Re: How big of a gambling/sports betting problem does Barry G really have?
I don't really know how Barry had his big downswing cuz I haven't heard anything about that. A handful of people told me that he was getting staked either before or around this year's WSOP. I'm pretty sure it was by Ivey.
These guys never really go bust tho. In the higher circles ur roll is as big as your circle of friends. I know plenty of top players who've borrowed loads of cash with as little as a fone call (while it sounds crazy I've heard of loans as big as $1MM). While I didn't witness it, I know of one time that Eli Elizra loaned MadCaddy $200k+ in the big game. Caddy was running bad and Eli just passed him chips as he was leaving without really even knowing the kid at all away from the table. Caddy won that session and showed up at his room later and returned the cash. Still a pretty sick story.
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