> I've been watching "High Stakes Poker" re-runs and am always amazed at how
> badly Jamie Gold plays.  It's astounding that a guy would go on TV and piss
> away that much money week after week.  Hell, even on those rare occasions
> when he does have the best of it, he manages to win the absolute minimum.
> The best thing this guy could do to improve his game would be to duct tape
> his mouth shut.  The deck ran over him in one WSOP ME and his cards were so
> good he over came his constant and revealing table talk.  But that one time
> miracle tournament is long gone.  And in perfect Jamie Gold style, he
> managed to lose half of his $12M first place money in a law suit to a guy
> who gave away a few tee shirts for him and miss out on God only knows how
> much endorsement money in the bargain.  I'm assuming Gold is pretty much
> broke now because you never see him on "High Stakes Poker" any more.  Plus,
> I saw an interview with Eli Elezra and he was talking about a player who
> once had $12M and is now too broke to play high limit any more.  He didn't
> mention Gold by name but there wasn't much mystery about who he was
> referring to.  My guess is all the high stakes players in Vegas shed a
> collective team when Gold went broke and dropped out of the high stakes
> games.  Don't get me wrong.  Gold seems like a pretty nice guy and he was
> entertaining to watch when he was throwing his money away.  But, over all,
> it's just kind of sad to watch.  If the guy had any friends they should have
> done a "poker intervention" before he lost all his money.  On a brighter
> note, I think there's a lesson in there some where.

> Irish Mike