Shahram (Shawn) Sheikhan

[ShakeZula06]

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I saw a clip of him once where he proved that he was +EV at blackjack.

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What was the proof that he was +EV atblackjack?

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He could stare down the dealer and know what his down card was....before the dealer looked!

[RowdyZ]

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this guy has cashed $1,041,783 since 2001. He has shown on HSP that he is not a dominating cash game player.

my question is.... is he a legit pro, or does he have an alternate source of income?

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I don't see how HSP proves anything oneway or the other. He is playing at higher stakes vs much tougher competition then he faces in his normal games. He seems to be a jerk but that doesn't mean he isn't a good player in his comfort zone.

RZ

[oyvindgee]

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this guy has cashed $1,041,783 since 2001. He has shown on HSP that he is not a dominating cash game player.

my question is.... is he a legit pro, or does he have an alternate source of income?

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I don't see how HSP proves anything oneway or the other. He is playing at higher stakes vs much tougher competition then he faces in his normal games. He seems to be a jerk but that doesn't mean he isn't a good player in his comfort zone.

RZ

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It's not like he sucks in a scared money way. He is just a bad deep stack NLHE player. And that game doesn't exactly feature too many great NLHE cash players either.

[RowdyZ]

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this guy has cashed $1,041,783 since 2001. He has shown on HSP that he is not a dominating cash game player.

my question is.... is he a legit pro, or does he have an alternate source of income?

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I don't see how HSP proves anything oneway or the other. He is playing at higher stakes vs much tougher competition then he faces in his normal games. He seems to be a jerk but that doesn't mean he isn't a good player in his comfort zone.

RZ

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It's not like he sucks in a scared money way. He is just a bad deep stack NLHE player. And that game doesn't exactly feature too many great NLHE cash players either.

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From what I understand the games at the higher levels are always rotation games and NLHE if played at all is only 1 of 7 or even 8 other games. High Stakes NLHE looks great on TV but it isn't a game any of those guys play regularly. Also playing without a cap is changing the play as well, DN couldn't have bullied the table with his million bucks in the first season if they had been playing thier normal game.
I love the show but it is a made for TV event and that does alter things.
From what I have read Todd Brunson was the big winner in Season 3.

RZ

[No Fizzle]

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Big jerk. He showed it at the WSOP and Heads Up Championship.

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I didn't see the HU Championship, or hear much about it other than the results. What exactly did he do?

[grdred944]

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is sean shieky a jerk? the players on HSP seem to be constantly jabbing him with insults. Especially in the first season.

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Big jerk. He showed it at the WSOP and Heads Up Championship.

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Not only that, unlike some of the TV pros who turn on the jerkiness for the cameras, Sean is an uber jerk 24/7.

[Beavis68]

he was an ass to doyle. he looked like he was on drugs, it was really ugly. He was extremely disrespectful. It was by far the worst display I have seen from a name player. They way he came off was more disturbing than Tony G.

[ReidDeCardes]

A total ass to Doyle, but then again - He is Gangsta.

At least that's what he claims.

At least Tony G. is amusing.

[BigBuffet]

Gabe described him as "the only guy in 50 years to piss off Doyle" [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[gilbert]

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From what I understand the games at the higher levels are always rotation games and NLHE if played at all is only 1 of 7 or even 8 other games.

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