Monday November 5, 2007
He won the main pokerparty room event at the 2002 New England Poker Classic (1st place - $72,590), and in 2003, he won the televised WPT Gold Rush tournament (1st place - $146,000), prevailing over a tough final table that included Phil Hellmuth and a then-unknown Antonio Esfandiari. One time when Ben and I were at Binion's Horseshoe together, Benny Binion told me, "You know what he's worth now? To become a good poker player you must play with good starting pokerparty hands. I think you're born with these things and you can't learn them from a book." "So you'd equate it to chess masters being born with this incredible gift and not having to even try to learn it." "Absolutely. We didn't have much card player money back then, but I never gave any thought to it because we were happy.
It's not like I'm going to make a clown of myself, and if I do, I just do. Sophisticated rapid-fire weapons, like 9mm semi-automatic pistols and Uzi submachine guns, became easily obtainable on the street market. (And met Hank Aaron, who owns the place, in the bargain.) Having placed third in the biggest event in pokerparty history-and won $2.5 million in cash-Arieh can no longer grouse about the whims of Lady Luck.
My two cards didn't matter. I should be impartial. vowed to shut down Platinum 2000, calling it "...an abusive and negative presence in that neighborhood." According to police, the club had been the origin of several violent altercations which had escalated into street shootings. By age 21, he had declared bankruptcy and been twice divorced. Are you feeling confident heading into the big show? This is what these guys are doing anyway, and that's how it all came about. If we didn't want that image on television we could simply edit it out.
Do you have any interest in the playing the $50k HORSE event this year? That year saw the legendary Stu "The Kid" Ungar win his second of three WSOP championship event bracelets, and just under $400,000 for his efforts. I don't care about notoriety, I don't care about anything else. Tiger Woods draws huge crowds to PGA pokerparty events. I highly recommend reading poker-related material as it will improve your game no matter what your skill level. I was down in Texas playing poker and about 3 o'clock in the morning I went home.
