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[QUOTE="ARROGANTICE, post: 4959395, member: 306321"]
Credentials:

I retired in 2010 after a lifetime as a pro. 1962-76 part time, then permanently at the felt until the Caribbean called in ‘10.

Was awestruck for my 9th birthday when my parents took me on a plane from Idlewild, (JFK for you little ones,) to the desert as a guest of my 4th cousin, Ol’ Blue Eyes, at The Sands, October ’53.  (My most definitive memory of my childhood as my papa passed in January ’54.)

Sat down for my first hand at the very same in December ‘65.  Played my first hand for cash in 1949…and I am certain the first thing I saw when my eyes opened was somebody’s hole cards as my parents played non-stop. (Mio Babbo was a made member of the ‘Prime Minister’s’ crew.)

Rarely played tourneys, (although I did manage to bank 150K  in them,).  I lived in Stud, Omaha 8, Big O., all the Mixed, and the master game, Stud 8, from beginning to end.  I was opposite everyone from Johnny to Doyle to Stuey to Chip, (The G.O.A.T., no debate.), to Master Ivey when they all played in the trenches.

I was a contributing editor of Card Player for a decade, and Poker Digest for its entire life.   Proudly, I avoided Hold Em as if it were the plague.  Doyle called it the ‘Cadillac’.  Chip called it the children’s hour.  Your choice.  Poker became big business, kiddies got rich.  (See my editorial in CP after Harrington won the main and the 1st Euro. Witness how prematurely naive I was&#55357;&#56842;!) Inevitable and so great to witness in my golden years.  Go get ‘em kids!)

Any questions about my games? Want stories from the Jurassic era to Obama?  Ask me, I was there…
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