FossilMan is an A$$HOLE in person

[Russ McGinley]

I met FossilMan today at the poker room in Jacksonville, FL. What a jerk. He acts all nice and helpful on this site but in real life, it's a whole different story. First, he charged $5 for an autograph. Then he refused to talk to people for more than 30 seconds, and he actually had a stopwatch to time the conversation. I tried to ask him about his WSOP appearances in 2002 and 2003, and he just said "I'm only going to talk about this years event because I won it, making me the WSOP Champion." and so on. Just a bunch of bragging. GET OVER YOURSELF ALREADY.

<font color="white">Haha, just kidding. Greg was very nice in person and we did chat for probably 5 minutes or so about his past WSOP experiences. I thought it was interesting that he ponied up the 10K in 2002. He said on the radio that a lot of people think you have to qualify and that a regular guy with 10k can't just walk in and play. I also didn't know why he was in the audience for the 2002 final table. He said he's good friends with Russell Rosenbloom, who finished 4th or 5th I believe, and that he is also friends with Varkonyi and his teacher whose name escapes me. Anyway, Greg told me to make a post about him being an a$$hole as a joke, so Greg when you read this I hope you laugh.</font>

[wacki]

He was very nice to me. He didn't charge me, and I even walked up to him when he was sitting at a poker table and he had no problem taking his time talking to me.

[M.B.E.]

You got a bargain; I paid him $10 for an autograph.

[wacki]

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You got a bargain; I paid him $10 for an autograph.

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WTF???!?! When did he turn into an [censored]?

[MLG]

I met him at Foxwoods, and he was very gracious. He talked with me for a while, seemed like a really nice guy to me.

[nolanfan34]

Funny post.

Is that guy as "white" in person as he is in this post?

<font color="white">hint, hint, for those who don't get the joke </font>

[wacki]

No, he is as white as my a$$.
<font color="white"> Hah hah, I get it now.... </font>

[college_boy]

I don't know if he's an [censored] or not, but charging money for his autograph is really lame. I would just laugh out loud at him if I saw this in person.

[MicroBob]

Fossilman sucks.

Everybody here already knew he was a total jerk BEFORE he won the WSOP.


Mike Matusow is my hero.

[andyfox]

Hopefully this joke won't get picked up by the real a-holes who won't know it's a joke and end up you-know-where.

[Daliman]

Fossilman made my baby cry....


F U Fossilman! /images/graemlins/mad.gif http://img132.exs.cx/img132/7468/Danyon107.jpg

[Inthacup]

Please post a smaller pic next time.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Everybody here already knew he was a total jerk BEFORE he won the WSOP.

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Where is "here"?

~ Rick

[Jett Rink]

He just won $5 million and he is charging for an autograph? I'd rather see the flop with 27o for $5. Who does he think he is charging for an autograph...Gilligan?

[slickpoppa]

The number of people in this forum with absolutely no sense of humor never ceases to amaze me.

[Russ McGinley]

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The number of people in this forum with absolutely no sense of humor never ceases to amaze me.

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I don't know if it's a lack of a sense of humor or common sense to see that for some reason there's 5 or 6 lines of open space.

But I have to admit I laughed several times at the responses, especially the one with the baby. That was funny.

[deacsoft]

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<font color="white">Haha, just kidding. Greg was very nice in person and we did chat for probably 5 minutes or so about his past WSOP experiences. I thought it was interesting that he ponied up the 10K in 2002. He said on the radio that a lot of people think you have to qualify and that a regular guy with 10k can't just walk in and play. I also didn't know why he was in the audience for the 2002 final table. He said he's good friends with Russell Rosenbloom, who finished 4th or 5th I believe, and that he is also friends with Varkonyi and his teacher whose name escapes me. Anyway, Greg told me to make a post about him being an a$$hole as a joke, so Greg when you read this I hope you laugh.</font>

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I love it.

[PoBoy321]

I didn't realize that Raymer posted on here. I know that a lot of people give a lot of [censored] to amateurs who do well in the main event (a la Moneymaker, Williams) but from what I saw of his play, he played a lot of good, solid poker, although I would've loved to see him use some of that muscle towards the end (a PF all-in with 83 heads up at a final table is always fun to watch /images/graemlins/wink.gif)

[jakethebake]

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You got a bargain; I paid him $10 for an autograph.

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Wow. Sounds like you're the assholes. Why would you pay him $10 for an autograph? /images/graemlins/grin.gif




Yes. I know you were kidding.

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[TylerD]

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Greg told me to make a post about him being an a$$hole as a joke, so Greg when you read this I hope you laugh.


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[fluff]

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Greg told me to make a post about him being an a$$hole as a joke, so Greg when you read this I hope you laugh.


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Meh, nevermind. Didn't read the last sentence....carry on.

[Daliman]

Sorry, I'm picture shrinking inept.

[wacki]

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Sorry, I'm picture shrinking inept.

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download www.irfanview.com (http://www.irfanview.com)

It is the best picture viewer and you can resize pics with it too!

[jakethebake]

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Sorry, I'm picture shrinking inept.

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download www.irfanview.com (http://www.irfanview.com)

It is the best picture viewer and you can resize pics with it too!

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I prefer ACDSee. But I don't think it resizes.

[Gamblor]

I'd like to officially announce that I didn't bother to highlight the last 6-7 lines and I put you on uber-troll.

The rest of the posts I "got".

Apologies to Mr. McGinley, the rest of you can go to hell.

[Russ McGinley]

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I'd like to officially announce that I didn't bother to highlight the last 6-7 lines and I put you on uber-troll.

The rest of the posts I "got".

Apologies to Mr. McGinley, the rest of you can go to hell.

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Hehe don't sweat it man. Its all in good fun.

[John Cole]

Huh? Where? Here? Okay, I don't get it. Which joke?

[Luv2DriveTT]

Fossilman now has a PR person (like all the other major players), and an agent (I think he has the same one as Lederer, Duke, &amp; Helmoth). When he signs autographs he is there to make money - pure and simple. I see nothing wrong with this. He is not there to be your friend, he is there to drive publicity for the track and make a buck.

But I have to admit, its begining to sound like a star trek convention...

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[Russ McGinley]

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Fossilman now has a PR person (like all the other major players), and an agent (I think he has the same one as Lederer, Duke, &amp; Helmoth). When he signs autographs he is there to make money - pure and simple. I see nothing wrong with this. He is not there to be your friend, he is there to drive publicity for the track and make a buck.

But I have to admit, its begining to sound like a star trek convention...

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Pssst... he didn't really charge for autographs. Pass it on.

[RJT]

LMAO, JAKE

[La Brujita]

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You got a bargain; I paid him $10 for an autograph.

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I hate to say this but I paid M.B.E. 8.99 for his autograph (Canadian).

He signed the M B and E with a real flourish.

[stinkypete]

dude, i don't see why you're complaining, $5 is an amazing deal.

think about it this way.

he makes $5 million/week playing poker (just watch the world series if you don't believe me).

that works out to $248 every 30 seconds even if you include his time sleeping and eating and all that.

in other words, he's giving up $243 in EV just to sign your autograph and talk to you for 30 stupid seconds. show some frikkin respect. he should be charging at least $248 just to break even. the dude is a true philanthropist.

[Russ McGinley]

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dude, i don't see why you're complaining, $5 is an amazing deal.

think about it this way.

he makes $5 million/week playing poker (just watch the world series if you don't believe me).

that works out to $248 every 30 seconds even if you include his time sleeping and eating and all that.

in other words, he's giving up $243 in EV just to sign your autograph and talk to you for 30 stupid seconds. show some frikkin respect. he should be charging at least $248 just to break even. the dude is a true philanthropist.

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I was wondering why I got a bill in the mail from fossilmanpoker.com yesterday for $243.

[Al Mirpuri]

Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay aka The Louisville Lip used to do this but he gave the money to charity.