Who is the biggest degen in poker?

[youcanhaveitall]

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I don't think we can include people who are big gamblers but are in control of their finances & their lives in general. So Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen don't count. Maybe not even Benyamine since he seems pretty sorted?

Historically it's gotta be Stu Ungar. I don't know about Matusow now - how much is he propped up by sponsorship / endorsement deals?

Here's a dictionary definition, anyways:

Degenerate
–noun 11. a person who has declined, as in morals or character, from a type or standard considered normal.
12. a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.
13. a sexual deviate.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/degenerate

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Hey Jim [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[luckyjimm]

It's me LDO

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...0&fpart=all

[newhizzle]

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Michael McKenna in a land slide.

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[ipitythefool]

i don't think I'd click that link ^^^

[Jourdain]

Nick 'the greek' Dandalos?

The guy who played this month-long heads-up marathon with Johnny Moss.

Nick "The Greek" Dandalos came to town in 1949 wanting to play "the biggest game this world has to offer." Having broken every high roller back east, such as gambling king Arnold Rothstein, Dandalos had won in the region of $60 million.

It's estimated that he won and lost over $500 million in his lifetime. He himself claimed that he went from rags to riches over 73 times. A man who never respected money, he donated over $20 million (about $400 million in 2004 dollars) to education and charity.

[grdred944]

When I read quotes like this...

"What most gamblers make in their whole life, I gamble in one roll of the dice."

... I generally call bullsh^t.

The true degens are the ones who have it all in and out of gambling and lose it. Guys like Leonard Tose who had to sell the Philadelphia Eagles because his gambling debt was north of $25Mil.

For the poker celebrities, look to someone like Benyamine who is already in debt, bragged about his beautiful house and has one of the hottest women in Vegas in Erica Schoenberg. When his crash comes he'll be lucky to be selling leather belts to tourists in St. Tropez.

[matt85]

I think the biggest degen has already posted in this thread.

[GiantWalleye]

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i believe Devon Miller was once quoted as saying "I'd rather be stuck 200K than be on a date with a hot chick."

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Winner

[tannenj]

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exciting implications



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grim who is this guy?