Tuan Le

[benkahuna]

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My impression of him is as being pretty arrogant

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I feel like all poker players are a bit arrogant.

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All of them? Wow.

[violaman]

There are some players who can get very lucky and still can't win in big tournaments. I think Tuan has proven that when he runs well he becomes an incredibly formidable opponent who can break people very easily because it is so hard to put him on a hand. I wish WPT sold their dvds with all the hands (not to mention all the episodes) shown, because I'd like to see if he picks up many small pots with his erratic play.

The assertion that he has won three titles because he has a horseshoe up his rear is absurd. Only time will tell where he stands in relation to the Negreanus and Hansons but so far he has certainly been on the right track.

[MafiaPrince]

Just curious as to why you think he's had a lot of WPT success but none so much in the WSOP. I assume he plays those events as well?

[Dominic]

cause he's a luck box?

[thedarknight]

watching the episode i guess barry coaches him?

[bocablkr]

I posted this at another site back in December - thought you might be interested in the part about Tuan.

I was playing Saturday in a $140 SNG at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The guy to my left is claiming this is the first time he has played in a Casino. He is making all the common first time mistakes. He is folding out of turn, showing his cards with action to go, betting less than required, even folding when it was checked to him. Then he does the funniest thing I have ever seen at a table - he shows his pocket tens and lays them on the table face up. He then declares he wants to split his pair. I am not kidding. Everyone is laughing, this guy is playing blackjack rules. The dealer admonishes him and we continue playing. Later I am short-stacked and get KQ in early position. I go all in and this guy calls me with AK. Oh well...

I get up and leave and notice that Tuan Le is waiting to play in the nightly $1000 tournament (usually around 30 players). I went over and talked with him for about 10 minutes. He was very personable and open. He told me about some of the prop bets he lost. He said that he loses most of them, especially the ones he bets with Ted Forrest. Ted bet him a lot of money ( I wont give the exact amount ) that he could run from the MGM Grand to the end of the strip, barefoot in 119 degree heat. Tuan made the bet and Ted made the run. Tuan also accepted a bet that he couldn't beat Sam Grizzle in a 40 yard dash. He had to give Sam a 10 yard head start. Sam is much older than Tuan. Tuan lost by a foot. He told me several other interesting stories and then I wished him luck in the tournament. He got very lucky several times. Once, he was dominated with pocket 7's and flops quads. He ended up winning the tournament.

[idrinkcoors]

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He said that he loses most of them, especially the ones he bets with Ted Forrest. Ted bet him a lot of money ( I wont give the exact amount ) that he could run from the MGM Grand to the end of the strip, barefoot in 119 degree heat. Tuan made the bet and Ted made the run.


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How much money does Ted Forrest have? 10 million? More? And he's running barefoot down the strip in 119 degree weather? Maybe that's why I like him.

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Tuan also accepted a bet that he couldn't beat Sam Grizzle in a 40 yard dash. He had to give Sam a 10 yard head start. Sam is much older than Tuan. Tuan lost by a foot.

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For some odd reason, I would absolutely LOVE to watch this race.

[TedForrestFan]

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He said that he loses most of them, especially the ones he bets with Ted Forrest. Ted bet him a lot of money ( I wont give the exact amount ) that he could run from the MGM Grand to the end of the strip, barefoot in 119 degree heat. Tuan made the bet and Ted made the run.

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What a great story about Ted! I love it. I may have to start a misc. page on my website just for stories like these!

TedForrestFan

[Rick Nebiolo]

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The thing is, his mistakes early on in the hands are so fundamentally wrong, it's hard for me to credit him as being a good player. Some of the stuff he does just makes no sense, and there is no possible justification. E

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I didn't know who he was a couple years ago (shortly after his first big WPT win but before it came on TV). Anyway he sits down in our 20/40 stud/8 game while waiting for a seat in the big mix game on the next table that Yosh Nakano hosts at the Bike. A few hands into the game with a nine up he puts in eleven raises against a low card showing on third street.

Turns out he had (K J) 9 all offsuit. I forgot whether he sucked out or not against (A A) 2 [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].

~ Rick

[captZEEbo]

not sure about tournaments, but I agree with strassa here. He is a HUGE noob when it comes to NL cash and likely limimt holdem, but less of a mistake there b/c he just can't make TOO many mistakes preflop to be a HUGE donator if he has good reads postflop. Furthermore, strassa was spot on in his analysis about huge preflop mistakes with shallow stacks. He will call like 10 bb's preflop with hands ilke J9o when he only has 40 bb's to start the hand....there's just no way that's profitable.