High Stakes ESPN Golf Match
 

$9million golf match between some of poker's superstars and Vince Van Patten. Each golfer is putting up a mill, with some interesting twists in the formats.

From DN's blog (ignore the dog/period stuff at the end)
http://fullcontactpoker.com/poker-journa...&ucat=&

I think it's also in Hellmuth's blog.

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dog period stuff is [censored] gold

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Saw this today, and the teams look pretty intriguing.

From DN's blog:

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3 man scramble:
Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, Erick Lindgren
Dewey Tomko, Doyle Brunson, ?
Phil Hellmuth, Russ Hamilton, Billy Walters

2 man best ball:
Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren
Doyle Brunson, Dewy Tomko
Phil Hellmuth, Russ Hamilton
Vince Van Patten, Janet Jones
Phil Ivey, David Oppenhiem
David Grey, Huck Seed
John Hanson, Mickey Appleman
(I forget the last two pairings)


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The upfront money is $1M each for the scramble, and $100k each for the best ball. Given that and the players involved, the side action should be monumentally degenerate. GOGOGO!

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So much for DN being cash busto.
As well as Arieh.

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can I get a team together and join?

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dog period stuff is [censored] gold

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Agreed

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2 man best ball:

John Hanson, Mickey Appleman
(I forget the last two pairings)


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The first (and only) time I saw Appleman on TV, I seriously thought he was a she-male.

Is he any good at Poker?

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2 man best ball:

John Hanson, Mickey Appleman
(I forget the last two pairings)


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The first (and only) time I saw Appleman on TV, I seriously thought he was a she-male.

Is he any good at Poker?

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he plays tournaments well i don't know about full ring games. i used to see him, the takeover, noli fransisco, and abe mosseri play a pretty big mixed game in manhattan when the players club was still around...i haven't seen him much at any clubs since

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did daniel say he starts from the middle of fairway and gets to tee ball up at any shot? LMAO, this is not golf

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Is he any good at Poker?

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Mickey Appleman was interviewed/profiled in Al Alvarez's masterpiece about the 1981 WSOP, "The Biggest Game in Town". He has four bracelets (first in 1980, most recent in 2003) and according to his Wikipedia page has won over $1.5M in tournament play alone.

Mickey Appleman's Wikipedia entry.

Mickey Appleman's Hendon Mob profile

So yeah, he's OK.