Phil Ivey: The Cristal Balla

This is obviously made up and retarded.

it would be better if the business men read the note, thought about it for a minute and then minraised 400 bottles back to Ivey who then folded and kept the 400 bottles leaving the tab to the business guys and another note that said "welcome to poker"

I remember Tom Dwan's wikipedia page had a story where he was on an airplane and asked some guy to borrow his charger for his laptop. And at the end of the plane ride he gave it back to the guy and an envelope with $800 or something. They removed it though.

Not sure if that is true or not.

yeah i think i read that he gave the guy like a .5% freeroll

On June 22 2009 10:51 ToTehEastSide wrote: it would be better if the business men read the note, thought about it for a minute and then minraised 400 bottles back to Ivey who then folded and kept the 400 bottles leaving the tab to the business guys and another note that said "welcome to poker"

rofl, obv.

LOL i gots a boner and i really hope this story is true.

There's a great story from Vegas - mid 90's I think (before most of you were born ). Kerry Packer (now deceased) used to play baccarat for silly money (one weekend he lost $16M and he lost $28M in a few weeks in London).

Anyway - Kerry loved betting big and the only place he could do it was Vegas but he liked being in private rooms with private tables. At the time he couldn't get a private room so he was in a high roller area and on a table nearby was a Texan oil millionaire surrounded by his ladies making a huge racket apparently this guy wanted to play Kerry at poker.

Kerry got pretty pissed at this guy and asked him how much he was worth. The Texan said "$60M". Kerry took a coin out of his pocket and said - "I'll toss you for it".

On June 22 2009 18:42 4Kingell wrote: "I'll toss you for it".

extremely badass

bet - raise - reraise - reraise - reraise.................................................... fold ?

On June 22 2009 22:42 VanDerMeyde wrote: bet - raise - reraise - reraise - reraise.................................................... fold ... profit!

On June 22 2009 18:42 4Kingell wrote: There's a great story from Vegas - mid 90's I think (before most of you were born ). Kerry Packer (now deceased) used to play baccarat for silly money (one weekend he lost $16M and he lost $28M in a few weeks in London). Anyway - Kerry loved betting big and the only place he could do it was Vegas but he liked being in private rooms with private tables. At the time he couldn't get a private room so he was in a high roller area and on a table nearby was a Texan oil millionaire surrounded by his ladies making a huge racket apparently this guy wanted to play Kerry at poker. Kerry got pretty pissed at this guy and asked him how much he was worth. The Texan said "$60M". Kerry took a coin out of his pocket and said - "I'll toss you for it".

Apparently this is a true story but it was in a tournament, and it is written in Bob Stupack's book.

On June 23 2009 00:39 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On June 22 2009 18:42 4Kingell wrote: There's a great story from Vegas - mid 90's I think (before most of you were born ). Kerry Packer (now deceased) used to play baccarat for silly money (one weekend he lost $16M and he lost $28M in a few weeks in London). Anyway - Kerry loved betting big and the only place he could do it was Vegas but he liked being in private rooms with private tables. At the time he couldn't get a private room so he was in a high roller area and on a table nearby was a Texan oil millionaire surrounded by his ladies making a huge racket apparently this guy wanted to play Kerry at poker. Kerry got pretty pissed at this guy and asked him how much he was worth. The Texan said "$60M". Kerry took a coin out of his pocket and said - "I'll toss you for it". Apparently this is a true story but it was in a tournament, and it is written in Bob Stupack's book.

Yeah - there are a few versions but I am pretty sure it must have happened - even if the exact details are a bit vague.

On June 22 2009 23:04 dogmeat wrote: Show nested quote + On June 22 2009 22:42 VanDerMeyde wrote: bet - raise - reraise - reraise - reraise.................................................... fold ... profit!

kerry packer was like the richest man in australia, he owned a large chunk of the media outlets in the country

wow this kerry fellow is a mean baller.

lol wow he's the ugliest billionaire i've ever seen

On June 23 2009 18:51 YoMeR wrote: wow this kerry fellow is a mean baller.

what is this shit !

lol it looks like to me he is saying "How da fk did dat get in der"

like someone gave him a 1 instead of a 100

IF someone makes up a story about ivey.. why not a really good one :o