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Today I met Amarillo Slim at Harrah's New Orleans and shook his hand. He seemed like quite a nice guy and a gentleman to boot. But the excitement of meeting a legendary figure blew over in an anticlimactic fashion when I realized that the game he was playing was 5-5 PLO. The world's greatest gambler, who once played for millions against the likes of Larry Flint and Pablo Escobar, is now sitting at some pathetic casino playing small stakes.
Tomorrow, I'm going to sit down at the 5-5 PLO game (which I've never played for any decent amount of money) and try to get a story out of him. Old guys usually love to tell their stories and I think it'll be super awesome to hear what he has to say. Besides, I always love good conversations at the poker table. It's definitely one of the best ways to enjoy the game we all play---certainly much better than being the douchebag with sunglasses, hoodie, and an ipod stuck in his ear.
BTW I had one of the best sessions ever at 1/2 today in terms of good play. I only won 1k, but those were all from winning multiple small pots. I may have hit the weaker parts of the villain's range a lot, but I know that I played outstanding poker for the most part. Also, a couple nights ago I took about $33 left on cake, played $16 sitngoes, satted into Cake's monthly $268 250K GRTD and busted 57th (QQ < AK, 66 > AJ AIPF) for a small cash (~$540), which I grinded up to 1k in two cash sessions. let me know if you want any cake money.
Peace
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edzwoo United States. Feb 03 2010 04:15. Posts 5911 | | |
lol sick life. 5 more months or so and maybe I'll hit up live games on a regular basis. |
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vlseph United States. Feb 03 2010 04:25. Posts 3026 | | | |
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PanoRaMa United States. Feb 03 2010 05:54. Posts 1655 | | |
Interesting, I've seen him a couple times in Macau but I've never known of his legacy or anything |
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Mariuslol Norway. Feb 03 2010 08:30. Posts 4742 | | |
Thought you were going to write Phil Ivey!! |
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