There are no Heroes in Poker: Another Reason the Boom is Over

[grdred944]

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I am assuming the guy on the left is supposed to be Antonio E. but it looks like an artists rendition of him at 40.

Hellmuth has zero hero qualifications. And ten bracelets does not make one a hero. Petulant whining mamas boy.

TJ has a rep as a world class degenerate which may be worthy of some hero points but his reported habit of overselling pieces of himself (true or not) to feed his gambling habit is just low class enough to rule him out.

I really am stumped on the last guy -- Forrest Gump?

There should be no heroes in poker.

[ZPinhead]

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I'm not playing for the thrill of [censored] victory here. I owe rent, alimony, child support. I play for money. My kids eat. I got stones enough not to chase cards, action or [censored] pipe dreams of winning the World Series on ESPN...

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[dlk9s]

Everyone needs to keep in mind that there were TONS of poker heroes a few years ago. Guys who put out fires, women who rebuilt low-income neighborhoods, and I believe a poker player even freed Nelson Mandela. They were the main reason for the poker boom.

Now that they are all either dead or broke, poker is in deep trouble.

[M2d]

two things:
first, at its core, poker is one man against the world. personal enrichment is the bottom line for most poker players, not putting on a good show. as such, you won't get many "fans" of poker players as you will of sports figures. admirers, hangers on, groupies and wannabies, but not fans. without fans, it's hard to make heros.

second, there aren't many heros left in any aspect of life nowadays. i'm talking about larger than life, public figures. babe ruth was a hero because he was awesome on the field and his heroic exploits were trumpeted in the press while his negatives were hushed up/not considered negative. now, we have Extra, ET, Springer, Oprah and a host of other outlets designed to hunt out every aspect of celebrities' lives without regard to merit. gossip sells, so the bad stuff gets publicized.

sixty years ago, we idolized batman. now, we wonder what's going down in the batcave with the boy wonder.

[morphball]

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this thread is retarded

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All of his threads are...also note this little tid bit...

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Just a bunch of skilled <u>(and lucky)</u> gamblers.

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Is gaboonviper a losing player? I wonder...

[El Diablo]

OP,

The first response said it all.

[Joe O]

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pa

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(thx pennpal)

[joes28]

people use poker more like they use porn or drinking then they do sports.

[PropPlayer]

Calvin Ayre is my hero!