riffpoker
Rock Star
Silver Level
FROM THE MOVIE CINCINATTI KID 1968. AFTER EDWARD G (LANCEY) MADE A HUGE RERAISE.
Slade: How the hell did you know I didn't have the king or the ace?
Lancey Howard: I recollect a young man putting the same question to Eddie the Dude. "Son," Eddie told him, "all you paid was the looking price. Lessons are extra."
Slade: How the hell did you know I didn't have the king or the ace?
Lancey Howard: I recollect a young man putting the same question to Eddie the Dude. "Son," Eddie told him, "all you paid was the looking price. Lessons are extra."
GSpicoli
Rock Star
Silver Level
I'm sure someone else has said this but my favorite quote is from someone I can't stand. Phil Helmuth "If it wasn't for luck, I'd win every hand"
If you think his antics are bad on TV wait until you see him in person. I have been witness to his nonsense at Garden City and Bay101 in San Jose on several occasions.
If you think his antics are bad on TV wait until you see him in person. I have been witness to his nonsense at Garden City and Bay101 in San Jose on several occasions.
Makwa
Undesirable Predator
Silver Level
FYI, at Treetop Strauss: Chip and a Chair
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Yesterday, we covered the alternate story linking Treetop Jack Strauss to the phrase “All you need is a chip and a chair”. Today we look at the mainstream version of the tale, the one that history managed to record successfully.
When Strauss embarked on his World Series career, things looked promising. He was aggressive before aggression was a keyword in every poker player’s vocabulary. His reputation as a strong, unpredictable player intimidated opponents into folding up like so many lawn chairs. He finished second to the great Johnny Moss in his first series in 1971. He was primed to take his seat on the throne.
Unfortunately for Strauss, ’71 was as close as he’d get in that decade. Other, more dedicated players surpassed him as he lived life to the fullest. He couldn’t keep up with the players who spent more time at the table than he did. His WSOP seemed to agree with the sentiment, plummeting downwards through the turn of the decade.
Finally, Strauss broke through in the 1982 Series to take the title, but not before a very close brush with elimination. Strauss was knee-deep in a hand whose details have been forgotten by time, but we do know that at one point he silently moved his stack into the middle of the pot. His opponent called, matching him chip for chip. The cards were turned over and Strauss had lost.
Jack stood up, put on his coat and started collecting himself when he found one last $500 chip underneath his cocktail napkin. The fact he hadn’t actually announced himself all-in meant that he was still alive, surviving on a technicality. By today’s rules, he would have been eliminated, but the ruling stood and Jack survived.
He took off the coat, sat back down, moved all-in on the next hand and won. He moved in again and doubled again. Two days later, he was the only player with chips, as a ten on the river helped his A-10 beat Dewey Tomko’s A-4 to win the title. We’ll go into more detail on that tomorrow.
