He looks like the type of guy that would be a WSOP Poker player if he wasn't a track guy!
I can't agree with that one. I worked in the Horseshoe sportsbook and knew dozens of those guys. Maybe television presents them a lot differently than they are.
My summaries:
* Stu Ungar...very nice guy who always called me by slightly the wrong name but I never cared. Everybody liked him. He mostly bet baseball
* Doyle Brunson...never said a heck of a lot. Biggest sports bettor among the group. His standard bowl game wager was $55,000. But he took a lot of bad numbers because at that limit he would have to spread it around and he didn't have the patience to do that. A classic example of getting burned by a bad number was when he took Canes -8.5 in the 1989 season Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama. It was a blatantly awful price, to the point the rest of us in the room looked at each other in disbelief when he played it that way. The number was -7.5 all over town. Miami dominated but Alabama got some late breaks and a two-point conversion to spoil Doyle, 33-25
* Phil Hellmuth...even a bigger jerk than advertised. I remember Jack Binion mumbling about how difficult it was to deal with that guy as defending champion because Hellmuth wouldn't go along with anything expected of that role. He is the antithesis of Jakob because nothing he says is clever or interesting. Again, maybe television has twisted him beyond his worth. This was day to day
* Phil Hellmuth...even a bigger jerk than advertised. I remember Jack Binion mumbling about how difficult it was to deal with that guy as defending champion because Hellmuth wouldn't go along with anything expected of that role. He is the antithesis of Jakob because nothing he says is clever or interesting. Again, maybe television has twisted him beyond his worth. This was day to day
Can't get enough of Tony G trash talking Hellmuth, so entertaining.
He looks like the type of guy that would be a WSOP Poker player if he wasn't a track guy!
I can't agree with that one. I worked in the Horseshoe sportsbook and knew dozens of those guys. Maybe television presents them a lot differently than they are.
My summaries:
* Stu Ungar...very nice guy who always called me by slightly the wrong name but I never cared. Everybody liked him. He mostly bet baseball
* Doyle Brunson...never said a heck of a lot. Biggest sports bettor among the group. His standard bowl game wager was $55,000. But he took a lot of bad numbers because at that limit he would have to spread it around and he didn't have the patience to do that. A classic example of getting burned by a bad number was when he took Canes -8.5 in the 1989 season Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama. It was a blatantly awful price, to the point the rest of us in the room looked at each other in disbelief when he played it that way. The number was -7.5 all over town. Miami dominated but Alabama got some late breaks and a two-point conversion to spoil Doyle, 33-25
* Phil Hellmuth...even a bigger jerk than advertised. I remember Jack Binion mumbling about how difficult it was to deal with that guy as defending champion because Hellmuth wouldn't go along with anything expected of that role. He is the antithesis of Jakob because nothing he says is clever or interesting. Again, maybe television has twisted him beyond his worth. This was day to day
My brother is a pro poker player. He lives in Vegas and I've been to poker rooms for the every day cash games- you're assessment is correct.
I remember there was a guy called the Unibomber- mysterious on TV- hood up, over his face.
He came in to play (no TV just a game) all smiles and outgoing friendly, no hood, no hoodie (LOL).
I met Austin Slim- unfriendly always in a bad mood.
A few others who were popular when ESPN showed it came by.
My brother is a pro poker player. He lives in Vegas and I've been to poker rooms for the every day cash games- you're assessment is correct.
I remember there was a guy called the Unibomber- mysterious on TV- hood up, over his face.
He came in to play (no TV just a game) all smiles and outgoing friendly, no hood, no hoodie (LOL).
I met Austin Slim- unfriendly always in a bad mood.
A few others who were popular when ESPN showed it came by.
Could’ve been Phil Laak, he had the “Unabomber” nickname and played a lot of TV poker back in the day. He had a penchant for never shutting up though, so I don’t know if he would’ve ever come off as “mysterious” on air.
His jacket looks a little small for him, but yeah good looking couple
Not in the least. This is the proper fit. Americans wearing the sleeves to their knuckles and looking like they’ve got a bedsheet draped over them is not what the rest of the world does.
My brother is a pro poker player. He lives in Vegas and I've been to poker rooms for the every day cash games- you're assessment is correct.
I remember there was a guy called the Unibomber- mysterious on TV- hood up, over his face.
He came in to play (no TV just a game) all smiles and outgoing friendly, no hood, no hoodie (LOL).
I met Austin Slim- unfriendly always in a bad mood.
A few others who were popular when ESPN showed it came by.
Could’ve been Phil Laak, he had the “Unabomber” nickname and played a lot of TV poker back in the day. He had a penchant for never shutting up though, so I don’t know if he would’ve ever come off as “mysterious” on air.
I would guess Phil Laak. Tournament poker is very similar to running which is why alot of former track athletes are top level poker players.
Examples:
Chris Brewer (Total: $20,686,025) - 1,500m 3:43 - Former Oregon Track Star
Jason Koon (Total: $46,100,000) - Former NAIA Track Athlete
There are much more guys that are former track athletes
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