bobby hoff is one of the greatest cash players of all time.

Any update?

+1 on update

bobby is the best story teller and a class act. i have hopes for bobby

Prayers and best wishes to him.

Update from a week ago:

Bobby is in Houston now. He thinks he was playing cards last night and wanted to bet the doctor on it. I liked this a lot - he's still got hustle in him. His good friend Steve was hoping to take care of him at his ranch, but Bobby needs too much help for that. They are working on getting him into a skilled nursing facility, which is a bitch to do because Medicare always fights paying for that, so he's stuck in the hospital for now, or was as of a week ago.

Brains sometimes recover over a year or so. I hope that happens with Bobby.

When I first started taking shots at 20/40 NL at Commerce, I had a big session, not really by virtue of my play but by being hit on the head with the deck (AA vs KK, set vs overpair, that sort of thing). He took me aside after I racked up and was happy due to the result. He told me to put the result aside and he broke down a hand he wasn't involved in, but noticed something about my play. For that I'm grateful. Total class act, nothing but respect for him as a person and a player. I hope he recovers.

Many years ago Bobby, Steve Lott and I were sitting in the Commerce dragging up old poker stories and Bobby started telling how back in Texas they actually woke him up out of a dead sleep to bust him one night.

He was sleeping and a very good trustworthy friend/partner calls him and presents an insurance proposition to him since a big fish in the game wants insurance and nobody wanted to risk the amount the fish wanted. (something like $180k).

This happened to be right at what Bobby had for a bankroll, but since apparently the overlay was juicy enough, Bobby said OK. About 5 seconds after Bobby said OK and the partner blurted OK to the dealer, the partner informed Bobby that Bobby lost.

Bobby said he just rolled on over and went back to sleep. (as we dropped on down to the floor laughing).

Bobby was a literal legend and a joy to be around.

This guy could also party with the best of them, from what Ive heard.

Glad to hear is recovery is progressing along.

Get well Hoff. *respect*

A million years ago, I played in a $1500 limit hold'em event at the WSOP. There was an older guy on my left who seemed to be able to do no wrong. I particularly remember it because I was in three pots with him and he did exactly the right thing against me on all three (calling/raising when he was ahead, folding when he was behind).

At a break, somebody came over and said "Lucky you - you got Bobby Hoff on your left." "Who's that?" "Maybe one of the best ten poker players in this town in the past 20 years."

Anyway, I do recall that he was a gentleman in every respect; that really stood out back then.

I will think good thoughts for him and his family.

Regards, Lee

Played with him 6 months ago
He played really well.... Definitely by far the best senior citizen NL holdem player

I know he's a health freak too, sucks to hear

love these stories, guys. please keep 'em coming.

also, get well hoff.

I was pleasantly surprised to see BH at Commerce yesterday. I sat next to him in the 10-20 for a few hours and he seemed sharp as tack (we conversated the entire time), fine physically, and he booked a nice win.

really? that's awesome news, glad to hear.

+1, good to hear. I feel like Hoff is the only old dude i've seen who reacts to aggression like an internet poker player would, e.g. "oh, i guess i better start being way more aggressive to counter his aggression". most old dudes are like "better start playing tighter".

Obviously either way works well in non heads up games (although its a lot harder to beat aggression with aggression), but i like that Hoff seems very willing to get in the ring if he deems it to be profitable. using your wits to win is always more impressive than using your patience.

i saw him last month, so hes been back at least 4-5 weeks, i wished him well and he seemed frail but hopefully he can make a full recovery

This is good to hear. I love comeback stories, especially when it's a guy like Bobby, who is a gentleman and a legend.

Just goes to show you that poker is very hard to stop doing once it has it's teeth in you. Even brains regenerate in order to get back in the game.

Happy to open this thread and see that its good news, never played with him but I really enjoyed the interview he did on the DC podcast a few years ago.

change thread title?

Yes! Great news.

Awesome hearing some good news in poker

Thread title change for sure

+1

The DC interview with him is at http://podcasts.deucescracked.com/de...Bobby_Hoff.mp3

I just read the whole thing and have to say that is a welcome turn of events for the better, especially in these days of bad news after bad news... (Still a change would be the thing to do).

So glad to hear that one of the great ones is doing better... (But please... no need to stop with the old times histories