Poker pro w/ most business savvy

[Ulysses]

Voltron,

"but its pretty obvious that in a lot of ways he is not the sharpest tool in the shed."

What kind of stuff are you referring to?

[Voltron87]

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Voltron,

"but its pretty obvious that in a lot of ways he is not the sharpest tool in the shed."

What kind of stuff are you referring to?

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from reading his blog, from the stuff hes written about religion, and from the way i see him argue online with other people. i probably shouldnt have said "pretty obviously", but i did qualify it by saying "in a lot of ways". in a lot ways hes pretty obviously a really smart person and very successful poker player. i dunno, that bit is just my opinion and is wishy washy. but the first bit of the post stands. i was just using daniel as an example for my point, i dont have any reason to think hes a business donk or something like that.

[colgin]

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This is specifically regarding people who are primarily known for being poker professionals.

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If you include Phil Gordon in that category (which I acknowledge is highly debatable), I think he would give Phil H. and Daniel a run for their money just viz a viz poker enterprises. If you look at his past busness success, I suspect that he has more overall business savvy than either Hellmuth or Negreanu.

[Voltron87]

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This is specifically regarding people who are primarily known for being poker professionals.

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If you include Phil Gordon in that category (which I acknowledge is highly debatable), I think he would give Phil H. and Daniel a run for their money just viz a viz poker enterprises. If you look at his past busness success, I suspect that he has more overall business savvy than either Hellmuth or Negreanu.

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I think diablo is referring to "guys who start out playing poker for a living and have business successes" not people who are businessmen and semi rich first. but i could be wrong.

[colgin]

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This is specifically regarding people who are primarily known for being poker professionals.

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If you include Phil Gordon in that category (which I acknowledge is highly debatable), I think he would give Phil H. and Daniel a run for their money just viz a viz poker enterprises. If you look at his past busness success, I suspect that he has more overall business savvy than either Hellmuth or Negreanu.

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I think diablo is referring to "guys who start out playing poker for a living and have business successes" not people who are businessmen and semi rich first. but i could be wrong.

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That is probably what he meant (which is why I noted that includign Phil G. is debtable). But given his public persona as a poker star, I think he is much more in the category of Phil H. and Daniel N. than someone like Jerry Buss, for example.

I'll let Diablo make a ruling on this one.

I think its this guy

[Schneids]

DUSTIN WOOLF, JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE

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DUSTIN WOOLF, JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE

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Imo he will go broke playing 500/1000 vs lagerborg before he starts any business.

[Ulysses]

Schneids: I do not know if you are joking or not, but it would not surprise me one bit given what he's already got rolling w/ nwp.com.

colgin: I'm not sure whether I'd include Phil Gordon or not since he already had money, but he's clearly done an impressive job at crafting himself into a poker celebrity.

[Schneids]

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Schneids: I do not know if you are joking or not, but it would not surprise me one bit given what he's already got rolling w/ nwp.com.

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Both. It was comedic and truthful.
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colgin: I'm not sure whether I'd include Phil Gordon or not since he already had money, but he's clearly done an impressive job at crafting himself into a poker celebrity.

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In Gordon's mind he's already the biggest poker celebrity out there.