Moneymaker must be slumming or broke.

sng-sam · #1 09-23-2005, 07:07 PM

I know he just cashed in the 7 stud Hi/lo event of WCOOP but...he was playing a FPP sattelite for the Sunday tournament and...a 5.25 limit SNG. What gives? Is this like Full Tilt where he agrees to play at a variety of buyins so people can play with him?

Straight Flushes,

SAM

DeadMoneyOC · #2 09-23-2005, 07:12 PM

I have heard of him playing play money also. Probably just messing around...Just because someone has played 100-200 and has the bankroll to play that big doesnt meant they cant play small stakes.

Ogre · #3 09-23-2005, 07:12 PM

he sucks so in the end he will go broke

MonkeeMan · #4 09-23-2005, 07:30 PM

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he sucks so in the end he will go broke

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You, however, will win the ME twice and get a bunch of sweet endorsement deals.

betgo · #5 09-23-2005, 07:32 PM

Maybe he recognizes he is not Doyle Brunson because he won the WSOP, and he his not playing over his head. This way he avoids going broke.

A_C_Slater · #6 09-23-2005, 07:39 PM

Moneymaker is an accountant. He knows the value of money. No way he's broke.

1p0kerb0y · #7 09-23-2005, 08:50 PM

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Moneymaker is an accountant. He knows the value of money. No way he's broke.

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Ummm...he was pretty deep in the hole before he won the ME and had some serious gambling problems on top of that.

MrX · #8 09-24-2005, 08:00 PM

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Moneymaker is an accountant. He knows the value of money. No way he's broke.

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Just like lawyers never break the law.

MicroBob · #9 09-24-2005, 08:33 PM

I too find the idea that an accountant is automatically responsible with his money to be ridiculous.

Lawyers break laws.
Doctors and nurses do their fair share of smoking and drinking.
Politicians don't understand politics or their constituants.
Police officers get caught speeding or DUI.

Gamblers pretty much gamble.
Some are responsible...others are less so.

moneymaker was already in a bit of gamling debt before winning the WSOP....obviously this was when he was an accountant...and he sure wasn't being terribly responsible then, was he?

He might be more responsible with his money now...he might not.
But the fact that he is an account doesn't have a whole lot to do with it.

#10 09-26-2005, 11:03 AM

Hmmm, I love blanket observations. Yours made me think of my old friend from back in Philly. He was a controller/CPA who stole $2M over a three year period from his employer because he had a gambling problem and had no respect for money. Well, maybe he was the exception and every other accountant is better with their own money management.

I agree with those on this thread that point to his contractual obligations as a reason for him playing that game. However, he has had a series of money issues since his WSOP win so I would expect the "Moneymaker plays $2/5 NL at Mandalay Bay" thread to be close at hand.