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[pokerplyr80]

Yea I loved the single table SNGs on party poker. Sometimes I would have 5 or 6 going at a time, anywhere from $10 to $200 buy in depending on how I was feeling at the time. Swings can be pretty big there too.

I was never a limit fan, but have played quite a bit because the only casino that had good tournaments had a 1/2 texas 1/2 omaha h/l limit cash game that was usually the only one going. I rarely bought into a cash game for more than $1,000. Never a big time player, but it was fun. I prefer tournaments and would travel the circuit if I could win a big one or get a backer.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Yea I loved the single table SNGs on party poker. Sometimes I would have 5 or 6 going at a time, anywhere from $10 to $200 buy in depending on how I was feeling at the time. Swings can be pretty big there too.

I was never a limit fan, but have played quite a bit because the only casino that had good tournaments had a 1/2 texas 1/2 omaha h/l limit cash game that was usually the only one going. I rarely bought into a cash game for more than $1,000. Never a big time player, but it was fun. I prefer tournaments and would travel the circuit if I could win a big one or get a backer.

If you have not already read "The Moneymaker Effect," the book is a decent read for just a few dollars. Obviously, that story has been well-documented. But the book came out in 2013 and does have some information with which I was not previously familiar.

http://www.amazon.com/Moneymaker-Eff...eymaker+effect

Sam Farha said he had not slept for five days prior to the Main Event final table. Farha survived on mass quantities of Red Bull and coffee and literally fell asleep at the table when it got down to three-handed. Farha spent the entire night before the Main Event final table playing in a marathon cash game. Even going on no sleep, Farha said he thought the only way he could possibly lose heads up to Moneymaker would be if he died at the table.

I also never realized what a degenerate sports gambler Moneymaker was in that he once lost $60,000 in a single weekend betting on sports prior to his Main Event win.

I also liked Mike Matusow's "Check Raising the Devil" a lot.

My biggest individual score was a little over $1,900 as part of a table share from a bad beat jackpot. I chopped a few sub $100 tournaments in Atlantic City, but never for more than $1,200. When I have gone deep in tournaments in A.C., there has always been a chop.

[pokerplyr80]

I'll have to check that story out. I heard Moneymaker was broke within a year or two of winning. He had backers even for the online satellite, so he only got to keep a mil or so and lost all that sports betting. These were just rumors from other players but I had heard it enough to believe it.

I ran into him in the elevator on the way to play in the ME in 2005 and talked to him for a minute. He seemed friendly. Never played with him though. I heard he offered Farha a split when he had a 2 to 1 chip lead and Farha still said no.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I'll have to check that story out. I heard Moneymaker was broke within a year or two of winning. He had backers even for the online satellite, so he only got to keep a mil or so and lost all that sports betting. These were just rumors from other players but I had heard it enough to believe it.

I ran into him in the elevator on the way to play in the ME in 2005 and talked to him for a minute. He seemed friendly. Never played with him though. I heard he offered Farha a split when he had a 2 to 1 chip lead and Farha still said no.

The part about the chop offer to Farha is in the book. Moneymaker offered Farha an even chop while they were in the bathroom during a break while heads up. Farha counteroffered with a ridiculous offer that gave him nearly first-place money and Moneymaker declined the offer.

One of the shocking things to me about the book was that Howard Lederer actually surfaced following the Full Tilt debacle to offer comments on the 2003 Main Event and playing against Moneymaker. Dutch Boyd, Lederer and Farha all commented in the book that Moneymaker is a nice guy, but played terribly.

Another great part of the book was Phil Ivey discussing the ridiculous boat over boat hand against Moneymaker that knocked him out of the Main Event in 10th. Ivey called Barry Greenstein after getting knocked out and told Greenstein that he would not believe the beat that knocked him out of the Main Event. Greenstein replied that Ivey should have folded to Moneymaker's bet post-flop. Ivey was so shocked by the beat that he collected his winnings, then drove cross country straight through to New Jersey.