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Posted Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:45 am GMT by Matt T
Do any of you guys know of any heated rivalries between pros? And hopefully the story behind the rivalry? Sort of like Hellmuth and Sam Grizzle. I'm almost certain I've seen some quasi-subtle comments in some of Daniel Negreanu's articles that imply that he doesn't like Hellmuth so much. But Phil's an easy target too.
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Posted Fri Aug 20, 2004 2:25 pm GMT by MasterShake
I think I remember reading that Farha had a bounty of $10,000 on the head of Chris Moneymaker. Whoever took him out of the tourney would get the bounty. I also think I heard it was a rumor, but never found out for sure either way.
Posted Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:51 am GMT by tmiesen359
one of the new ones i heard about from this years wsop was between mike matusow and fossilman raymer..... anyone who saw the episode from a week or 2 back knows what i mean.... matusow kept talking abuot his big balls and raymer wouldnt shake his hand... and in tonights' episode one of the commentators said something like "Mike matusow was happy about that hand because his archnemesis raymer got outplayed"
Posted Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:33 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
I am sure matusow has many enemies in the poker world, guy is a pr*ck If i was Raymer (apart from going on a diet and changes my eyewear, oh yeah and spending all my cash.) I wouldn't be too bothered about MotorMouth
Posted Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:44 pm GMT by Nate PT
| Matt T wrote: | | Do any of you guys know of any heated rivalries between pros? And hopefully the story behind the rivalry? Sort of like Hellmuth and Sam Grizzle. I'm almost certain I've seen some quasi-subtle comments in some of Daniel Negreanu's articles that imply that he doesn't like Hellmuth so much. But Phil's an easy target too. |
From ESPN:
Geremie(Arcata, CA): Speaking of Grizzle...can you tell the story of when the guy actually threw a punch at you?
Phil Hellmuth: Yes. One time at the Horshoe during the HOF Poker tournament I was in a high stakes side game. I was holding Sam's seat for him (he wanted me to hold his seat without paying rake) Now, 90 minutes later, he comes back and he doesn't have a seat. He goes ballistic. Now Sam would never mess with me on a regular day. In fact, I've only been in one fight in the last 22 years. But I'd been walking around with my back in obvious pain for four days. I shouldn't have been in town. I had so much back pain. Sam was so bitter and so much negativity coming out of his mouth. I said ''Sam, maybe you should take me outside. I can't even stand up straight'' (I was half joking). Then he said ''Let's go.'' I didn't feel threatened at all by Sam. I went out and it was the perfect fight. We both threw punches, landed punches. But the next day, neither one of us had a mark on our faces! Thus, the perfect fight! Sam and I were laughing and joking about it the next day.
Dont know if its true (prob not) but ESPN prob did try and make it look like a huge rivalry, it makes for better tv.
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