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dmoney
12-17-2005, 10:55 AM
Phil Ivey, Jenifer Harman and Todd Brunson bailed on the 5 diamond this year to hit up LA to play a billionaire. Did Andy Beal make a come back? I sure as hell hope so.

I absolutely love reading about those matches.
Klepton
12-17-2005, 05:11 PM
this type of topic is more suited for the WPT forum.

but yes i would like to hear more about this too.
bicyclekick
12-17-2005, 05:55 PM
or rather news, views, and gossip
whiskeytown
12-18-2005, 07:29 AM
I could ask Michael Craig - I met him at last week's blogger convention - but I doubt it's him and I doubt Michael would know....

RB
Atropos
12-18-2005, 10:06 AM
I think Andy Beal has lost interest in playing since he already proved he can compete with the top pros at a reasonable level.
sthief09
12-18-2005, 10:21 AM
well i dont have an answer for you. i only clicked on this link because i thought it was titled "ANDY BEAL (Is he black?)"
Masquerade
12-18-2005, 02:49 PM
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I think Andy Beal has lost interest in playing since he already proved he can compete with the top pros at a reasonable level.

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Has he? Didn't he drop $10 million to them by the final reckoning? That probably makes him one of the biggest losers in poker history.
philnewall
12-18-2005, 02:55 PM
yes but in terms of big bets?
Justin A
12-18-2005, 03:21 PM
Beal lives in Texas so it's unlikely.
TheBlueMonster
12-18-2005, 03:31 PM
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well i dont have an answer for you. i only clicked on this link because i thought it was titled "ANDY BEAL (Is he black?)"

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lol. And the answer to that is: most likely not.
lighterjobs
12-18-2005, 05:09 PM
well, believe it or not, there are other billionaires that live in the la area.
12-18-2005, 06:36 PM
It was probably Larry FLint????
gotme
12-21-2005, 10:56 PM
I don't think Flint is a billionaire. Plus he holds regular games against the top pros.

Perhaps Kerry Packer. Aussie billionaire, huge gambler, hella cool guy in a way.
AceHigh
12-22-2005, 12:34 AM
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Beal lives mostly in Texas so it's unlikely.

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FYP. When your a billionaire you don't live in one house or one state. I think Andy has a fair amount of business interest in California and a house.
12-22-2005, 01:58 PM
He's playing 10/20 6 max on Crypto as we speak!
Riverman
12-22-2005, 04:07 PM
Kerry Packer is quite a story. When I was a kid I caddied at Muirfield in Ohio (very good private golf course). Kerry comes in for a week and stays on the grounds, along with an entourage of friends and lady friends. At the end of the week he pays all his caddies $10,000 plus brand new golf clubs he had bought just for the trip. He also tipped a grounds crew guy $100 for a cigarette. There was a rumor that he once won $18 million in one night at MGM in Vegas, but I dont know if this is true.
Army Eye
12-22-2005, 05:46 PM
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I think Andy Beal has lost interest in playing since he already proved he can compete with the top pros at a reasonable level.

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I don't think he lost interest, but last I knew Beal and the Corporation couldn't agree to terms on when/where/how big to play.
ClaytonN
12-22-2005, 05:57 PM
wow.
TomHimself
12-25-2005, 06:29 PM
In a interview on CP, Todd said he went to LA about the 60million dollar tourney or whatever
ChuckyB
12-31-2005, 12:34 AM
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He's playing 10/20 6 max on Crypto as we speak!

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"Andy Beal" sat down on my left in a 2/4 6-max game on Sunpoker last night. When I saw he was from "Dallas" it made me wonder.

Whoever it was, he/she was aggressive, but not great in that hour.
ChuckyB
12-31-2005, 12:34 AM
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well i dont have an answer for you. i only clicked on this link because i thought it was titled "ANDY BEAL (Is he black?)"

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So...is he?
bdk3clash
12-31-2005, 12:49 AM
On the Crypto skins it seems like you can set your location to whatever you want, and you can even make screen names identical to other players if you make the account on a different skin.

Chances of this being Andy Beal are slim slim slim. It's not like he's unknown to non-poker geeks, especially after the release of "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King."
ChuckyB
12-31-2005, 12:58 AM
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On the Crypto skins it seems like you can set your location to whatever you want, and you can even make screen names identical to other players if you make the account on a different skin.

Chances of this being Andy Beal are slim slim slim. It's not like he's unknown to non-poker geeks, especially after the release of "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King."

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It just gave me a funny mental picture of a him sitting upon a golden throne, feet up on bags of cash, while I'm sitting on a dirt flop, feet up...so the rats won't gnaw my toes.

Online poker...the great social equalizer. Who'da thunk it?
bdk3clash
12-31-2005, 01:04 AM
OK this thread is officially worthless. Any actual news about Beal should go in a new thread.