|
|
rec.gambling.poker |
If he wasn't such a punk during the wsop i would shed a tear too. It amazed me how much he threw away also. I think i could beat him On Jul 6 2009 4:32 AM, Irish Mike wrote: > Irish Mike http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D3A0E9D9365E4D5B -------
> I've been watching "High Stakes Poker" re-runs and am always amazed at how December 21,2012 playlist
> 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.
* kill-files, watch-lists, favorites, and more.. www.recgroups.com