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The most unusual thing about Bill Smith, or about his reputation, is that he drank heavily while playing serious poker and survived. He won a main event while blasted. Here is what I was was told by some fairly well-known players. |
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He did not play well when sober. He was too cautious and predictable. |
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He played horribly when drunk. |
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In between those two extremes, he was a great loose-aggressive player of the old "blast them out" school. The year he won the main event, he entered the final day's play sober and just sat there while he warmed up. He spent a long time before he got really drunk accumulating a huge pile of chips by well-timed aggressive play and trapping people when he really had the goods. |
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He had so many chips once he got drunk that good luck got him through to the finish line. [[Special:Contributions/71.234.37.99|71.234.37.99]] ([[User talk:71.234.37.99|talk]]) 01:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)Will in New Haven[[Special:Contributions/71.234.37.99|71.234.37.99]] ([[User talk:71.234.37.99|talk]]) 01:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC) |
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The most unusual thing about Bill Smith, or about his reputation, is that he drank heavily while playing serious poker and survived. He won a main event while blasted. Here is what I was was told by some fairly well-known players.
He did not play well when sober. He was too cautious and predictable. He played horribly when drunk. In between those two extremes, he was a great loose-aggressive player of the old "blast them out" school. The year he won the main event, he entered the final day's play sober and just sat there while he warmed up. He spent a long time before he got really drunk accumulating a huge pile of chips by well-timed aggressive play and trapping people when he really had the goods. He had so many chips once he got drunk that good luck got him through to the finish line. 71.234.37.99 (talk) 01:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)Will in New Haven71.234.37.99 (talk) 01:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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