Hellmuth Loses Crown!!

[Dr. Strangelove]

This article makes me glad to be me.

[flair1239]

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what's wrong with enjoying life? everything he said seems accurate. if i had the bank i would love to live that life for a little while anyway.

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It sounds good to you because you guys are both very arrogant.

[PokerProdigy]

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P.S. Wouldn't it be funny if I was totally wrong and Chris "Jesus" Fergusen is just a big pimp who pulls some hot "betties."

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first night of the PPM cruise.

We're pretty tired pretty early. Crash-out for awhile and then wake-up at 2am or so and decide to go drinking.

Well...everyone else was either sleeping or playing cards (or drinking elsewhere I guess).

My GF and i are the ONLY one's in the club on the top deck (the Crow's Nest i believe).
We're still having a good time.


About 2:30am Chris Ferguson and some short blonde walk in.

GF looks at me like...."WTF is with that guy?" (remember..she's new to this whole poker thing). I tell her that he is a VERY good player and won the WSOP in 2000. His nickname is 'jesus'. blah blah blah.

Anyway...they hit the dance-floor. They do a couple of dances and then Chris sits in a chair and the girl does various stripper type dances with some pole in the middle of the floor and lap-dances and the like for about 6 or 7 songs I think.

She looked rather 'stripperish' in dress as well as her movements.

I have no idea if this was some date or is Chris's GF or what.


It was pretty surreal.


And like you, I didn't exactly picture Chris Ferguson as the 'clubbing' kind of guy.

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Funny story [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[B Dids]

Weird.

If I had his money and (allbeit misplaced) status, I can imagine doing the same things (maybe not having a "poker wave". I just can't see thinking it's interesting enough to publish in a maganize.

Also, his writing is horrible.

[flair1239]

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Weird.

If I had his money and (allbeit misplaced) status, I can imagine doing the same things (maybe not having a "poker wave". I just can't see thinking it's interesting enough to publish in a maganize.

Also, his writing is horrible.

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It is not what he is doing, that makes him an ass.

What makes him an ass, is his general disdain for everybody else. This goes beyond common Skalnsky type arrogance that is commonplace in poker; in that he takes great care to ridicule the public in general.

[hoopsie44]

What a tool.

[mosch]

who knew!

[chollowa]

I always thought he looked like a condescending prick, It's unfortunate that my judgemental ass was right.

I say from this day forward, if by chance I'm in a tournament with Antonio (yeah, not likely) and I happen to bust him out (even less likely) I will do his little chump ass wave as he carries his sorry feminine shirt wearing ass to the rail.

[WWJFergusonD?]

From "Magic Antonio's" own website: It explains (fairly clearly, I think) his worldview.


ROCKS AND RINGS

In the history of humanity there have been many secret orders: The Free and Accepted Masons; the Hickenloopers; the Gnomes of Zurich. Some of these groups are bent on global domination, while others just, you know, want to have fun.

It's in the latter category that you'll find Rocks and Rings (or R&R as its shorthandedly known), a posse comprised of Antonio and his closest friends, guys who really know how to party -- and seem determined to teach the world this skill, one nightclub at a time.

WHO ARE ROCKS AND RINGS?
Antonio Esfandiari, President.
Koosh Mohajeri, Founder and Chairman
Jeff Christina, Executive Vice President for Recreational Affairs.
Khash Chamlou, AKA Khash-Money-GQ, Chief Financial Officer.
Tony Licari, Executive Vice President of Female Affairs.
Monin Martin, AKA The Mexican, Princess of Rocks and Rings

WHAT'S THE POSSE'S PHILOSOPHY?

Eudamonism: A lifestyle of hedonism tempered by reason.

HOW DO THEY TALK?

From the name forward -- derived from the P. Diddy song, I Need a Girl (Part 2) -- R&R has a language all its own. Here's a sample glossary.

1.4. Homage to the $1.4 million that Antonio won at the 2004 LA Poker Classic, now an R&R seal of approval. "This party is a total 1.4."

BABY. An attractive young lady -- in homage to the classic movie Swingers, and in full respect to the lady in question.

BITE. An incoming cell phone call, especially from a baby. "I've got to step outside and take this bite."

BUDGET BOY. A term of disdain directed toward anyone who contemplate the price of a purchase. "If you have to ask, Budget Boy, you can't afford it."

DEEP DISH. Excellent house music.

HOTWIRE. To hook up. If you hotwire, you don't go home alone.

ON POINT. A) In charge of organizing the party. B) Locked in; in the zone. "Koosh was totally on point last night. No wonder he hotwired."

ROCKS AND RINGS. An all-purpose adjective to describe something of high quality or style. "How Rocks and Rings are these shoes?"

PLUCKWORTHY HONEY. A baby worthy of further attention.

TURBO SHOPPING. Buying clothing under the gun, where money is no object and second-guessing is not allowed.

WHERE WILL YOU FIND THEM?

In the finest restaurants, bars, clubs and after-hours hidden hot spots. The more exclusive it is -- the harder you have to work to perpetrate past the velvet ropes and bouncers' glares -- the more likely you are to find R&R there.

Once inside, don't expect to see members of Rocks and Rings "running laps to the bar like the proletariat." No, they'll be set up at their own private table, anchored by bottles of top-shelf booze, drawing pluckworthy honeys like moths to the proverbial flame.

They travel by limo. They jet off to Vegas. Or Costa Rica. Paris. In a sense it doesn't matter where they shoot to or how they arrive because they place they are will instantly become the place to be. To paraphrase Crowded House, "Everywhere you go, you always take the party with you."

A DIVIDED WORLD

The world is divided into two parts: Things that are Rocks and Rings, and things that are not. Herewith, a reference table of same.

ITEM: ROCKS AND RINGS/ NOT ROCKS AND RINGS
Television: World Poker Tour/ Trading Spaces
Music: Fast hip-hop/ Top 40
Artist: Eminem/ Dixie Chicks
Movies: Matrix, Casino/ Ishtar, Beaches
Clothes: Armani Black Label/ Dockers Relaxed Fit
Settling a bill: Gambling for the check/ Going Dutch
Car: Prowler/ Mini-Cooper
Poker book: Killer Poker/ Play Tight to Win
Store: Sharper Image/ Target
Potent potable: Kelt Cognac XO/ Michelob Ultra
Smokable: Cuban Cohibas/ Cigarettes

THE LAST WORD

So what is Rocks and Rings? A boys' club? An attitude? A way of life? An excuse to, as the Beastie Boys put it, "Fight for your right to party?" A swarm-and-conquer strategy for meeting women? All of that, and more, much more. If you want to be Rocks and Rings, all you have to do is make style your watchword, strike an attitude of invincibility and never put a price on anything. Rocks and Rings rules!

[M2d]

They should make it illegal to let some people have money. Why doesn't the sports advice "act like you've been there before" carry over to other aspects of life?

Here's a super-duper secret term that my and my superer-duperer secreter krew uses: Makita. Sounds like R&R fits right in with that one.