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Old 11-28-2007, 05:18 PM
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Default Re: Who are the top pros that have built their bankroll by playing pok

Esfandiari:

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Old 11-28-2007, 05:23 PM
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Default Re: Who are the top pros that have built their bankroll by playing pok

John Juanda has said that he bought in for 100 dollars at a 1-3 stud game and just worked his way up from there, moving up in limits as his bankroll allowed. He said that unlike most other poker players, he has never gone broke.
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Old 11-28-2007, 05:57 PM
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DN was a 40 hour a week grinder for a lot of years before the tourney success.

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I think I have heard that he had quite a fortune when he started playing poker.

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I think you heard wrong. Here are a few early cardplayer articles that chronicle DN's grinding days:

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/4814

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/6468

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/4644

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/7134

The above one is pretty funny - about the first time he met Harman

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/4496

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/36/7237

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Thanks for posting these sir!
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Old 11-28-2007, 09:41 PM
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Default Re: Who are the top pros that have built their bankroll by playing pok

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John Juanda has said that he bought in for 100 dollars at a 1-3 stud game and just worked his way up from there, moving up in limits as his bankroll allowed. He said that unlike most other poker players, he has never gone broke.

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i cant remember the last time i didnt go broke... maybe i should become a wildly successful door to door bible salesman to spite him?
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Old 11-28-2007, 11:13 PM
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John Juanda has said that he bought in for 100 dollars at a 1-3 stud game and just worked his way up from there, moving up in limits as his bankroll allowed. He said that unlike most other poker players, he has never gone broke.

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i can see juanda being a big bankroll nit.
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Old 11-29-2007, 12:47 AM
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How about guys like Esfandiari, Laak, Sheikan ?

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Esfandiari-Poker I believe

Laak-Worked on Wall Street for a while. Then played poker.

Sheikan-Tattoo shops I believe.

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Didn't Laak play backgammon as well - probably helped his roll a bit. Plus wasn't there an incident with a safe in a New York club. Also, there is the guy who claimed that Laak had a lucrative import/export business between USA and Thailand. Of course, now he has access to half of Sam Simon's fortune.
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Old 11-29-2007, 12:48 AM
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Default Re: Who are the top pros that have built their bankroll by playing pok

What about Brad Booth? Where did he get that cool million from?
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Old 11-29-2007, 02:22 AM
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What about Brad Booth? Where did he get that cool million from?

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hahahahahahahahhhahahah. gold.
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Old 11-29-2007, 02:27 AM
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Default Re: Who are the top pros that have built their bankroll by playing pok

all i know is that sammy got all his money through poker.
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Old 11-29-2007, 02:48 AM
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me thinks u dont know too much
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