Quiet Lion
 

Who is this guy? He is one of the "Full Tilt Pros,"but I don't lnow his name. Usually playing 30-60 Limit shorthanded.

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Richard Brodie, http://www.brodietech.com/liontales/blog.htm , he is not really a pro, he is retired but likes to play a lot of poker and is friends with a lot of the Full tilt pros.

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I played against him when UB opened up the "royal holdem" games. He sucked. I pwn3d him!!11

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Guy wrote Microsoft Excel for Billy Gates. Very interesting guy.

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http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/play...=r&n=22116

Also was the creator of Microsoft Word.

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I saw him on Ultimate Poker Challenge. He said in an interview on there "I play mathematically perfect poker, therefore theoritaclly I can't lose."

He lost.

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I saw him on Ultimate Poker Challenge. He said in an interview on there "I play mathematically perfect poker, therefore theoritaclly I can't lose."

He lost.

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Sounds like P. Hellmouth. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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After playing with him on Full Tilt I have to say he deals with a constant stream of abuse in a pretty dignified manner. I don't care if he's rich - should be easier to take his money - so I don't understand why so many people visibly have a problem with it. Don't they WANT rich players in the game?

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After playing with him on Full Tilt I have to say he deals with a constant stream of abuse in a pretty dignified manner. I don't care if he's rich - should be easier to take his money - so I don't understand why so many people visibly have a problem with it. Don't they WANT rich players in the game?

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I've played with him a bunch, and he seems like a very nice guy.

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If someone says anything bad about him...he immediately has their chat banned. How I know this....I dunno.

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I saw him on Ultimate Poker Challenge. He said in an interview on there "I play mathematically perfect poker, therefore theoritaclly I can't lose."

He lost.

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If you couldn't tell he was joking - you need to lighten up a tad. Dry sense of humor doesn't make someone a bad guy.

FWIW, I've known Richard for over 2 years and he is one of small group who remain down to earth after being so successful in their business life.

He co-wrote Word 1.0, not excel, and was one of i think an original 6 involved with Microsoft. sorry to be a nit.

He's taught me things about Video Poker paytables etc my bosses at the time didn't even know. Once he became interested in poker, he pretty much dove in and tried to learn as much as he could, as fast as possible. How can someone have a problem with that?

Richard is truly a class act - as well as an occasional lurker on 2+2, so he may even stop in and have something to add.

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Had a hit in the 80's with "Cum on feel the children cry".

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If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word. The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.

This makes sense though. He developed a half-assed program and he is a half-assed poker player. On the positive side, he does share his vast knowledge of wine in his blog. That's nice!

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If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word.

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Yes you would.

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If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word. The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.

This makes sense though. He developed a half-assed program and he is a half-assed poker player. On the positive side, he does share his vast knowledge of wine in his blog. That's nice!

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If I were you, I wouldn't go around making fun of people who made so much [censored] money that they could retire and do whatever the [censored] they wanted for the rest of their lives.

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Yes you would.

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I'd hire a team of midgets to do it for me. Just because i could afford to.

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I can only reply with what I know of him - to be honest I don't remember a damn thing about Word 1.0.

He's a genuinely nice guy & obviously highly intelligent - I doubt you'll find anyone who knows him say otherwise.

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The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.


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Yah!!! I'm looking for that bastard that invented the phonograph, what a piece of junk. And the guy who invented the wheel? How many bruised tailbones does a guy have to suffer on his wagon before steel belted radials can be mass produced? And have you ever gone through a midwestern August wearing animal pelts--UNBEARABLE!!!! Someday they'll come out with finely woven cotton garments or even microfiber clothing. Someday......

I'm sure you were trolling....and you win. Can't really be serious.

Have to go now--need to take 2 1/2 minutes to type up a memo before a meeting I'm going into.

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Yah!!! I'm looking for that bastard that invented the phonograph, what a piece of junk. And the guy who invented the wheel? How many bruised tailbones does a guy have to suffer on his wagon before steel belted radials can be mass produced? And have you ever gone through a midwestern August wearing animal pelts--UNBEARABLE!!!! Someday they'll come out with finely woven cotton garments or even microfiber clothing. Someday.....

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i wish i would have just posted this as my response now. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I'd hire a team of midgets to do it for me. Just because i could afford to.

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What about sharks with fricking laser beams on their heads?

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Who is this guy? He is one of the "Full Tilt Pros,"but I don't lnow his name. Usually playing 30-60 Limit shorthanded.

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As others have elaborated, a very nice, bright, rich guy. Played with him last year in one of the prelim WSOP events, and actually busted him near the bubble. He plays VERY tight.

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Sluss: Hi, Sluss How are you
Quiet Lion: Hi, Sluss. Quiet Lion nice to meet you.
Sluss: Quiet Lion that's an interesting name.So what do you do, Circus Preformer?
Quiet Lion: No, here my team of singing midgets will tell you.

Team of singing Midgets: He CreeeeAted Microsoft Word yes Word yes Word. He CreeeeAted Microsoft Word and now he bathes in Cash.

Sluss: Damn, I want a team of singing Midgets.

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Guy wrote Microsoft Excel

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At least he wrote his own stuff. Not all Full Tilt pros do that.

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Guy wrote Microsoft Excel

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At least he wrote his own stuff. Not all Full Tilt pros do that.

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ZING!

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I busted him in a Full Tilt $109 and got a free "I Busted Quiet Lion" T-shirt! I wear it EVERYDAY! <font color="white">actually I tossed it somewhere and lost it </font>

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The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.


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Yah!!! I'm looking for that bastard that invented the phonograph, what a piece of junk. And the guy who invented the wheel? How many bruised tailbones does a guy have to suffer on his wagon before steel belted radials can be mass produced? And have you ever gone through a midwestern August wearing animal pelts--UNBEARABLE!!!! Someday they'll come out with finely woven cotton garments or even microfiber clothing. Someday......

I'm sure you were trolling....and you win. Can't really be serious.

Have to go now--need to take 2 1/2 minutes to type up a memo before a meeting I'm going into.

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So awesome.

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The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.


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Yah!!! I'm looking for that bastard that invented the phonograph, what a piece of junk. And the guy who invented the wheel? How many bruised tailbones does a guy have to suffer on his wagon before steel belted radials can be mass produced? And have you ever gone through a midwestern August wearing animal pelts--UNBEARABLE!!!! Someday they'll come out with finely woven cotton garments or even microfiber clothing. Someday......

I'm sure you were trolling....and you win. Can't really be serious.

Have to go now--need to take 2 1/2 minutes to type up a memo before a meeting I'm going into.

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Funny reply but what does it have to do with one program being superior to another and some braggart inventor hyping his being part of a team that developed an inferior program? That is all we hear about Quiet Lion yet we only occasionally hear about Barry Greenstein's work with Symantec. Wonder why.

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Funny reply but what does it have to do with one program being superior to another and some braggart inventor hyping his being part of a team that developed an inferior program? That is all we hear about Quiet Lion yet we only occasionally hear about Barry Greenstein's work with Symantec. Wonder why.

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Almost everybody in this thread who has had contact with him has said he was a nice guy, yet you keep trying to bash him. Does that make you feel good? Are you trying to change everybody's mind that he is a nice guy? I don't really see where you are coming from.

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I've played with him a bunch, and he seems like a very nice guy.

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[quoteFunny reply but what does it have to do with one program being superior to another and some braggart inventor hyping his being part of a team that developed an inferior program? That is all we hear about Quiet Lion yet we only occasionally hear about Barry Greenstein's work with Symantec. Wonder why.

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In my limited exposure, it seems that with his blog and the feedback of many posters here, Richard seems like a decent fellow. I've not heard of him bragging about his Word association--seems like others talking about it. Being one of the original six with M-Soft and "doing some work with symantec" aren't very equal comparisons.

It can be the rage to bash M-Soft and their products. I just know as the owner of a small business with 8 employees that their products we use help in our business and allow us to do work that brings in $$. I don't feel the need/have the time to pick apart problems with M-Soft. I'd rather spend my free time playing poker.

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Had a hit in the 80's with "Cum on feel the children cry".

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I literally died laughing out loud at this.

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I literally died laughing out loud at this.

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Finally, someone got it. My condolences on your passing.