Won a 3 million dollar prop bet

[bustedromo]

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Recently I bet a well known poker player (who requested to remain anonymous) that I could walk into Congregation Ner Tamid and lead an entire service posing as a Rabbi. Using my excellent beard and cunning Hebrew skills, I won this bet. Given that until the time the bet was placed, (about a month ago) I had not practiced Judaism at all, nor spoke a word of Hebrew, I believe this to be one of the greatest prop-bet accomplishments ever. Please discuss.

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This is definitely fake. My best guess is that it's Sklansky and Malmuth behind it.

S & M are a little miffed at BeeGee for the video interview where he denigrated poker books other than his own ( see my thread in "Books & Publications" ).

I really doubt anyone could get BeeGee's password out of him other than Sebok or his girlfriend, and I don't see their motivation.

An outside shot is that it's a prop bet between BeeGee and S & M to see how many 2p2'ers would be fooled and offer congratulations.

Good clues are : What rabbi would allow this ? Barry could have payed him off, but wouldn't he lose his rabbidom if higher-ups found out ?

Finally, don't forget about the NVG'er who called Barry an ugly monkey/ape. This might be purely Barry's revenge on NVG.

[LocustHorde]

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Finally, don't forget about the NVG'er who called Barry an ugly monkey/ape. This might be purely Barry's revenge on NVG.

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Oh gimme a break [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm sure Barry G, for the last 48 hours was stewing over what some clown said in NVG. 'yeah, i'll show those guys for hurting my feelings!!!'

[bustedromo]

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Finally, don't forget about the NVG'er who called Barry an ugly monkey/ape. This might be purely Barry's revenge on NVG.

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Oh gimme a break [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm sure Barry G, for the last 48 hours was stewing over what some clown said in NVG. 'yeah, i'll show those guys for hurting my feelings!!!'

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Did you read his response to the guy ?

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1. The differences from my book and others that I was thinking about were:
Most books preach a weak-tight strategy and talk about only losing a certain number of buy-ins each session. These poker philosophies are good starting points, but I talk about how to play and how to manage sessions once you become a winning player.

2. I did this interview on a dinner break after staying up all night the previous night, playing in the side games. I saw pictures of myself from that day that looked pretty bad, so I got my beard trimmed and my girlfriend colored my hair to hide the grey. Also, my skin looks pretty bad on this video. I think it is a combination of bad lighting by them and aging by me.

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Now he is partially crediting his "excellent beard" for the purported ruse ...

I agree it seems unlikely, but the more I think about it, this could very well be Barry having some fun with NVG for insulting his beard.

There was also this post: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post11097582

Maybe Barry decided to troll.

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sebok said this story is NOT true and that barry didn't write the first post.

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Funny how almost all the doubters start jumping in after the above post.
Sheep much?

[IgorSmiles]

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where was the real rabbi during this? Wow.

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He hasnt been heard from and his family is starting to worry.

[markysals11]

bssssssssss

[rothko]

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Finally, don't forget about the NVG'er who called Barry an ugly monkey/ape. This might be purely Barry's revenge on NVG.

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Oh gimme a break [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm sure Barry G, for the last 48 hours was stewing over what some clown said in NVG. 'yeah, i'll show those guys for hurting my feelings!!!'

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Did you read his response to the guy ?

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1. The differences from my book and others that I was thinking about were:
Most books preach a weak-tight strategy and talk about only losing a certain number of buy-ins each session. These poker philosophies are good starting points, but I talk about how to play and how to manage sessions once you become a winning player.

2. I did this interview on a dinner break after staying up all night the previous night, playing in the side games. I saw pictures of myself from that day that looked pretty bad, so I got my beard trimmed and my girlfriend colored my hair to hide the grey. Also, my skin looks pretty bad on this video. I think it is a combination of bad lighting by them and aging by me.

Barry


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Now he is partially crediting his "excellent beard" for the purported ruse ...

I agree it seems unlikely, but the more I think about it, this could very well be Barry having some fun with NVG for insulting his beard.

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definitely not possible that op joker read quoted post

[KentuckyWildcats]

Will the real Barry Greenstein please stand up?

[Whitewash]

The way the original post was written does not sound like the tone Barry normally uses in his posts. Discuss.