Originally Posted by ActionJeff

I think the other most important thing about Ivey is the man literally has an aura surrounding him. Ask anyone.

It doesn't matter what he does. Kind of like how Patrik Antonius can 4-bet A2o and flop A22 vs. AK. He does ****, and it just works, except on a whole other level. People try to bluff him but never in good spots and they always end up in some ****ed position vs. him facing some ridiculous spot and raise.

I'm probably getting these stories confused cuz one was Mastr in LA and one was JC Alvarado, don't know where so forgive for mixing details. Anyone one of them was at some aggro talkative table. Ivey walks up and everyone just stops talking and looks scared. For the rest of the day, everyone is just staring at Ivey, watching him. He really has an aura, like everyone just watches everything he does and immediately looks away if they come close to making eye contact.

He just plays every hand and tramples people, in between hands he slouches in his chair and texts away, occasionally throwing chips into the pot while texting. Cuz who the **** is gonna break out the rule book on him anyway?

At some point this big black dudes walks up to him and hes carrying a buncha bags and he gives them to Ivey and leaves. Ivey pulls a belt out of one and just puts it on. Keep in mind literally every person at the table is staring at him all the time, and most of the people who aren't in a hand in a close proximity.

He takes his watch off, this $80k watch, opens the bag, and pulls out some lotion. And he puts lotion on his wrist where he was wearing the watch. Slowly applying it while everyone watches transfixed. Then he puts the watch back on, goes back into a bag, and grabs a thing of gummy bears and starts putting them in his mouth. Then he turns his head and looks my friend right in the eye, as though just noticing that everyone in the room is staring at him and never even considering that he was doing an abnormal thing. And he pulls a gummy bear out, holds it up to him, and goes "ya want one?"

Originally Posted by Pain4u

obv

Originally Posted by TimmY222

This thread makes me happy. Dont know why, it just does

Originally Posted by putdaWHUMPonum

so did you accomplish your obvious mission to try and make yourself feel "cooler" by letting him know this?

Originally Posted by ActionJeff

He didn't. He was so surprised he made some incomprehensible grunting noise while shaking his head and then looked away and felt sad for a while, eventually excusing himself for a bathroom break.

As he told me this story, although his voice rarely cracked or wavered, I could see the pain in his eyes, the burning regret tearing at him deep inside. He was like a man reminiscing over ****ing up and barely missing that one amazing opportunity to land the awesome girl of his dreams, and then reliving it over and over again as his life passes by, in his thoughts and dreams, for countless lonely nights and years. I don't envy the man.