A little surprised that you didn’t recognize him, but then again, it has been 15-20 years since the poker boom.
Good run. Wish I could have railed or played. I am still not on the WPT site, though. Just practicing on PokerStars.
how it started:
how it’s going:
About the only thing that hasn’t changed is the glasses, I think the majority of people who know who he was would be lucky to recognize him.
I’ve set myself a goal to win a 1,000+ entrant multi-day tournament. I’m already in the record books (Stephan Mathys: Hendon Mob Poker Database)
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YouTube suggested this video (https://youtu.be/9FhmpOyajvg?si=n_kjC2TdWNVnMQFl&t=15) so I watched it. Right away I thought, “that guy looks familiar”.
Looked up “Dan Smith” here: (Dan Smith: Hendon Mob Poker Database). Yup, that’s the guy who seemed strongest at that second table. Oh, he’s #4 in the US in this list? Won over $50M? Yeah, no wonder he could figure me out. I bet he soul-read every single one of my bluffs, and the one or two he let get through were actually four-dimensional chess traps setting up to pay off three orbits later.
Yeah, you probably need to work on what you’re putting out there. It’s possible they don’t even know how they do it. Something feels off, so they add that to their decision-making.
These days it’s mostly bet-sizing that puts up red flags.