Openly Gay Big Names in Poker??
 

Not sure if NVG is the appropriate thread for this, but since it has tangential poker content I didn't figure it belonged in OOT.

Hi everyone:

My wife and I were talking tonight, and she came up with a question for me (she's not really a poker player, but watches the big TV tournaments and knows most of the big names) that I had no idea of the answer to, and I figured that I'd throw it out to all of you. Are there any big time poker pros you know of out there that have come out of the closet and are openly gay and/or bisexual (male or female)? And if not, what do you think the attitude of most of the poker "community" would be towards one of the "big names" coming out? Would it be a positive, live-and-let-live type of reaction, or do you think it would be negative, like, say, if an NFL superstar came out? I'm curious to know people's thoughts on this.

--Scott

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I don't know, Mel Judah used to be a hairdresser, though.

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Scotty Nguyen.

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Schneids

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Scotty Nguyen.

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DIE!, baby.

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Varkonyi's wife looks like she might be a beard.

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Schneids

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I thought you said you were over that hope!?!?!

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Theres a certain female player that might be pretty obivious. I won't name names, but I'm sure the rest of you can figure it out.

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BigSteve is world wide

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Schneids

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I don't know, Mel Judah used to be a hairdresser, though.

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I saw him take a hooker to "dinner" at the Bellagio once, so I'm betting he's straight.

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Friedman and Andrew Black from the WSOP episodes seem like they might be playing for the other team. But you said big names.

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Few names that come to mind are Kathy Liebert and Daniel Negreanu.

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I don't know who Friedman is? Do you mean Prahlad?

Negreanu (sp?) is married and bangs some hot asian broad

Black did seem a little queer but he's a buddhist and spent time in a monastary so I'm sure he is just basically asexual.

One that always struck me as gay, especially in his mannerisms was Layne Flack.

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I don't know, Mel Judah used to be a hairdresser, though.

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I saw him take a hooker to "dinner" at the Bellagio once, so I'm betting he's straight.

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He doesn't come across gay, but he was a top hairdresser, and I thoght they all were.

I don't if there are any openly gay well known players, but there are rumored to be gay players.

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skipperbob, anyone?

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I don't know who Friedman is? Do you mean Prahlad?

Negreanu (sp?) is married and bangs some hot asian broad

Black did seem a little queer but he's a buddhist and spent time in a monastary so I'm sure he is just basically asexual.

One that always struck me as gay, especially in his mannerisms was Layne Flack.

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The Freidman who was crying when his king high flush got beaten.

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Theres a certain female player that might be pretty obivious. I won't name names, but I'm sure the rest of you can figure it out.

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why wouldn't you name names? This is a gossip forum not highschool.

Is this player going to get mad at you, and if thats so, why would you post it in the first place?

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Theres a certain female player that might be pretty obivious. I won't name names, but I'm sure the rest of you can figure it out.

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why wouldn't you name names? This is a gossip forum not highschool.

Is this player going to get mad at you, and if thats so, why would you post it in the first place?

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Kathy Liebert more than likely

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after further review I have noticed this thread sucks

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Theres a certain female player that might be pretty obivious. I won't name names, but I'm sure the rest of you can figure it out.

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Liebert!

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http://www.headsuppokerchampions.com...20HELLMUTH.jpg

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Pretty sure Brunson is deeeep in the closet. I'll leave you to guess which one.

hint: he's old.

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I may or may not have seen Ms. Liebert with a female softball player with a crew cut.

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Sir, that's f-ing blasphemy. I hope you get banned for that B.S. Doyle is God.

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Sir, that's f-ing blasphemy. I hope you get banned for that B.S. Doyle is God.

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you have been watching too much TV. Doyle is assumed to be a crook, we just have to wait for the SEC to verify it. The guy does not have a halo around his head.

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Kurosh

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no, but he has ten bracelets around his wrist and has been playing at the highest level longer than most of us have been around. When anyone here has accomplished as much in their life poker-wise as he has, then they can call him a closet [censored].

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Few names that come to mind are Kathy Liebert and Daniel Negreanu.

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Negreanu is not gay, he's Canadian.

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is there a difference?

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A few people are openly gay, I don't think anyone is openly Canadian

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Poker is still too macho for anyone to be openly gay. There aren't many openly gay players in professional team sports or openly gay policeman.

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Tiffany Williamson

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I'm openly Grey...does that count? Oh' sorry I thought you said big....s, you said big names, excuse me I be wrong on both counts.

Vince

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Joe Stillman


oh and when Kathy Liebert walks down the street in Holland people stop, point, and yell "Gosh dang, that's a big ole dyke"

Only they yell it in Dutch obviously.

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I don't think anyone would give a rat's ass, unless the gay dude dished out some sick bad beats. It seems to me that in poker, as long as you have money to play nobody cares what you are.

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Layne Flack isnt nearly classy enough to be gay.

I'd say Allen Cunningham is the odds on favorite.

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I'm openly Grey...does that count? Oh' sorry I thought you said big....s, you said big names, excuse me I be wrong on both counts.

Vince

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jovial yes, jewish yes, but gay no.

He is married to a woman with HUGE knockers...I'm met them both at bellagio, nice guy.

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Sir, that's f-ing blasphemy. I hope you get banned for that B.S. Doyle is God.

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I don't think anyone would give a rat's ass, unless the gay dude dished out some sick bad beats.

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Why would this be an exception?

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