Subject: Re: WPT - Paris From: "Howard Lederer" Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 01:40:55 -0700 Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker "Jeffrey S. Biship" wrote in message news:3ecc7da3$0$36732$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com... >> I was surprised to see how much he seemed to affect some players. The >> footage of Howard Lederer refusing to shake his hand was surprising. >> Based on his posts here and his appearance on the Foxwoods WPT, Howard >> seems like a nice guy and a good player; I'm surprised to see he could be >> gotten to this way. I guess everyone has bad days. I feel like I should defend myself here. Needless to say, he had been talking non-stop for hours. He was getting on every body's nerves. I am the low stack, and I move in on Christer with a K2. He calls with QQ. The flop comes A4J. The turn is (A4J) 5. Now Tony is screaming that the others at the table are about to make the TV final. River comes a (A4J5) 2. I am disappointed, but Tony G is so excited he is practically jumping up and down. He then says to me, "At least you hit something on the river." A pretty creepy thing to say, even for him. Meanwhile, Christer offers to shake my hand. He is a class act. Tony must have felt left out as he then offers his hand to me. I wouldn't have shaken his hand at that moment if you had a gun to my head. I guess you had to be there. He didn't "get" me to play poorly. I did that all on my own. I just didn't think he needed to rub it in after I had busted out 7th. Howard Lederer