Originally Posted by JoeDiego

What about Amanda Musumeci? Hilarious that you would mention her when the guy that beat her heads up for $200k+ more is Iranian born Ashkan Razavi.

Originally Posted by scooternut123

Per capita, Iranians have probably accomplished more in poker than any race, including the Vietnamese.

Originally Posted by unlucky4me

Other guy was that famous Iranian Tomer Benvenisti. Suntan AL Kruk was possibly from there as well

Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

Originally Posted by silviodante1

Israeli and NO

Originally Posted by Chinamaniac

"One of the most famous stories from The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King was about when Ted Forrest and Hamid Dastmalchi played at The Mirage for four days without a break and Hamid had to be taken off the property on a stretcher, the result of fifty chainsmoked packs of cigarettes and ten times that many bad beats delivered by Forrest.

Ted subsequently added two details he had overlooked when he initially told me the story. First, during the match, Dastmalchi was complaining about the Binion family, the World Series of Poker, and, in particular, how he thought the championship bracelet they gave him was cheap. (Dastmalchi also had a well-publicized gripe with the Horseshoe over its refusal to honor a large quantity of $5,000-denomination chips – “chocolate chip cookies,” they’ve been called – he possessed. He had to go to court to get them redeemed.)

Hamid told him, “They say it’s worth $5,000, but I’d take $1,500 for it.”

Ted said, “Sold,” and tossed three $500 chips across the table. Forrest later received a package from Dastmalchi with the bracelet, which he still has.

The second detail was how the game broke up. I just assumed that Hamid was unable to continue. In fact, Ted quit the game and Hamid was then taken to the hospital. A short time later, he left the hospital, returned to The Mirage, and got into another game. Forrest, who seems like he could take a shotgun blast standing and swallow a hammer, found this out after recovering and returning to the casino a few days later."

Originally Posted by Bobito

Since Iran´s population is quite large, being more than 75 million (almost as big as Vietnam's and as big as that of any western European country), your statement is plainly ridiculous. Two equally good Scandinavians or four Russians prove the contrary.

Originally Posted by slickmuck

Yeah let's all remember the guy who's name you can't even think of...