Jordan "Tube" Stefnik
There are only a few classic blunders to avoid in life. Never get in a land war in Asia. Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line. And Never give your cell phone to a poker player when your girlfriend might text something embarrassing. "I love your tube" is a classic case of the perfect text at the perfect time. Thanks Jordan for one of the best laughs at the poker table of all time. And the beet red face with tears running down your cheeks. And welcome to your nickname Jordan "the Tube". |
Max "Kings" Williams
If ever there was someone that earned their nickname, it would be Max. Picture this scenario: final table, 9 players left, 5 get paid. You (Max) have 6,500 chips in the cut-off with 600/1000 blinds. The deal comes out and a player in middle position has an Ace of Spades exposed and elects to keep it. You (Max) are dealt pocket Kings (Yay!). Everyone folds to the exposed Ace who bets out 3,000. You (Max) elect to smooth call so you can see if an Ace hits the flop before committing all of your chips (nice play). The player on the button moves all-in for an additional 100 chips (3100) and both the exposed ace and you call the extra 100 chips after the exposed ace player states, "Well, I can't re-open betting so I call". The rainbow flop comes out Ace, Eight, Five. After a moment the exposed ace player says "You know that I have the Ace so I might as well move all-in and get it heads up". You (Max) take another look at your pocket Kings and 100% KNOW that you have no draw with second pair and elect to f...er...call off all your chips. As you (Max) turn up your pocket kings, the table looks dumbfounded as the all-in player flips over AQs and the exposed ace player flips up A7s. But what the hell...you knew the third King was coming on the turn right? |
Sue "Wino" Svensk
Sometimes it's just the reaction you get when you call someone something as a joke that makes a name stick. Not to say Sue doesn't like her wine, but her reaction to getting called "wino" was priceless... |
Mike "Bellagio" Brewer
Stack 'em high, stack 'em often, and build a little castle and you too will be known as a landmark in Vegas. |
Mike "M is for Murder" Murakami
Beat the competition enough over a couple of tournaments and people start to cry Murder. |
Christine "Cockroach" Musser
When you get to a final table and all the nuclear fall-out from the big pots have taken their toll. Christine the "Cockroach" will still be alive and scurrying about the felt taking down just enough to stay alive. |
Garrett "McGarrett" DeCerce
Push your chips in on Garrett and he'll go McGarrett and fashion together a couple of cards, some chips, a silver coin, and a paper clip to destroy your hand and take it down. Perhaps he should get a TV show. |
"Anecdote" Allan Rousselle
Playing with Allan you are guaranteed to hear "That reminds me of a story..." at least once during the evening. Now if only those stories gave away what his hole cards were, we'd be set. |
Nick "Miss Manners" Andal
What happens when you continuously point out the proper way of doing things or saying things when someone is having a bad night? You put them on tilt a bit, and get the nickname, "Miss Manners". |
Joe "Dead Hand" Curtin
Having a bad night, Joe was the center of many a controversy during a tournament in April of 2008. The final straw, a hand where one of his cards was in the muck before he was able to act. It was ruled a "Dead Hand" over his protests and thus we know him as "Dead Hand" Joe. |
Diana "Ms. Piggy" Gard
Diana has this great little token she uses for her card capper. It is a little pig figurine she got in Mexico. When she brings it out someone invariably asks to see it. To this end you hear people call for the piggy. Thus, Diana is Ms. Piggy. |
Diep "Black Widow" Shippen
Playing against the Diep is like navigating the web of a spider. She lures you in, makes you feel safe and secure, and then snap, she strikes with deadly results on the river! |
Rich "the Revealer" Millard
When you keep flipping cards over during a game to reveal your hand, the muck, the burn cards, etc. and then your wife does the same thing. You get to be known as "the Revealer"! |
John "Bad Beat" de Carvalho
Living and dying by the bad beat makes for a rollercoaster ride. John is a master of the Bad Beat as he weilds it against others, and more often then not, takes one himself. The first two tournaments John played with the Ragged Aces he took and delivered more bad beats then we'd seen in the 6 tournaments prior to his participation. There's not such thing as a locked hand when John is playing so watch out! |
Garth "Steamroller" Shippen
When Garth is in a hand he is IN a hand and the road kill he racks up is proof. And he is in a lot of hands! Nobody takes down as many players as Garth when he's playing in a tournament and as his stack size grows, he gets more and more dangerous. Don't get in the way or you will be flattened by the Steamroller. |
Darin "Monkey Boy" Velin
Darin loves to play the little instigator poking fun and flinging poo at anyone and everyone at the table during a game. Give him a bananna and he'll probably calm right down...his poo flinging antics have earned him the nickname "Monkey Boy". |
Andre "Quiet Giant" King
Andre tends to slowly build his pot quietly and without a lot of fanfare. Suddenly you look up and he has a giant chip stack. Thus we call him the "Quiet Giant". |
Peter "Black Hole" Svensk
Named for his tendency to sweep chips into his stack no matter what cards his opponents might hold. "Peter sucks out a set/flush/straight on the river" is something you hear a lot playing against the "Black Hole". |