Tennis \"Tells\"
 

It's funny, Agassi was on TV talking about how he had picked up on a Becker tell during one of their matches.

When Becker would wind up to serve, he would sometimes stick his tongue out of the side of his mouth. When he did that, he would always slice his serve out to the left.

Agassi eventually told him about the tell, but I'm not sure if it was before or after Becker retired....

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Oooh, eagerly awaiting the time I get to say "deuce, advantage Becker", but then...I'm no railtard [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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In other news Absolute Poker has just signed Barry Bonds!

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In other news Absolute Poker has signed Floyd Landis.

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In other news Absolute Poker has just signed Barry Bonds!

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omg u beat me T_T

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absolutepoker_lol ^^^

Re: Boris Becker joins PokerStars team
 

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I'm sure if anyone can bring even more germans to pokerstars, it's Boris.

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oh rly?

http://geiri3d.klaki.net/archives/hasselhoff.jpg

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Heard that FTP just signed an Austrian Legend


http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2259/governatorhq3.jpg

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I wonder how much Stars pay him and what he agrees to do for the site.

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I saw him play at a tournement in Cincinnati many years ago...but he was playing tennis, not poker.

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nice


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...dont know if this is known internationally, but i can remember that some years ago a pregnant women accused him of being the father of her unborn child and he meant it was sperm-theft...lolololol
and some weeks later, after he made himself to a joke with that comment which was press-released he said something like
i can't be the father, i only slept with her for some secounds...lololololol

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what?

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They need to sign Sebastien Chabal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabal

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyunion/story/0,,1968150,00.html

"would have much preferred to have spent his 29th birthday yesterday at home playing online poker."

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[x] Table presence

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I saw him play at a tournement in Cincinnati many years ago...but he was playing tennis, not poker.

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nice


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...dont know if this is known internationally, but i can remember that some years ago a pregnant women accused him of being the father of her unborn child and he meant it was sperm-theft...lolololol
and some weeks later, after he made himself to a joke with that comment which was press-released he said something like
i can't be the father, i only slept with her for some secounds...lololololol

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what?

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sorry, didnt rememberd correctly...its some years ago...here
the keypoints of the story translated by me-sorry for my schoolenglish:

the semen-theft in the closet
becker denied at first to had sex with the russian model.
a journalist constructed the bizarre plot of the sperm-theft.
after a dna-test becker made it public that he is the father.
while he denied the importance of the quickie ( "5 seconds,a failure that will hunt me a lifetime long")
ermakova was pointing out his qualities as a lover ("boris was like a young stallion")

http://www.focus.de/panorama/bouleva...id_139945.html
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Der Samenraub in der Wäschekammer
Becker bestritt zunächst vehement, mit dem russischen Model, welches exakt seinem Beuteschema entsprach, überhaupt Sex gehabt zu haben. Einen Journalisten veranlasste dies zu der bizarren Konstruktion der „Samenraub“-Geschichte. Nach einem DNA-Test bekannte sich Becker schließlich öffentlich zur Vaterschaft. Während er dem Quickie allerdings wenig Bedeutung beimaß („Fünf Sekunden – ein Fehler, der mich ein Leben lang verfolgen wird“) lobte Ermakova in einem Buch die Liebesqualitäten des Ex-Tennisstars: „Boris war wie ein junger Hengst.“
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Well he is still huge in germany. Except for Michael Schumacher, probably still the biggest name.
When he turned 40 a few days ago it seemed to be a big deal and he was certainly on all the german tv channels that I*m unfortunate to have on my tv.

I'm sure if anyone can bring even more germans to pokerstars, it's Boris.
Even in other european countries, the Uk too where he has been Wimbledon commentator, he is still a bigger name than I think 99 percent of active tennis players and certainly bigger than any poker player.

So like someone said, a huge signing that can't have been cheap, unless Boris really loves poker I guess.
I know he has had huge deals in the past with big sponsors like Mercedes.

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orly? i believe that hassellllllhooffff is the biggest thing in germany ever !

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C'mon, you guys are totally wrong, the only choice for Absolute would be Nikolay Davydenko.

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Stars signed Wil Wheaton a couple of years ago. Gosh did that impress the ladies.

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Stars signed Wil Wheaton a couple of years ago. Gosh did that impress the ladies.

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and then they dumped him. that was a sad day for poker. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnba...g_and_tha.html

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Because America is a backward country where outmoded morality influences legislation and public image concerns of groups such as the professional sports leagues, do you think that if FTP signed Gilbert Arenas, he would get fined or suspended from play by the NBA? I'll bet it would create a scandal.

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Freak and a very weird dude. Also quite middle aged.

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!!!
do you think we should stay away?

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C'mon, you guys are totally wrong, the only choice for Absolute would be Nikolay Davydenko.

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This isn't gonna get the respect it deserves.

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Stars signed Wil Wheaton a couple of years ago. Gosh did that impress the ladies.

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and then they dumped him. that was a sad day for poker. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnba...g_and_tha.html

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It seems that Wesley wasn't Crushing the games then ..

On Boris Becker : I expect him to suck.

He's a nice big fish with loads and loads of cash and he's no doubt attracted to the glamourous image poker has in movies and such (Casino Royale).

Reality will smack him hard in the face as some Stars regulars will quickly relieve him of all his money and then some.

I could be wrong though

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Didn't he get sued once for bangin a waitress in a closet or something.

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And had a child by her IIRC.

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and then they dumped him. that was a sad day for poker. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnba...g_and_tha.html

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It seems that Wesley wasn't Crushing the games then ..

On Boris Becker : I expect him to suck.

He's a nice big fish with loads and loads of cash and he's no doubt attracted to the glamourous image poker has in movies and such (Casino Royale).

Reality will smack him hard in the face as some Stars regulars will quickly relieve him of all his money and then some.

I could be wrong though

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rofl. how stupid can you be really?

i doubt he´ll play high, let alone nosebleed stakes on pokerstars. he might play some donkaments or sit down at lower tables to do some promotion, but he´s WAY too smart to get himself slaughtered in public (or if he isn´t, stars will tell him not to do so as it would generate a lot of bad press). it´s just ridiculous how everybody - especially on the german forums - talks about how awful he is, how much money he´ll drop etc etc. it´s just as dumb as it gets. stars signed him, bb pretends he´s really interested in poker (while its all about cash, really) and he´ll attract some new players for sure. that´s all you have to care about, morons.

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This is all stupid.

i smell poker bust soon...common who gives a rats ass about some wanker who used to play tennis in germany??? honestly. They going to sign the canadian curling team? WTF?? I hate they star signings. and i'm sure he got sqadidly in terms of money. probably live tournament buy-ins are paid for and he gets stars money and maybe a small cheque on the side. still pretty good for being washed up though!

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Perhaps, just this once Pokerstars is interested in other parts of the world than US/CANADA.

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Can't wait to see the commercial!

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http://www.trekfrontier.com/ImmDatab...ile/odo-s1.jpg

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I don't know why people think he has a lot of money. He had to pay 14.4 million to his wife back in 2001. He had issues with his taxes that led to big bills, and he has multiple businesses where he was the primary investor go bankrupt. Not to mention money spent on lawyers to keep himself out of jail for Tax evasion.

He also has an illegitimate daughter, whom he had to pay 2.5 million to the mother and 25k a month.


He has burned through a lot of money. Why else would be signing with pokerstars. I guess they signed him because like most poker players he is allergic to money.

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who the fk is boris becker lol

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i couldnt imagine anyone better suited than becker for promotion in Germany. gotta be a good move by pokerstars though he s probably pretty expensive. i m pretty sure he wont be a good poker player, this game is too complex for him.

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Becker vs Rainey?

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Damn, I guess I am just not funny at all. *sigh*

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C'mon, you guys are totally wrong, the only choice for Absolute would be Nikolay Davydenko.

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This isn't gonna get the respect it deserves.

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http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/upload...ker-787971.jpg



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Worst bond villain ever!

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O RLY

http://secretundergroundlair.com/wp-...7/scorpio1.jpg

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this is quite awesome

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Nice.

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LOL Borisbeckerments?

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JEZUS are you kidding me i tought it was a joke seeing this title..

this is retarded

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am i the only one excited to play against him?

i was a huge fan of his growing up

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actually, no ur not, ur kinda retarded

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If he plays a lot online, then it's cool. If he just plays the main live tourneys and that's it, that's stupid.