Biggest Poker Celebrity You've Met?

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About 3 years ago I was drunk and stumbling along the busy vegas strip and I bumped into Eli Elezra. I stopped him saying "HEY YOURE ELI ELEZRA!!" His face lit up, he smiled real big and shook my hand. I'm a guy that grew up in Kansas so seeing celebrities is always a big deal for me.

What's the biggest poker celeb you've ever met?
 
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I've never met any celebrity, I hope one day!
 
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phantomjiujitsu said:
About 3 years ago I was drunk and stumbling along the busy vegas strip and I bumped into Eli Elezra. I stopped him saying "HEY YOURE ELI ELEZRA!!" His face lit up, he smiled real big and shook my hand. I'm a guy that grew up in Kansas so seeing celebrities is always a big deal for me.
What's the biggest poker celeb you've ever met?
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hi hi
i never met one yet *sighs* BUT i am going to Malta for the EPT and will surely meet some famous players?
 
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I have never met anyone famous. But my friend met Antonio Esfandiari. And she said he was nice.
 
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Chris Moneymaker. Won a steakhouse dinner with him at Run It Up Reno in April!
 
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Doyle at the WSOPE 2008. He as sat on the same table as Barry Greenstien.
 
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Chris money maker in 2012 in Aria las Vegas, asked for a photo and he accepted but my phone was out of memory and didn't took it :(.
 
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I played an Event during Millions North America and Mike Sexton was sitting to my right.
 
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Hi.
Unfortunately, I have never met anyone from celebrities.
 
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I played with ....

I played with Igor Kurganov and Tobius Reinkemeier, and it was the same tournament
 
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TulasMoreno said:
Chris money maker in 2012 in Aria las Vegas, asked for a photo and he accepted but my phone was out of memory and didn't took it :(.
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:( I was taking a pic of me and Humberto Brenes and I held the camera up and instead of snapping a pic I turned it off :(
didn't realize it till he was gone :(

I took pictures with lots of pros and 90% of them were of horrible quality. :(
my camera was crap and my skills were worse :(
 
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jaymfc said:
:( I was taking a pic of me and Humberto Brenes and I held the camera up and instead of snapping a pic I turned it off :(
didn't realize it till he was gone :(

I took pictures with lots of pros and 90% of them were of horrible quality. :(
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Dad story just like mine ☹️
 
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I have not met them yet! However, in the future, I hope I will play with them at the same tables!:):):)
 
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I have never met poker selebrity. But I would like to meet Daniel Negreanu, he is my idol in the field of poker, it would be one of the best days of my life.
 
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The most star struck I’ve ever been was when I played against Dan Harrington in the wsop main event at what turned out to be one of the funnest tables of my life. I first started taking poker seriously when I read his tournament series back in college, and he is such a genuinely warm and smart person. Was a very full circle moment for me when Harrington (jokingly) complained to Collin (they’d met through their book publisher before) about me check/raising him all the time. Such a fun day on the felt that years later it feels kind of more like it was a dream haha
 
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I'm pretty sure I ran into T.J. Cloutier at the Winstar Casino in Oklahoma.. He denied that he was.,... But he lives in Texas so it wouldn't be impossible that it was him. Sure looked like him.
 
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Chris Moneymaker. He had special poker tournament at the casino here and played it. During breaks he was meeting everyone and taking pictures with everyone. Just an awesome tournament.
 
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Katie Dozier said:
The most star struck I’ve ever been was when I played against Dan Harrington in the WSOP main event at what turned out to be one of the funnest tables of my life. I first started taking poker seriously when I read his tournament series back in college, and he is such a genuinely warm and smart person. Was a very full circle moment for me when Harrington (jokingly) complained to Collin (they’d met through their book publisher before) about me check/raising him all the time. Such a fun day on the felt that years later it feels kind of more like it was a dream haha
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What a good emotion!
 
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