the first game action versus described as dismal. Laval and the slightly MATT SONNENBERG Lastly, there is the point guard refined product of the position, which doesn't seem to team against Grand be carrying too much of a need for any kind of scoring punch given the Canyon. We've seen that Tai Wesley is even weapons that this team has in its arsenal. more of the unstoppable force that we As the old saying goes though, it's better remembered. We've seen that Brockeith to have it and not need it, than to need Pane looks like he is going to live up to it and not have it. Pane has shown that every bit of the hype generated around he can be a major threat in essentially all him over the past year. We've seen that aspects of the game as the starting point Brady Jardine is more than ready to play guard, but freshman James Walker has not starters, with a double-double in each of looked at all bad himself. the exhibition games. Seeing his first action at the college Questions remain about things such as level, Walker busted out an impressive Nate Bendall's foot injury, and the impact effort that consisted of six points, seven that will have on the season, but given the assists, two rebounds and two steals. All stellar play of Pane and Jardine thus far, of that was while committing just one this year's team appears to be plenty capa- turnover. In the team's second game, ble of picking up where they left off a year against Grand Canyon, Walker scored ago. My bet is still on them going plenty three, assisted three and rebounded three for another solid effort. All of this from a above and beyond last year's success. Despite Jardine going from superstar player sure to progress as the season goes off the bench to the team's starting power on. forward, my bet is on this year's bench Also waiting to make its impact on being among the best the head coach the team from somewhere outside of Stew Morrill has had in his tenure at Utah the starting lineup is none other than State. the 4,000 students who will pack the Leading that charge is the other super- Dee Glen Smith Spectrum for every USU star off the bench from a year ago, Brian home game. The exhibition games were a Green. True to form, Green shot exactly nice tune-up to the season, but now it is 50 percent from behind the 3-point line in time to bring back the same intensity from the two exhibition games so far, equaling the crowd that got the USU student body the same percentage he shot a year ago. mentioned among the nation's elite a year Aside from shooting alone, Green's game ago. just looks more polished and more refined There are several aspects of Utah State after another offseason of work. that stand out and excel on a national Down low there are two players, level. The basketball crowd very well could Matt Formisano and Morgan Grim, in be leading that charge. the mix to fill in for Wesley and Jardine. Like I said, the beginning is finally upon With Formisano, you know what you're us. We've gotten our taste of what is to going to get. There's nothing flashy about come, but Saturday it is finally here. Formisano's game, but it'll bring solid defense, above-average rebounding and Matt Sonnenberg is a senior majoring in some decent scoring presence, all while print journalism. Matt is an avid fan of being relatively mistake-free. Aggie athletics and can be found on the Grim, on the other hand, is a wild card. front row of every home football and After being highly recruited out of high basketball game. He can also be reached school, he played through two dismal at matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu. years at the University of Utah before Page 7 Canadian wins 8.98 million dollars in world poker tide LAS VEGAS (AP) — Quebec poker professional Jonathan Duhamel said he worked a series of bad jobs before getting into cards and making his living online at tables with $5 and $10 minimums. Now — if he wants — he might never have to work again. Duhamel won the World Series of Poker title and $8.94 million on Monday night, becoming the first Canadian to take down the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event in Las Vegas. "It is surreal. I could never dream of that. It's so huge — so big — it's a dream come true for me," Duhamel said after winning the gold bracelet. "I don't know what to think right now, I don't even know what I feel. It's just — it's amazing." Duhamel, who said poker has been his primary income for the past two years, was spending the night partying like a high roller with 125 friends and family in an unrentable suite at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Many in his group donned Montreal Canadiens jerseys in an ode to their hometown and national pastime. The Sin City suite reserved for celebrities and gamblers who easily lose tens of thousands of dollars in a single blackjack hand is a far cry from the Montreal suburbs, where the French speaking, NHL-loving Canadian said he plays hockey several times a week and hones his poker skills online. "I was aggressive on the final table, so I wanted to mix it up a little bit," he said. "I didn't fold at all, but I limped a little bit just to try to confuse him and have a good balance in my game." It didn't hurt that Duhamel started the night with a big chip lead and put away John Racener before the 24-year old tournament specialist could pick up good cards. With many of poker's biggest names watching, Duhamel took the last of Racener's chips after 43 hands. Racener was never better than a 4-1 underdog in chips in a session that lasted just over an hour — the finale for a tournament that started July 5 with 7,319 players paying $10,000 to enter. On the last hand, Duhamel pushed Racener all-in and Racener called with a suited king-eight of diamonds. But Duhamel had an unsuited acejack, giving him a 60 percent shot to win. A flop of two fours and a nine helped neither player; and Racener didn't improve with a six on the turn and a five on the river. Duhamel won the hand — and the tournament — with an ace high. "The only thing that I was thinking for the past four months was to be sure that my game is sharp and that I play good on the final table," Duhamel said. Racener won $5.55 million for second place, never finding real traction in the biggest heads-up card match of his life. Racener said his only good hand was pocket queens and he didn't pick up anything besides that better than an ace-deuce. "I could never get anything going," he said. "It was unfortunate and he played it well." Duhamel, who left the Universite du Quebec a Montreal during his second year studying finance, said he doesn't know how he'll spend most of his winnings, but pledged $100,000 to a foundation for kids in Montreal. Duhamel worked a series of odd jobs before playing poker full-time, mostly in cash games. The score was Duhamel's third cash in more than a dozen tournaments at the summer series, a 57-event spectacle that attracts bigtime rounders, wealthy amateurs and smaller tournament winners. But Monday's win — worth $8,944,310 — dwarfs the $43,000 he won in three earlier events this year. Duhamel hopes that money and the prestige of being a champion will help take his young career even further. "I'm going to be playing all those big tournaments and try to make other big scores," he said. "I'll be there next year in the World Series and try to do my best again." Rugby: Women shine continued from page 5 ities and skill. The Utah State team had already played in two games beforehand and each game had two 30-minute halves. After playing two solid hours of physically demanding rugby, one can hardly expect any team not to be dead tired. Football players only play for a total of 60 minutes in a game and will never play more than one game per day. These tough, impressive rugby athletes played three. Two Aggies also went out for eight minutes apiece for dangerous tackles when they tackled other players around the neck. Penalties in rugby are similar to those in hockey because when a team has a player penalized, the team has to play one person down. As if this weren't enough, injuries further plagued the team in the final game as many in the starting lineup were unable to play. This may have been a daunting task, but instead of throwing in the towel and asking for a forfeit, the USU team fought back. "Even though we lost the game, we were able to score and keep our heads up. No one asked me to call the game or pull them out. They only came out when injuries forced them to," Turner said. These rugby athletes play in the only full-contact female sport in collegiate sports. The team plays again this Nov. 13 at home against state rival BYU at 11 a.m. on the HPER field. "Today was a good day to play because we got our frustrations out and learned a lot. I'm confident for our game next Saturday (against BYU)," Turner said. — jace.miller@aggiemaiLusu.edu UTAH STATE RUGBY PLAYERS tackle an opponent from Utah Valley University.The Aggies played three games on Saturday, defeating both Montana and Utah Valley, before losing to a combined team from Weber State and Idaho State. Utah State will next take on Brigham Young this Saturday at I p.m. on the HPER field. ARMEN HOVSEPYAN photo - 74 Wednesday Nov 10, 2010 7:30PM Performance Hall USU Campus 6 DAY COLLEGE PASS $299 SALE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS. 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