I thought lex was good friends with negreanu, some of the examples he gives as to what he doesnt like, screams of dn character.

This is like reading pubescent girls dear diary entry during her monthly bleed.

I remember in an interview after the One Drop in 2012 (I think it was a radio interview, probably somewhere on Youtube), Antonio said he got into magic to impress girls because he was utterly hopeless with them. However, in that same interview, he said he lost his virginity at 14. So it didn't quite add up.

What you say definitely makes sense. The typical unpopular nerd with no friends who got badly bullied at school, then turns to bullying others in adulthood once he gains fame and riches.

It probably was tough for him. Let's face it, the average American is a moron and he was the Iranian kid named Amir. But still, high school ends and you don't need to shove your fame into everyone's face just because teenagers are stupid.

why? is this really a problem? i would guess that lex is aware that some of his strong opinions may be disagreeable to some people. so be it.

LOL a grown man complaining about these things, insanity....

havent read a single post itt but i did watch the vid

doesnt surprise me at all really. I remember feeling so disgusted after watching a pokernews interview post the 2nd 1 milly one drop he did where he fell short of the money..that was followed by this gem on twitter - "Thank you to all my friends and fans for the support over the One Drop last few days. I have been in bed since the bust- literally the worst"

antonio lives in his own world

Basically this. This happens a ton in poker.

Stop spelling "teh" instead of "the"

I remember this vividly, as probably the worst moment in poker history.

Agreed with a lot of what has been said already:

1. AE has a magnificent throbbing ego
2. LV's ego was torn apart by AE's sheer size
3. LV wants to repair damage to his own ego by fighting AE in a winner take all public display of manhood.

Lex Veldhuis is such a nice dude. He said ''kill yourself'' to me and i didnt understand it was a joke, i was confused. he didnt even tell me it was a joke. so now i'm not cool enough for Lex Veldhuis cuz i felt bad when he ask me to kill myself

Lex is definetly not a douchebag.

Podcast was a joke. Joey is da man though. He said **** you if you go to clubs to just **** girls. LOL OK Buddy I wouldn't spend 400-500 a bottle if I just wanted to drink with friends I can do that anywhere.

U can get girls pretty much anywhere as well so point is invalid.

Unless of course a 400$ bottle makes u more of a man than u actually are which amuses me actually that i think about it

Yeah that would have been some sick call. He would have been flipping vs Galfond and Galfond had the worst hand he could have. Not too mention DN practically jumped out of his seat when Galfond shoved. I guess he couldn't feel his energy

In fairness she's an absolute **** to amateur players

Confirmed more douchy and laughable than someone insisting on writing teh instead of the.

This looks very creepy.

It's interesting to me that all Lex took away from the dinner offer encounter was how terrible and entitled he felt Antonio was, and then has let that fester for years so that he feels he needs to bring it up 6 years later. Wow. You have to have quite an ego to carry such a silly perceived slight around with you for so long. Seems to me he missed the fact that a well known poker pro was generous and considerate enough to offer To invite Lex to a dinner with him and another poker pro and his movie star gf in the first place. Seems like a very nice gesture to me.

So who is really the one with the outsized ego and sense of entitlement?

^ Antonio ainec

Keep going Lex

No its called integrity...

Lex Veldhuis? Didn't he make a deep run in some big tournament about 6 years ago? I seem to recall the name, just barely tho...

sure it's integrity to say you've carried around a 6 year butthurt when you have, in fact, carried around a 6 year old butthurt, but my point was to why he was so butthurt in the first place.

And integrity isn't really the issue anyway. We aren't talking about him lying and saying he loves Antonio. It's about having the maturity to understand that having integrity doesn't preclude someone from keeping private things private. No one has the requirement to air personal feelings on public media. Obviously, Lex wanted to do so, or he wouldn't have done so. He could have chosen to simply answer the question by saying something like "you know, that's a personal issue between myself and Antonio, and I don't think it is appropriate to discuss it here". But instead, he relished the opportunity to spill his guts and let out all the butthurt he has been carrying around all this time over such a meaningless perceived attack on his ego. Thus the enthusiastic "**** that guy!" when he was retelling the story.