aba caught bluffing against bobby baldwin in 1.8mil pot - Page 11

oneouterson · #**101** 07-14-2007, 04:58 PM

can someone post the blog on here. For some reason whenever I try to read it some gay error message comes up.
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iveyleague24 · #**102** 07-14-2007, 04:59 PM

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So he lost like $2 million in a $1k/2k game? Online this would be like losing a 100xBB max buy-in. That's not even counting the $400 ante.

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vn math; you should be like a...math tutor

xxThe_Lebowskixx · #**103** 07-14-2007, 04:59 PM

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xx,

"net worth?"

Last year he sold about $30m in MGM stock.

I would guess he's made over $5m/year for the last 5 years, over $2m/year for the last 10 years, and over $1m/year for the last 20 years.

Oh, he's won over $500k in poker tournaments in his life too!

His net worth could be anywhere from $50m to $500m depending on investments and income, so that $100m guess someone made is quite likely in the right ballpark.

For anyone who cares, they can definitely find out how much he made and how much in stock he sold since 2000 (all public info), and maybe as far back as since 1987 (don't know when these casino groups went public and when he was an officer).

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Interesting. What was his educational background before he took the job as Casino President? His story sort of reminds me of Robert Deniro in Casino.

xxThe_Lebowskixx · #**104** 07-14-2007, 05:01 PM

Full blog posts = bad, go read aba's blog on cardrunners.

Full-Metall · #**105** 07-14-2007, 05:03 PM

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So he lost like $2 million in a $1k/2k game? Online this would be like losing a 100xBB max buy-in. That's not even counting the $400 ante.

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wouldn't that be like losing $200,000 and not $2mil.

flavio321 · #**106** 07-14-2007, 05:04 PM

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So he lost like $2 million in a $1k/2k game? Online this would be like losing a 100xBB max buy-in. That's not even counting the $400 ante.

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he said that he lost a 1.8m pot, and he was down $700-800k after that, meaning that he was probably somewhere around even at the time of that hand. I am trying to figure out what stakes they could be playing where he could be 'even' and lose $800K... unless he started the night down and then built a large stack to get even.

Is this the largest pot ever?

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jen harman won a $2m+ pot in the big game once.

citanul · #**107** 07-14-2007, 05:07 PM

People,

Reposting whole blog posts is against the rules. Please stop it.

Morons,

2,000 x 100 = 200,000

KKF,

Do you not have access to google wherever you are these days?

El Diablo,

It appears you do have access to google! Congratulations! Perhaps we should put this as a reason to live in the US instead of Thailand?

flavio321 · #**108** 07-14-2007, 05:09 PM

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People,

Reposting whole blog posts is against the rules. Please stop it.

Morons,

2,000 x 100 = 200,000

KKF,

Do you not have access to google wherever you are these days?

El Diablo,

It appears you do have access to google! Congratulations! Perhaps we should put this as a reason to live in the US instead of Thailand?

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i'm not sure but MS windows comes with a calculator software.

oneouterson · #**109** 07-14-2007, 05:13 PM

thanks lebowski

DFSPON · #**110** 07-14-2007, 05:16 PM

Lets look at the three types of Historical Money Management for Poker Players. In the 1970's and 1980's, there were three Poker Prodegies. You had Chip Reese, Bobby Baldwin, and Stu Unger. All were talented and had plenty of gambling heart.

Chip Reese has remained a level headed gambler his entire life. He doesnt gamble for the sake of gambling only. He loves the challenge but will not take the short side of a bet just for the action alone. He may be hustled short term and lose but wont continue. He has been considered one of the all time winners. We dont know what his Bankroll is but it is likely substantial. He is extremely disciplined and doesnt do drugs or have other unhealthy habits.

Then you have Bobby Baldwin. I suspect he was like Chip Reese in his early days but moved on to the business side of things eventually. You can be certain as CEO of the Bellagio, he is extremely wealthy with huge stock options, a vast investment portfolio, and this 1k 2K is well within his means to put it simply. He is also extremely disciplined, doesnt do drugs, and has no unhealthy habits.

Finally you have Stu Unger. He was perhaps the most talented of the lot but was undisciplined, had no money management skills, was a degenerate gambler, did unhealthy drugs, ended up busted and dying alone in a dingy hotel. I cant think of a more pathetic existence.

The question for Brian Townsend is where he fits in here in this graph. He clearly is playing outside of his Bankroll. I dont care if he has 10 Million liquid dollars. He has lost almost 2 Million dollars the last two days. What will happen when he goes back online playing 200-400 again. Will it be boring for his action. How disciplined is he? These are the questions he needs to answer for himself.

DFSPON