Hellmuth Loses Crown!!

[shant]

Eight guys that I was at a bachelor party with went to this same club on that same night with that same DJ playing and they got in no problem. They're also eight normal looking guys that don't dress particularly well.

I'm all for having fun and enjoying your life, but Antonio is way too full of himself. It's not that special to drink bottle service at a club.

[Rushmore]

Holy chit, this is even lamer.

This guy is really making a serious run for total tooldom.

Please don't take this as--ahem--playa hatin (I can't believe I just used that incredibly pathetic term), but how could anyone not hate this guy's infantile jabbering?

By the way, who's his stylist--FRYLOCK???

Ok, I was hatin just a little right there.

Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that Antonio Esfandiari makes Scott Fischman look like a guy I really want to hang out with.

Or, uh, Antonio Esfadiari makes Josh Arieh look like Doyle Brunson?

One more: Antonio Esfandiari makes Tara Reid look like Julia Roberts?

What the hell was I saying?

[RandomFluke]

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Rocks and Rings rules!

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O'DOYLE RULES
O'DOYLE RULES

[WWJFergusonD?]

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Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that Antonio Esfandiari makes Scott Fischman look like a guy I really want to hang out with.


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Scary, that. But true.

I'd already surmised that Esfandiari was probably a tool (based on witnessing him insisting on going up the down escalator at the Borgata one evening, apparently just to draw attention to himself).

But, the article and his website (which I forgot to note in my previous post: http://www.magicantonio.com) have now caused me to actively root for his complete and utter demise and humiliation (so that he can be one of the mere proletarian masses again).

[flair1239]

Somebody should E-mail this to Paul Phillips. This is far more idiotic then anything Helmuth has written. It would be interesting to see if Phillips would mock the Magicians arrogance as well.

Although it bears striking resemblence to the article where Hellmuth claimed that when he was walking down the street in New Orleans people were whispering "there goes a world champion."

[WWJFergusonD?]

Paul Phillips has already been made aware of the article, and has chosen not to comment on it. You can read about it in his blog. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Too bad. Of course, I don't know that he's seen Antonio's awesome website....

[MicroBob]

I would hang out with Phillips (although he probably wouldn't hang out with me I suspect).

I would NOT hang out with Antonio, Hellmuth or Fischman and I would actively root AGAINST any of them.


WPO in Tunica last January: I didn't play any of the tourneys. But I went down and played some 2/5 NL and 10/20, etc. One girl at the table talked with her BF for a little while and then he had to leave. She explained that he had been 'hanging out with Fischman' all week and that he was 'really cool'. Seemed very proud of themselves for buddying up to a true 'poker-celebrity'
Something like that anyway.


I almost snorted my drink out of my nose at her "We're so cool because we hang out with Fischman" attitude.


As i mentioned in a previous thread...I stood behind Fischman on the PPM cruise in line at a little shop. He was buying a Twix bar.
Fischman really is pretty freaking short.
I'm a towering 5'6" and I think I had a couple inches on him.

[The once and future king]

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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!

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This is the utter pinnacle of twat. Nothing can be more twat than this.

[NoTalent]

This is the stupidest thing I've ever read...
what a donk

[Superfluous Man]

Every time I imagine the original article being read aloud in some sort of shitty Prohibition Era gangster voice or Will Ferrell's Professor Roger voice from SNL (the bald, bearded "love-ah" character he played alongside Rachel Dratch), I start laughing uncontrollably.