Is this story true "Fossilman"

[MDBLakers]

I read this on RGP.

"This past weekend I made my way to Foxwoods to try and win a seat
at the NEPC this upcoming weekend. I found the act 1 competition fairly easy to
wade through. I expected the act 2 to be a bit more competitive. I wasn’t
disappointed.

I sat down at the table next to guy wearing his best poker uniform;
sunglasses, hat, and a Pokerstars.com leather jacket. As I sat down he let me
know that there were a lot of good players at the table. He gestured to the
other end and told me who each of the four older gentlemen were and their recent
poker playing achievements. Great, I’m thinking… this should be quick and
painless.

Things went better than I had hoped for. After and hour and a half
all but four of us had been eliminated. Interestingly enough only one of the
heavy hitters remained. On one particular hand I was dealt pocket J’s. I put in
a $300 bet and was called by the heavy. The flop came 10s Jd 5d. I took another
peek at my cards to give the impression I was unsure of what I had. When I
looked up, Greg Raymer had taken the seat right next to the guy and was staring
at me (apparently they were friends as they chit chatted through the rest of the
round). Man was I surprised. Not awestruck or anything like that just a bit
surprised, this being only the second tournament table I’ve ever been at,(the
act 1 an hour before was the first) even if it was just an Act 2. So he was
looking me over and I noticed his eyes shifted down to my hands. It’s important
to note that I had only gotten about 3 hours sleep the night before and had had
way too much caffeine and very little to eat in the past 12 hours. At this point
I realized my hands were shaking ever so slightly. I checked it back to the
heavy and he put up $600 which I called. The turn came the 3s. Right before the
card hit the table I noticed Raymer had leaned over and was whispering something
in the guys ear. I knew what he was telling the guy. I knew it plain as day “His
hands shake when he has a monster hand.” I put up another $600 and the guy
folds and says nothing.

Twenty minutes later it’s me and the heavy again. He raises $200
pre-flop and I call him with rags (4d 7h or something equally as shitty), being
sure my hands are resting on the table as not to give anything away. The flop
comes 10s 9h Ad. He raises another $1200. At this point I lift my hands up off
the table surface and allow them to shake a bit while I contemplate a move here.
I make sure he notices my hands. Once I’m sure he has seen them, I think for
another minute or two and push everything I have into the middle. He thinks for
a minute and mucks it. As I’m scooping up the chips I tell the guy “I wish you
had called me”. He shoots back “I wish your hands didn’t shake so much when you
had a great hand.”. “Heh yeah” was my reply.

Soon after that, one of the other two at the table busted out and we
collected our Act 3 coupons from the floor guy. After everything was sorted I
went over and shook the heavies hand, complimented him on his play and then I
shook Raymers hand and told him I just wanted to shake his hand.

I busted out 2 hours into the Act 3 that night, after making a
stupid rookie mistake, going all in with pocket 7’s preflop then getting called
by pocket A’s. I was always careful to keep the hands from shaking though. Good
lesson to everyone. Get plenty of sleep and stay away from the caffeine.

I can’t think of another time I’ve ever had so much fun for a mere
$60 buy in. Good luck to everyone who made it through the Act 3’s.

If you happen to read this Greg, thanks for the lesson."


JD

[nolanfan34]

It's on RGP, it must be true!

Seriously though, I would put the chance of Greg essentially helping a fellow player during a hand like that, at a number lower than 0%. What a joke.

[Uethym]

He probably whispered "Bust this mother[censor]" [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Greg (FossilMan)]

If the facts of this story aren't true, then they're close enough, to the best of my recollection. However, I have no memory of what I might have whispered into my friend's ear on the occasion of this particular hand. It most certainly was NOT anything about the hand that was in play. I would never give advice to my friend about a hand WHILE he is playing it. After the hand was over, then I might have given advice. It is quite possible I was saying something to him about a previous hand against a different opponent, but I was definitely not coaching him about the hand or opponent in play.

I was more likely making a joke that was not directly related to the hand in play, and which was off-color enough that I didn't want to say it out loud in public. ;-)

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

[Boris]

So let me get this straight. You whispered something in your friend's ear while your friend was in a hand? If true, that's highly inappropriate behavior.

[Beerfund]

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So let me get this straight. You whispered something in your friend's ear while your friend was in a hand? If true, that's highly inappropriate behavior.

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No shyt, what did you expect people to think? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[MicroBob]

Indeed....whispering something in the friends ear while he had cards in front of him is pretty wrong.


Even if it is an off-color joke not at all related to the hand I would be less than thrilled if I was on the opposite end of the table and some guy was whispering something to the person I was in an important hand against.

How am I supposed to know what is being said?
Is this commonly accepted behavior? I'm not very tourney experienced but somehow I am pretty sure it isn't.

[Greg (FossilMan)]

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So let me get this straight. You whispered something in your friend's ear while your friend was in a hand? If true, that's highly inappropriate behavior.

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"Highly inappropriate" seems a bit strong to me. If you ask me the time and I turn my arse towards you and fart loudly, saying "It's time to clear the room" is more of what I would think constitutes highly inappropriate behavior.

However, your general point, that I should avoid any appearance of impropriety, is well taken.

Oh, and just to say it again. I do not recall that I whispered into his ear DURING a hand. It is quite possible that I did, but I cannot say with absolute conviction that I either did or did not whisper at such a time. Let's just say, I'm sure I did nothing wrong, though it is possible I unintentionally did something that looked wrong.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

[Beerfund]

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If you ask me the time and I turn my arse towards you and fart loudly, saying "It's time to clear the room"

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This image is now forever burned into my brain. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[CCx]

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If you ask me the time and I turn my arse towards you and fart loudly, saying "It's time to clear the room" is more of what I would think constitutes highly inappropriate behavior.

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