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09-06-2005, 12:17 PM

Reading the posts regarding "dan druff" made me laugh, not because their content was so funny or original, but because of the amount of "Chadetts" on here loving to bash someone who accomplished what they, in all probability will never do.

The man placed 3rd, and actually was the winner in another wsop event 2 weeks apart, yet most of the posters seem to negate that fact and go along with espn's and Norm's editing of the guy.

I could guarantee you that television could edit Dan harrington to look like the biggest jackazz there is. I would also venture to say that if it was Gus Hansen depicted the way Druff was, NOBODY would say boo.

Even with the editing I dont think what he was doing was so out there. Would anybody think twice if this was done in a home game? Oh yeah, we must put on a front b/c it's tv.

I've played with druff at the 30-60 on PS, and he was nothing but a gentleman. SO to all you haters, until you're in that situation you never know how you will act or be depicted, so be careful.

TomHimself

09-06-2005, 12:19 PM

go back to NWP. druff is a tool. end of thread.

45suited

09-06-2005, 12:22 PM

Hi Dan. I see you're making some more of your "anonymous" posts. Nice job. You're still a tool. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Easy E

09-06-2005, 12:35 PM

could guarantee you that television could edit Dan harrington to look like the biggest jackazz there is

Keep telling yourself that

hotdog da 2rd

09-06-2005, 12:37 PM

I've played with druff at the 30-60 on PS, and he was nothing but a gentleman.

pretty hard to swing seat covers at pokerstars. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Twitch1977

09-06-2005, 12:40 PM

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Reading the posts regarding "dan druff" made me laugh, not because their content was so funny or original, but because of the amount of "Chadetts" on here loving to bash someone who accomplished what they, in all probability will never do.

The man placed 3rd, and actually was the winner in another wsop event 2 weeks apart, yet most of the posters seem to negate that fact and go along with espn's and Norm's editing of the guy.

I could guarantee you that television could edit Dan harrington to look like the biggest jackazz there is. I would also venture to say that if it was Gus Hansen depicted the way Druff was, NOBODY would say boo.

Even with the editing I dont think what he was doing was so out there. Would anybody think twice if this was done in a home game? Oh yeah, we must put on a front b/c it's tv.

I've played with druff at the 30-60 on PS, and he was nothing but a gentleman. SO to all you haters, until you're in that situation you never know how you will act or be depicted, so be careful.

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Hi Dan,

You're right people are being too hard on you here. Just the other week I was at a casino and got heads up against a guy in a hand, well my seat didn't have a cover but I sure as hell remembered to bring my jacket. So I stand up on my chair (I wanted to add my own flair) and start swinging my jacket around yelling 'JACK JACK OF SPADES JACK!!!!!!'

Everyone thought it was great and thought I was the coolest person ever. I don't know wtf the people here are getting on your case for.

If yelling for cards and swinging around chair coverings is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

T

PITTM

09-06-2005, 12:44 PM

09-06-2005, 01:03 PM

I guess it would nt mean anything if I said I wasnt druff, but whatever.

I started this thread 30 mins. ago and have already received 7 replies. Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives like, err...getting a job, than being drawn to threads on a chat board, like dogs to girls on the rag. Oh yeah, the high schools dont open till Thursday in my area, I guess that is the same for where you live.

Freudian

09-06-2005, 01:04 PM

You seem almost desperate.

Druff acted like an idiot. That doesn't mean he is an idiot 24/7 or that he will act like an idiot next time he is on TV. I suspect he won't.

B Dids

09-06-2005, 01:07 PM

While I think a lot of the crap that people gave to Dan Druff was idiotic, did you really expect to convert people by starting a new thread saying "don't pick on my friend/person I worship as a sun god he rules and you don't".

It's a fight not worth fighting.

TheMainEvent

09-06-2005, 01:08 PM

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I could guarantee you that television could edit Dan harrington to look like the biggest jackazz there is.

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I can guarantee you they could not.

Autocratic

09-06-2005, 01:13 PM

09-06-2005, 01:22 PM

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You seem almost desperate.

Druff acted like an idiot. That doesn't mean he is an idiot 24/7 or that he will act like an idiot next time he is on TV. I suspect he won't.

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No deaperation, actually this thread is not about druff (whom i never spoke to or chatted with, other than maybe "nh") but about these lame azzes who like to put others down for no other reason then it makes themselves feel better.

Not one of these people said anything like " he was portrayed as a fool, but he still finished 1 and 3" It seems that when that when there is an easy target, peole go for the jugular. I wonder if these same critics had any comments on Josh Arieh's behavior in last year's WSOp. My guess is no, b/c though Josh acted like an azzhole, he was cocky about it, and of course, his girl was smoking. So what would be the point, couldnt bring that dude down no matter what you say. Therefore they wouldnt feel better about themselves. Druff, being on the internet, much easier to get under his skin (IMO), and get a reaction.

I always side with the underdog.

TomHimself

09-06-2005, 01:31 PM

good for you, hes still a tool. and players on here have said that ESPN doesnt tell them to act crazy just to be talkative. acting like druff did isnt talkative

Autocratic

09-06-2005, 01:33 PM

TONS of people criticized Arieh last year. On top of that, very few people, if any, actually said Druff was a poor player.

FrankStallone

09-06-2005, 01:34 PM

"like dogs to girls on the rag" ---who says that??? really... wtf, is it me or is that one of the most random ways to describe people posting. ever.. thanks, I was just about to eat and then someone describes dogs smelling a period ridden crotch of a girl. thanks for that you coat swinging period juice pervert.

PITTM

09-06-2005, 01:47 PM

uhh, im AT work. and i responded because what you said was idiotic. seems pretty simple to me. i would say MOST threads in oot or wpt get 7 replies in 30 minutes, i dont know why youre suprised...

rj

Kyle Stark

09-06-2005, 02:11 PM

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I started this thread 30 mins. ago and have already received 7 replies. Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives like, err...getting a job, than being drawn to threads on a chat board, like dogs to girls on the rag. Oh yeah, the high schools dont open till Thursday in my area, I guess that is the same for where you live.

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lol, these posts always crack me up. "You have no life cause you post here...but i'm posting that here...so um..."

That's like making fun of seeing someone shopping at Kmart when you were there.

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Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives like, err...getting a job

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Says the burger flipper. Some of us have computers at our jobs....

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uhh, im AT work. and i responded because what you said was idiotic. seems pretty simple to me. i would say MOST threads in oot or wpt get 7 replies in 30 minutes, i dont know why youre suprised...

rj

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Cause that's the only flame he has left.

chisness

09-06-2005, 02:37 PM

dan was a bit immature and probably regrets it now, but at least he wasn't being a dick like arieh was

thatpfunk

09-06-2005, 02:40 PM

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I started this thread 30 mins. ago and have already received 7 replies. Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives...

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isn't this the definition of irony?

09-06-2005, 02:48 PM

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I started this thread 30 mins. ago and have already received 7 replies. Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives...

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isn't this the definition of irony?

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Kinda like when somebody you dont know is staring at you, and you say "what are you looking at?" of course the reply is "what are YOU looking at"...Im making sure they fix my HVAC correctly this time.

09-06-2005, 02:54 PM

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dan was a bit immature and probably regrets it now, but at least he wasn't being a dick like arieh was

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Agreed. Finally somebody who can make an observation w/o feeling the need to rip into somebody.

By the way what is with the prevelence of the word "tool" on this site? I mean didnt people use the word in that context back in the 1970's?

-Skeme-

09-06-2005, 03:00 PM

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I've played with druff at the 30-60 on PS, and he was nothing but a gentleman.

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I'm sure it's pretty hard to notice him twirling a seat cover and hollering like a jackass through the [censored] internet.

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He wasn't saying the things he said? Jumping up and cheering like a total idiot? Spinning the seat cover around like an immature ass? Uh, no.. they didn't edit those in. Don't act like he's some victim of tricky editing or anything in that realm.

Kyle Stark

09-06-2005, 03:10 PM

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I wonder if these same critics had any comments on Josh Arieh's behavior in last year's WSOp. My guess is no, b/c though Josh acted like an azzhole, he was cocky about it, and of course, his girl was smoking.

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Difference is Arieh knows he acted like an ass and everybody except Josh was saying that espn made him look worse than he really was (even Fossilman said that)....but he still did act like an ass, it was just maginfied. Josh didn't go on a tirade on every forum and newsgroup the inet has on a clear his name campaign, Josh knows how he acted so he just apologized and moved on and tries really hard not to be "that guy".

trying2learn

09-06-2005, 04:01 PM

Dan has SO many, "I'm not him" supporters, it's uncanny.

He was a jackass, period. Good luck to the guy in the future - he's a good player, so hopefully the next time he's in a similar situation he'll handle himself accordingly.

09-06-2005, 04:30 PM

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Dan has SO many, "I'm not him" supporters, it's uncanny.

He was a jackass, period. Good luck to the guy in the future - he's a good player, so hopefully the next time he's in a similar situation he'll handle himself accordingly.

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So many "im not him" supporters b/c anyone who says anything positive about druff is accused of being him, under an alias.

Im not a "druff supporter" just someone who had a little time on his hands, and gets annoyed of the sheep mentality this site exudes. It's the guy's first time on TV acting foolishly exhuberant in a pressure situation and gets crucified for it. It just appeared to me that one flame perpetuated another and so on.

Look at it this way, Druff is now identified, while all of the negative flamethrowers remain annonymous, how much balls does tat take?

trying2learn

09-06-2005, 05:07 PM

my pic in my avatar, and my name in my profile. i'm not anonymous...paul phillips - another who has called out dan is also not anonymous.

you think that all these people watched that episode and thought nothing of it until they read things on the internet? seriously? he was an ASS. there is no getting around it...it drives me crazy that we can say he played well, and that hopefully he doesn't act this way again...and you still think that espn has fooled me into thinking this guy was a prick at that final table.

take care danny -

jed

PITTM

09-06-2005, 05:46 PM

if by "sheep mentality" you mean when someone acts like a douchebag we recognize that, then yes, we are all sheep.

the person who critisized him the most, BY FAR, is probably as not anonomyous as you could get. your critisms make no sense to me. did you think about them before typing them out?

rj

lighterjobs

09-06-2005, 06:10 PM

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I guess it would nt mean anything if I said I wasnt druff, but whatever.

I started this thread 30 mins. ago and have already received 7 replies. Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives like, err...getting a job, than being drawn to threads on a chat board, like dogs to girls on the rag. Oh yeah, the high schools dont open till Thursday in my area, I guess that is the same for where you live.

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hmmm.. over 30k registered users and seven replies in 30 minutes. awkward.

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So many "im not him" supporters b/c anyone who says anything positive about druff is accused of being him, under an alias.

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maybe if all of his supporters hadn't signed up on this message board after his broadcast and after everyone saw what a tool he was, it wouldn't look like he is defending himself.

FrankStallone

09-06-2005, 08:02 PM

I really thought the dogg going after girls on the rag was pretty weird. Apparently this is a common catch phrase that I just missed.

TheTruthSpeaks

09-06-2005, 09:45 PM

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I've played with druff at the 30-60 on PS, and he was nothing but a gentleman.

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Really whats your screen name there? I've played with him too and anyone that has, knows he acts like a dick online too.

Dan, cut it out, this is getting really, really sad.

benkahuna

09-06-2005, 09:48 PM

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Difference is Arieh knows he acted like an ass and everybody except Josh was saying that espn made him look worse than he really was (even Fossilman said that)....but he still did act like an ass, it was just maginfied. Josh didn't go on a tirade on every forum and newsgroup the inet has on a clear his name campaign, Josh knows how he acted so he just apologized and moved on and tries really hard not to be "that guy".

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That's sort of true...

He came on here and said that he wasn't a bad guy--no tirade like in the ostensibly fake David Williams post though. He conveniently didn't address his comments to Demetriou and did not really apologize.

While he came off as worse than he probably was on ESPN, he was enough of a jerk to appear that way when edited. Based on how he looked to himself when he watched the ESPN broadcasts, he cleaned up his act significantly. Apparently he's now the real poker gentleman that Phil Hellmuth was not able to be.

So, he didn't really take responsibility (IMO), he did change himself for the better which is something.

I haven't seen Dan's antics, but it doesn't sound good...

Quicksilvre

09-06-2005, 09:52 PM

"Tool" is common slang. Lame flame.

siccjay

09-06-2005, 11:03 PM

Who gives a [censored] about this geek?

09-07-2005, 08:25 AM

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I started this thread 30 mins. ago and have already received 7 replies. Maybe you fellas should think about doing something more productive with your lives...

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isn't this the definition of irony?

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Well I'm also a fan of anyone who uses "its lame to insult people" as a reason to insult people.

For the record , I know I often register a new account on a forum for the sole purpose of starting threads to defend some random person who I don't know and have no reason to care what anybody else thinks about said person.

JTrout

09-07-2005, 09:48 AM

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I've played with druff at the 30-60 on PS, and he was nothing but a gentleman.

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You're right, don't listen to these haters.
I spent a couple of hours in the presence of Mike the Mouth, at a movie theatre, and he was nothing but a gentleman the whole time. I don't know where folks get this stuff about him.

ok, I lied about seeing the Mouth, but I can almost guarantee you that if I did see him at the movies, he wouldn't be as bad as some of these folks make him out to be.

and hell, I almost forgot about that time Dan Harrington was running down the airport corridor with his arms full of luggage, and this fellow says, "hey, Dan, how about an autograph?"
You know what he said, this is unbelievable! "Sorry, I've got to catch a plane."
What an ass.

primetime32

09-07-2005, 10:22 AM

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So many "im not him" supporters b/c anyone who says anything positive about druff is accused of being him, under an alias.

Im not a "druff supporter" just someone who had a little time on his hands, and gets annoyed of the sheep mentality this site exudes. It's the guy's first time on TV acting foolishly exhuberant in a pressure situation and gets crucified for it. It just appeared to me that one flame perpetuated another and so on.

Look at it this way, Druff is now identified, while all of the negative flamethrowers remain annonymous, how much balls does tat take?

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He acted like a complete loser. That is a fact. Does that make him less of a poker player, of course not. he definitely did what most of us will never do, but that doesnt make him less of a tool. The way he swung his jacket around was very dorky. And since he was on TV we are making fun. That is the price you pay when you go on TV, you can look really cool (like ivey) or you can come off as a jerk (like arieh last year) or you can come off as a nerd (dandruff).

He CHOSE to play in an event that was going to be televised if he made it to the final table. he put himself in the public eye and has to deal with it. Let him make a final table next year and not act like a dork and people will slowly forget about it. most people have already gotten over ariehs antics.

09-07-2005, 10:46 AM

complete goofball this dandruff guy

09-07-2005, 05:59 PM

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"like dogs to girls on the rag" ---who says that??? really... wtf, is it me or is that one of the most random ways to describe people posting. ever.. thanks, I was just about to eat and then someone describes dogs smelling a period ridden crotch of a girl. thanks for that you coat swinging period juice pervert.

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Post of the year.

krabby5

09-07-2005, 06:37 PM

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"like dogs to girls on the rag" ---who says that??? really... wtf, is it me or is that one of the most random ways to describe people posting. ever.. thanks, I was just about to eat and then someone describes dogs smelling a period ridden crotch of a girl. thanks for that you coat swinging period juice pervert.

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Post of the year.

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I laughed even harder the second time.....

MegaBet

09-07-2005, 11:21 PM

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go back to NWP. druff is a tool. end of thread.

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I think this needs to be re-emphasised.

09-08-2005, 12:22 AM

I actually just finished watching it this minute and I really don't think Druff has deserved all this abuse from everyone.

The seat cover thing was just dumb and I hope he received some sort of warning for that, but that aside I didn't see anything spectacularly stupid to warrant all of this, or any of this.

Smackdab

09-08-2005, 02:09 AM

Is this guy for real?
Yet another new account defending Druff. How do all these new users just happen to stumble on these threads just after they create an account.

Silly me, first forum I visited when I sigened up was poker theory. Oh, there was no WPT Forum back then. Wasn't even a gleam in Mike Sexton's eye at the time. Still certain it would have been awhile before I found my way here.

GIVE IT UP DAN!!!!!

It's reallly pathetic.

Python49

09-08-2005, 02:24 AM

This is sad.

09-08-2005, 10:49 AM

What's sad is that anyone who doesn't agree with you 100% you just claim to be Druff. I'm not Druff, I'm not even from NWP (now neverwin is a bigger dick than Druff could every be) but all of this because he would shout for a 3 of clubs on the river?

That's sad.

Maybe we could get an admin in to take a look at all of the posters' IPs.

siccjay

09-08-2005, 11:53 AM

I am Dan Druff.

MegaBet

09-08-2005, 12:49 PM

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I actually just finished watching it this minute and I really don't think Druff has deserved all this abuse from everyone.

The seat cover thing was just dumb and I hope he received some sort of warning for that, but that aside I didn't see anything spectacularly stupid to warrant all of this, or any of this.

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2 things make me hate this guy:

1. He pulls continuous bad beats on people (remember QJ v AA?) and decides to dance around like he just made the play of the century. When he is beaten in a hand it almost looks like he's about to cry.

2. His post-game interview. "I am a very well known online player" - ummm, ok. "But now everyone knows who I am" - ummmm, tool.