Official Rio/Bellagio Gossip Thread

[Arnold_O]

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I was railbirding the 25-25 PLO where Davood Mehrmand was up to his usual antics. they were playing with a rock (Basically a straddle that goes to whoever wins the pot) and in this particular hand Davood held the rock so it was his action after everyone limped. The guy to his right in the blind accidentally throws a black chip instead of a green meaning to call and Davood tells him to put the chip back and that he is raising. The guy refuses and Davood has a fit, stands up shouting and demands to see a floorman. Eventually the floorman rules that the guy can just call because there is no action behind and unsurprisingly Davood bets the pot. He has a temper tantrum because his pot raise can only be $500 instead of $650? Someone behind him with AAxx popped it behind it but he ended up chopping the pot after they ran it twice 3 handed. What a retarded angle shoot

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where was this side game being played -- bellagio or in the rio tourney area?

[Yuv]

LOL at the Davood vs Elezra post. You shouldn't be messing with Elezra. Def not the right guy to pick on.

[Oliver Nipples]

Funny post from Joe Stapleton of Pokerwire:



INT. - WSOP MEN'S RESTROOM - NIGHT



Minneapolis Jim Meehan: Does anybody in here wanna arm wrestle me for a hundred buck!?

Guy in Last Stall: Yeah! I'll take that action, Jim!

Minneapolis Jim Meehan: Look how popular I am! I got people on the ****er who want to arm wrestle me!

Guy in Last Stall: Come on. I'll do it!

Minneapolis Jim Meehan: Alright. But you gotta lay me a hundred and ten to a hundred.

Guy in Last Stall: Done. But, hey, can I borrow a hundred bucks?

Minneapolis Jim Meehan: No, you greedy b***h!

Jim then exited the restroom. Here are some things to note about this scene:

**The Guy in Last Stall somehow knew that it was Minneaoplis Jim, without even seeing him.

**Minneapolis Jim thinks he's no worse than a 5-4 underdog in arm wresting against anyone in the bathroom at any given time

**Minneapolis Jim Meehan offers random strangers to arm wrestle him, and does not wash his hands before exiting the restroom.

That is all.

[PokerBob]

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Black Teddy continues to rape the 100 game at the Bellagio. This is according to Teddy.

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every time i go to vegas or LA, i see that guy. any idea if (a) he wins and (b) where he gets his dollars?

[Lefort]

I've got some good stuff. All entirely true.

In the $1500 Limit event, Phil Hellmuth shows up at our table late as per his usual. He shakes everyone's hand (interrupting a hand in doing so) and sits down while quietly listening to his iPod for the next 30 minutes. Eventually he begins talking to J.J. Liu about houses in the area and properties in Vegas etc etc and then he says, and I quote, "Yup.. *sigh*.. some people collect baseball caps, I collect houses..." And I immediately burst out laughing. He just kind of looks at me funny and nothing is said. A little later I bluffed him out of a pot and then he went on a rant about how he's so good and patient and how young kids like me are no good because we're impatient etc.. Within a couple hours he busts after having two sets cracked.. it was awesome.

Later that day I'm just walking through the card room when I see Brandi for the first time. The next 2 seconds happened as if it were in slow motion. I kind of glanced back at her when I was walking by because I was like "oh there's brandi" in my mind, and she noticed and looked at me, fully knowing that I recognize her and must be a 2p2er. So I look away and there's Sklansky walking towards her, and I see him and then look back at her and then look back at him and I start smirking a bit. They both just kinda look at me and I walk by. For some reason I just found it really funny, and I was devestated that I didn't blurt out "P.O.B." as I walked by.

Today I played with Dutch Boyd. He acted very very slowly at all times and has definitely gained alot of weight. He was polite in the fact that he signed a few autographs while playing, but other than that he was hugely anti-social and didn't even respond the few times I said "nice hand" to him. He really seems to be in his own world. While he was there, Sheets came by and gave him what looked like a roll of $10k. I'm guessing he's staking him.

Not a whole lot else out of the ordinary has happened. Live poker sucks... I'm always card dead.

[J_V]

Can someone describe this Black Teddy? He wouldn't be tall and light skinned, semi athletic looking black teddy would he?

[cameronw01]

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Today I played with Dutch Boyd. He acted very very slowly at all times and has definitely gained alot of weight. He was polite in the fact that he signed a few autographs while playing, but other than that he was hugely anti-social and didn't even respond the few times I said "nice hand" to him. He really seems to be in his own world. While he was there, Sheets came by and gave him what looked like a roll of $10k. I'm guessing he's staking him.



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Here's a guideline for you.

Player X is playing a tournament, and
Player X is not going to win the tournament, therefore:

Player X is staked by Sheets and Bax.

Player Y is playing a tournament, and
Player Y is going to win the tournament, therefore:

Player Y is staked by Timex.

[Joe Tall]

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Can someone describe this Black Teddy? He wouldn't be tall and light skinned, semi athletic looking black teddy would he?

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JV,

He looks just like (same build too):



Cedric the Entertainer, but Black Teddy is without the hat and rocks more bling.

[AtlBrvs4Life]

Does Black Teddy always have a mini-fan with him at the table?

I saw Sklansky walking around the WSOP with a smokin hot black/exotic chick who was most definitely in her 20s.

I busted Nath in the nightly $1000 crapshoot multi at the Rio. He's crazy and fun to play with.

[CardSharpCook]

Teddy is super-nice and tells funny stories about hookers. He just might be the nuts.