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Originally Posted by PeopleMover
anyone that knows shoe mike knows he's one of the nicest dudes in not just poker but in life. All the old money leads back to Phil G and yes it was a hose job and she lost the "ambassador" title of SHRT after a ton of regs complained that tampa is giving free buyins to someone who cheats on their husband and is a bad example of leading by example. She's not even a US citizen, she's lebonese.
I don't normally speak out about personal lives in poker, but when you see multiple people getting financially abused who you either are friendly with (Shoe Mike) or respect as a player (Jason), its hard to just sit and say good luck to their life. I was fully expecting Jason to realize that Natasha was a weight on his life, someone who appears to be fairly clingy and dependent. For a "pro", she acts pretty obnoxiously at the table and kills her own action to rec players in the cash games I have been at the table with her.
I remember one night during season in Tampa (March-April) we were playing 2/5 and I got called for the 5/5 PLO game, as it is what I normally play. As I was racking up, she said "why do you bother playing over there, it's a bunch of rich guys that just want to gamble." No ****! I was waiting for that seat for over 2 hours.
She may be a decent tournament player, but she has no grasp of cash game concepts like game selection, table demeanor, image perception, etc.