Biggest celebrity in your ring game?
 

Who's the biggest celebrity to play in your ring game?

Last Saturday in Milwaukee at the 20/40 game, I got to play against Jerome James, the backup center for the Seattle Supersonics. Not that I knew who he was, but I looked him up afterwords and found out that he signed a 3-year deal for $4.5 million/year and ESPN considered him one of the most overpriced players in the NBA. I'm proud to say that I helped to make him slightly less overpaid. In addition, he had an awful game the next afternoon, so we didn't do much for his confidence level either.

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I once played with a backup goalie for the Avalanche at a casino in Blackhawk, CO. We both got carded every time a new dealer came (they must've just got busted or something, because I've never been carded so many times in my life) and only one dealer had any idea who he was.

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I played with Amir Vahedi once

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I once played with a backup goalie for the Avalanche at a casino in Blackhawk, CO. We both got carded every time a new dealer came (they must've just got busted or something, because I've never been carded so many times in my life) and only one dealer had any idea who he was.

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yeah this has happened recently - late last year i think it was someone got fired again for not carding so they tend to over compensate by each dealer carding but hey if my job was on teh line I would do the same thing - the was at the lodge anyway

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BrownThumb, SupBro, and ME!

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Sadly, I didn't get to play with him (he had a "reserved" seat at our table, but wound up going to another one)...Emmanuel Lewis.

$1-5 stud at Harrah's in East Chicago.

Lol,

MP

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the other night in tulsa some guy put papa georgio on the waiting list and they announced it on the loud speaker. i doubt it was anyone famous but the whole room blew up laughing.

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one time while at a nyc club, i played with a guy who looked EXACTLY like matthew broderick from ferris buehler. he was the exact height and sounded the same as well. i didnt ask if it was him as well because i hate annoying people like that. i guess i will never know the truth.

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jerome james is pretty dope...i would rather play against ronald murray though if i had to pick a sonic...or vlad rad. Napolean Harris was playing at the Oaks one time when i was there, he wasnt at my table though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].

rj

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Todd Bridges($1-2HE at Hollywood Park)
Corey Feldman($1-2 stud at Commerce)

Both of those were several years ago.

My friend played with Lou Diamond Phillips in the $600 buy in NL game at Commerce a few months ago.

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jeremy roenick several times at borgata, paul azinger this saturday at ocean's 11.

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the other night in tulsa some guy put papa georgio on the waiting list and they announced it on the loud speaker. i doubt it was anyone famous but the whole room blew up laughing.

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I have a feeling (hope) it was in reference to the greatest film of all time:

Vegas Vacation

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Used to play some in a game with John Bonetti in Louisiana. Haven't seen him there in a year or so. Mean SOB! (especially to the dealers)

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Paul Rudd. He sucked. Also, a dude from the documentary "Born Rich." He also sucked.

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Todd Bridges($1-2HE at Hollywood Park)

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This is funny on a lot of different levels.

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Todd Bridges($1-2HE at Hollywood Park)

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This is funny on a lot of different levels.

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Man, I really wish I was at that table. I'd be happy to see him cracking my AA with J4o just so I could yell, "WATCHU TALKIN' BOUT WILLIS."

That's worth $50 right there. +EV all over the place.

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One of the guys thats in Blink 182 at the NL game at the palms.

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Todd Bridges($1-2HE at Hollywood Park)

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This is funny on a lot of different levels.

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I didn't realize he's still alive.

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Some scrub pirates pitcher who was recovering from tommy john surgery. He was playing 2-4 at harrah's while his agent played 4-8.

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I was absolutely s<font color="black">h</font>ithoused playing 4/8 here at Harrah's New Orleans one night, and at some point noticed the guy to my immediate left had a real, real big ring on, and that people were acting funny talking to him.

I turned to look at who it was, and discovered that I'd been sitting next to Pat Riley for 5 minutes and hadn't realized it.

That was a fun, fun game.

I've played with Paul Prudhomme there a bunch too.

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noticed the guy to my immediate left had a real, real big ring on

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This reminds me of a time I was playing at one of the indian casinos near San Diego (don't remember which one) and I noticed one guy next to me had a superbowl ring on. He was an old guy, so I had no chance in hell of recognizing him. The funny thing was that he kept making gestures like he was making sure everybody saw it, yet not a single person recognized him or said anything about it.

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noticed the guy to my immediate left had a real, real big ring on

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This reminds me of a time I was playing at one of the indian casinos near San Diego (don't remember which one) and I noticed one guy next to me had a superbowl ring on. He was an old guy, so I had no chance in hell of recognizing him. The funny thing was that he kept making gestures like he was making sure everybody saw it, yet not a single person recognized him or said anything about it.

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I'll bet you anything that was What's his Face.

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I laugh when I remember my alcohol-soaked brain's thought process at the time, something along the lines of: "Huh. That sure is a big ring. Kind of tacky though, with all those colors and sparkles. Lots of sparkles. That would be cool if those were real diamonds. Wonder what kind of ring that is. Wait a minute. Wait just a goddamn minute here...."

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Mena Suvari of "American Beauty" this past December in the Mandalay Bay 4/8 game...

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I once played with Rosie O'donald at the Mirage 3/6 game about 7-8 years ago. She was very personable back then..she only was doing stand up then(at the Sands that night). Did play craps with Bennifer at the Palms, and once with Emmit Smith at the Hilton many years ago...he was betting red chips, and making the dealers work thier butts off to watch his "special" 5-15 dollar bets. He was much shorter then I thought he would be.

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Paul Rudd. He sucked.

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But he was great in Wet Hot American Summer.

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James Woods and Alex Rodriguez in the Bellagio 15/30.

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I played at the same table with Jerome James at Hollywood Park a few months ago. It was the 200 NL game. I was sorry to see him leave. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Don Addams (Get Smart) plays in the 6-12 at HP almost every day. He's pretty quiet most of the time unless you start talking about horse racing...

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BrownThumb, SupBro, and ME!

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No f'n way.... you played with Sup Bro? Man... he is like the greatest player evah!

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Todd Bridges($1-2HE at Hollywood Park)

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This is funny on a lot of different levels.

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Todd Bridges - crack addict child actor &amp; known criminal gambling - CHECK
At Hollywood Park - CHECK
PLAYING 1/2 - CHECK MATE!

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McCauly the "Home Alone" dude.

The Hendon Mob &amp; Jay Lovinger (great photos from that one, it was worth the price of admission)

Ed Miller &amp; Mason Malmoth - Not only is Ed an amazing player, he is the luckiest guy on the river. Ever.

Countless 2+2'ers on both the east &amp; west coasts. So far the NY 2+2 crew were the best players... with the exception of the Dude. I know he is a brilliant player, but we all played like maniacs during our wild session so I could not compare objectivly.

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Mena Suvari of "American Beauty" this past December in the Mandalay Bay 4/8 game...

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God damn she is fine...

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He (Emmitt Smith) was much shorter then I thought he would be.

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I'm not sure what he was listed at, but I heard he was like 5'8", tops. Walter Payton wasn't much bigger. So much for the "big, durable" back theory. But I digress...

Oh, my friend likes to spew stuff like "Don't worry, one day you will be able to say that a world champion took your money in this game" as he takes people's chips. He can be a jerk, but heckuva player. I think I read in Big Deal that Hellmuth used to say similar stuff.

Anyway, enough hijacking. I met a bunch of world-class pros at TStone (Negreanu, Vahedi, Jesus, Lederer) but didn't play with any of them, obviously. I think I may have played with Al Krux's son at one point, not sure. Maybe that counts for something...

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Some guy named Henry said he used to be a roadie for Herman's Hermits. He must of told me that 8 times before the evening was over.

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Some guy named Henry said he used to be a roadie for Herman's Hermits. He must of told me that 8 times before the evening was over.

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I almost forgot.... the skipper for the CEO of Foxwood's boat. I played 1/2 NL with him the day I first met Brad.

TT

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also have played with jerome james, play with antoine winfield the ex bills and current vikings corner all the time, gus ferotte bill lambier men nyguen all have made occassional stops in the 30-60 at canterbury

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Forgot my Men the Master beat when I was playing at a 1/2 HE 1/2 NLHE tournament at Lake Elsinore about 7 years ago. During the limit round he raised in front of me and I 3 bet. I had pocket fours and the flop came 44A. He checked, I bet, he raised, I reraised. Turn check, bet, call. River check, bet, call. He showed AK. We toasted Corona's. It was a thing we had [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Darn I thought Jerome was only partial to my game. He's been playing around I see.

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Tobey Maguire and Jack Black. Ben Affleck online if you believe the rumor mill. Lots of quasi-famous poker tournament people.

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Some scrub pirates pitcher who was recovering from tommy john surgery. He was playing 2-4 at harrah's while his agent played 4-8.

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Too feckin funny.

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I played 3/6 at the Commerce with Zach de la Rocha from RATM.

At one point he put a read on me for an Ace I guess because he said,

YOU GOT A BULLET IN YOUR HOLE CARDS!
YOU GOT A BULLET IN YOUR HOLE CARDS!
YOU GOT A BULLET IN YOUR [censored]' HOLE CARDS! UH!

(guitar solo)

Sorry.

Actually he was a surprisingly calm and very cool guy.