A Funny Sam Grizzle Story

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Funny Sam Grizzle Story
Posted by Absolute at FullContactPoker

http://www.pokerpages.com/pokerinfo/tournamentgallery/wpo/2004-event11-8-grizzle.jpg Sam Grizzle

Funny Sam Grizzle Story (http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forums/viewtopic.php?t=10017)


"This is from the pokerstories.com forum as told by Todd Brunson."

"About 12 years ago I was playing in a 150-300 hold'em game. Early in the morning Sam Grizzle walks in and starts commenting on how good the game is. When asked why he's not playing he pulls out his bankroll ($2) and sarcastically asks how much the buy in is.

He leaves and after talking to Puggy Pearson comes back with $10,000 and starts to play. Now after about an hour Sam an Puggy get into an arguement ( about what I can't remember offhand ) and Puggy picks up his $10,000 and half of what Sam was winning, leaving Sam with about $400, far short of the required buy in. Fortunatlly for Sam, no one says anything and in about four hours Sam is winning around $40,000.

If this isn't amazing enough, Sam quits the game announcing how he's going to do us a big favor and go play the tournament, allowing us to keep what money we had left.( He also told us how smart he was and dumb we were of course ) You can guess what happened next; Sam the genius wins the tournament and another $120,000 to go with the $40,000 he won off us earlier that morning. Not bad for a guy who showed up at the casino with $2 in his pocket.

It's now 6 am and he's been in the commerce for exactly 24 hours, time to get some sleep. That would be if he were a normal human but Sam's far from that. Sam comes up to the top section where there's a tough $800-1600 razz game in progress. Sam stumbles over and bellies up to the table losing his whole $160,000 in a fairly short period of time.

Instead of becoming upset Sam simply told every one how dumb they were,shook his head and walked out of the casino with the exact same $2 he showed up with the day before. Just another day in the life of a Gambler."

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[Vincent Lepore]

Some of us think that is a sad story not a funny one.

Vince

[NLSoldier]

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One of us thinks that is a sad story not a funny one.

Vince

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FYP

[trying2learn]

sam grizzle rules. i've met him and played with him a couple times...very much the caricature of a gambler.

his foot race with tuan le is still my fav side bet story ever.

[Ianco15]

"We fired our cannons but Phil kept a coming all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, we fired once more and he went a running all the way to......... Badgerland Wisconsin."

[MCS]

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his foot race with tuan le is still my fav side bet story ever.

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What's this? It sounds interesting. Can you give a link or tell it yourself?

Thanks a lot.

[goofball]

i played wiht sam grizzle once.

my AA beat his KK and that was essentially the end of tha. I think I raised his blind once.

[fsuplayer]

the more i play and go to places with these so called "pros", the more i realize what degenerates many of these guys are.

everytime turning pro crosses my mind, a quick trip to vegas rights my thinking real quick.

[Vincent Lepore]

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FYP = Foolish Young Punk

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Don't be so hard on yourself. I like to quote things as they are not as I would like them to be. That's what a quote is, isn't it?

Vince

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Some of us thinks that is a sad story not a funny one.

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Yeah you're right, that's a real tale of woe. What in the hell was I thinkin'?
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[Yeti]

Please.

I also agree with Vince's post.

If Ray Zee or Ed had posted exactly what Mr. Lepore said, there would have been 10 people agreeing and slobbering on his knob before he'd had chance to hit reply.

[flair1239]

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Please.

I also agree with Vince's post.

If Ray Zee or Ed had posted exactly what Mr. Lepore said, there would have been 10 people agreeing and slobbering on his knob before he'd had chance to hit reply.

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I agree that it is more of a sad story then a funny one. I think it is sad that a person with some talent for the game is doomed to be habitually broker because they can't control their own impulses.

I think it is sad that Sam had 160,000, which would have given him a nice bankroll to play any level up to 100/200 or 200/400 and blows it in one day.

I find it sad that Sam and other simaliar pros lack bankroll managmement skills and that this one flaw will keep most of them perpetually broke.

[Victor]

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If Ray Zee or Ed had posted exactly what Mr. Lepore said, there would have been 10 people agreeing and slobbering on his knob before he'd had chance to hit reply

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zee and ed would not put themselves in such a position.

[Vincent Lepore]

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I think it is sad that a person with some talent for the game is doomed to be habitually broke because they can't control their own impulses.


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Obviously there are those in this thread that find this funny. They are the caring human beings we should admire.

Vince

[youtalkfunny]

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I find it sad that Sam and other simaliar pros lack bankroll managmement skills and that this one flaw will keep most of them perpetually broke.

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In a discussion with another 2+2'er, we both agreed that neither of us will ever be one of the household-name poker players, because we both abhor the idea of going broke.

I feel that just about all the top pros are willing to risk more than I am, and therefore reap greater rewards.

[Skipbidder]

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Some of us think that is a sad story not a funny one.

Vince

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I feel less sympathy for folks I consider jerks. I've only seen him on TV, but it certainly looks as if Grizzle is a jerk.

As told in OP's post, he appeared to be acting like a jerk along the way here.

Those who know and like Grizzle (surely these folks exist) have better reason for thinking this is a sad story.

If you have a large amount of sympathy for Grizzle here, you probably shouldn't be playing poker.

Money you win comes from someone. The money Grizzle won came from people. Did he feel bad about taking it? Surely not. He taunted them about it. Why should I feel bad when he loses it?

[Vincent Lepore]

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I feel that just about all the top pros are willing to risk more than I am, and therefore reap greater rewards.

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Or go broke. There was an interesting thread in the WPT forum in which Daniel N. and Scotty N. were involved in a tournament. the particulars are not important. What I found interesting was that Daniel had put Scotty in the tournament. Why would a top tournament pro "Scotty" need someone to put him in a tournament? O.K. maybe he didn't need it, maybe there was a good reason other than money. I just can't think of one.

Vince

[Boris]

C'mon Vince, how can you feel bad for Sam Grizzle?

[etgryphon]

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"We fired our cannons but Phil kept a coming all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, we fired once more and he went a running all the way to......... Badgerland Wisconsin."

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I loved that episode....

-Gryph

[trying2learn]

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his foot race with tuan le is still my fav side bet story ever.

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What's this? It sounds interesting. Can you give a link or tell it yourself?

Thanks a lot.

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It happened in LA @ Commerce Casino last year. Ted Forrest & Tuan Le started talking about foot races at the table and Tuan said that he was very fast. Ted then comes up with a wager for 50k I believe that pitted Tuan v Sam in a fifty yard dash with Tuan giving Sam a 10 yard head start. Tuan hemmed and hawed and got Ted to knock it down to 5 I believe. So 45 yards vs 50 yards. It's at this point Ted crosses the casino to ask Sam if he'd like to run a 45 yard dash for 5 grand. Sam says sure and that's when Ted clues him into the actual details of the bet.

Short cut to the end of the story...Sam wins his 5k free-run and Ted Forrest makes 45k.

I think the moral of the story is - if Ted Forrest ever makes you an offer you think is too good to be true, it is.

[Justin A]

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FYP = Foolish Young Punk

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Don't be so hard on yourself. I like to quote things as they are not as I would like them to be. That's what a quote is, isn't it?

Vince

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Wow, lighten up. It's ok to laugh every now and then.

[Matt Flynn]

i couldn't agree more. you wanna gamble with 5K in a tournament you should have 200K backing it up and understand you're taking a shot. or get a backer.

[willie]

funny ass stories


the pros have so much freakin degenerate ass gambool in them.