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Old school poker heroes

Sky_PokerSky_Poker Member Posts: 2,715
edited February 2015 in Poker Chat

Who were your first poker heroes?

Where are they now?

Have you ever met or played with them?
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker Member Posts: 2,715
    edited February 2015

    p.s. they dont necessarily have to be old!
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  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,185
    edited February 2015
    When I first started watching on TV & learning - Chris Ferguson. Guess we'll just move on from that one eh.
    I really like Gus. Fun to watch in games & has the right attitude. Comes across as a decent sort.
    Only mega famous player I've met is Orford. I've also met Tikay.
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  • VespaPXVespaPX Member Posts: 12,485
    edited February 2015
    In Response to Re: Old school poker heroes:
    p.s. they dont necessarily have to be old!
    Posted by Sky_Poker
    Well that rules TK out then !
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,640
    edited February 2015


    Kara Scott

    Liv Boeree

    Lisa-Marie Long.

    Purely based on all their poker knowledge.

     BTW.....LML was the very essence of what an SPT meant.She actually won a Cardiff Friday night side event way before Richard Orford had won his first hand of poker (FTR)
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  • BigHawk89BigHawk89 Member Posts: 627
    edited February 2015
    Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negrenu, Phil Ivey and Phill laak. 

    All brilliant in their own ways and very entertaining to watch!
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited February 2015

    Matt Matros, Roy 'the boy' Brindley and Tom Dwan. 

    Haven't heard anything about any of them for years! 

    :(
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  • shakinacesshakinaces Member Posts: 1,590
    edited February 2015
    Given I was one of those that were hooked on poker through the first series of Late Night Poker, it can only be Devilfish for me.

    I very much doubt that I will ever reach a level where I can play at the same table as any of the star names I've watched on screen... can but dream that my luckboxability will ever take me that far!
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  • mrsduckmrsduck Member Posts: 1,901
    edited February 2015
    Tom Dwan! :D where has he gone?!?
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  • SlipwaterSlipwater Member Posts: 3,660
    edited February 2015
    Phil Hellmuth was the first big name poker player to take my attention.

    Lately, when playing live, I've actually found myself shaking my head, and thinking (and sometimes saying, much to my bemusement) the kind of wisdom-nuggets that he offers others ;)

    I'm a much more talkative player because of him.
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  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,606
    edited February 2015
    In Response to Re: Old school poker heroes:
    Given I was one of those that were hooked on poker through the first series of Late Night Poker, it can only be Devilfish for me. I very much doubt that I will ever reach a level where I can play at the same table as any of the star names I've watched on screen... can but dream that my luckboxability will ever take me that far!
    Posted by shakinaces
    Same here. His book is quite a good read by the way. A very 'interesting' character, certainly not someone you would want to get on the wrong side of I think!
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  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,606
    edited February 2015
    Ram Vaswani? I remember playing a tennis match 15+ years ago and one of the opposition said he was a pro poker player, may have been him, certainly looked like him.
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  • dazed1dazed1 Member Posts: 58
    edited February 2015
    huck seed was the player i routed for when i started watching poker on tv,loved hearing all his prop bet stories,speaking of prop bets recently read a book about titanic thompson and couldnt put it down.
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  • a00rocka00rock Member Posts: 832
    edited February 2015
    Yeah Devilfish and John Duthie tho he was more famous for another game!
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