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In 2010 I bought a poker book once at barnes and noble. I believe the author was TJ Cloutier. When I got home I realized it was for limit hold em so I threw it in the trash.

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10-03-2018 , 12:37 AM

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John Mehaffey

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I have a roll of the Cake Poker Bill Frist toilet paper somewhere, circa 2006.

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10-03-2018 , 06:34 AM

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Soulwaxical

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Did anyone get one of these? Iirc you had to take a picture with it somewhere and the best ones won tickets to a tourney or something.

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10-03-2018 , 02:48 PM

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SabioBurro

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Originally Posted by R*R

I'll bite on the bump This might be worth revisiting.

Mine is an I Knocked Out A Pro Full Tilt tshirt and it was Artie Cobb in a Razz tournament.

Ok,ok it's a stretch calling it a collectible but that's why it's called the worst.

Or old Absolute Poker emails, and one PokerRoom email in early 2000. Collectible emails

you actually already mentioned this about 5 pages ago....

Think the "brag" might be a bit bigger then the "brag" was supposed to be??

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10-03-2018 , 03:50 PM

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John Mehaffey

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Originally Posted by John Mehaffey

I have a roll of the Cake Poker Bill Frist toilet paper somewhere, circa 2006.

I just remembered this gem as well that I still have. It is a Bonus Whores "I cried like Mike Matusow" shirt that you got when busting out of the private tournament.

https://twitter.com/John_Mehaffey/st...29782827679744

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10-03-2018 , 03:53 PM

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kingofcool

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I have the pokerstars monkey. Might have a full tilt t-shirt somewhere.

Is there any Sklansky or Malmuth ones? Not books obviously.

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10-03-2018 , 05:17 PM

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R*R

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Originally Posted by SabioBurro

you actually already mentioned this about 5 pages ago....

Think the "brag" might be a bit bigger then the "brag" was supposed to be??

Ha ha. You're right. But that was in 2014 and my memory generally only goes back a few days.

And I did add some new stuff.

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10-03-2018 , 05:19 PM

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R*R

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Originally Posted by John Mehaffey

Do you know what ever happened to Bonus Whores? They seemed to disappear without much fanfare but they were huge in the day. Bought out, name change, or just folded?

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10-03-2018 , 05:37 PM

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MikkeD

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Originally Posted by R*R

Do you know what ever happened to Bonus Whores? They seemed to disappear without much fanfare but they were huge in the day. Bought out, name change, or just folded?

They kind of fizzled out after Black Friday. After that I did some work for them checking out bonuses on new European sites that the owners could no longer access, but that was only for a short while.

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10-03-2018 , 05:42 PM

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kingofcool

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Built my bankroll with the help of bonus whores in 2005/6.

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10-03-2018 , 06:09 PM

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John Mehaffey

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Do you know what ever happened to Bonus Whores? They seemed to disappear without much fanfare but they were huge in the day. Bought out, name change, or just folded?

A new company came in after UIGEA and changed the branding to Pokerbonuses.com after a while. I just went to that site and it still advertises PKR in a banner and has a review for that and Poker Host so I assume it is somewhat neglected these days. I do not have any idea if it has changed hands since.

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10-03-2018 , 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MikkeD

Actually, thinking about it, the work I did for them would have been in the period between the UIGEA and Black Friday.

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10-04-2018 , 12:08 AM

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Transcendence

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Some company needs to start making poker player bobbleheads again. They’re actually very collectible and I would definitely be a buyer. Anyone wanna sell me their tj cloutier?

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10-04-2018 , 12:39 AM

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STLNolaWoj

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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth

HI STLNolaWoj:

A slight deviation from this thread's theme, but the idea of animals representing poker players in a poker book was not original with Phil Hellmuth. It first appeared in The Secret to Winning Big in Tournament Poker by Ken Buntjer which was published in 1994. The animals were The Donkey, The Sheep, The Owl, The Jackass, The Lion, The Chameleon, and The Alligator, with The Alligator being the best player.

Here's a link to the Amazon page for this book: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Winnin...ds=ken+buntjer

Best wishes,
Mason

Cool, thanks for that info Mason. Definitely don't think Phil would give the proper credit to someone who presented the same idea before him.

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10-04-2018 , 08:05 AM

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David Lyons

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Originally Posted by Transcendence

Some company needs to start making poker player bobbleheads again. They’re actually very collectible and I would definitely be a buyer. Anyone wanna sell me their tj cloutier?

I am surprised there is no Funko Pop of poker players, considering there is one for David S Pumpkins.

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10-04-2018 , 01:29 PM

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El_Padroni

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LOL nice bump. I remember during FTP's heyday, I won a points satellite into one of the FTOPS main events. Instead of playing I used the points to get one of their poker chip sets and a custom Full Tilt Poker hockey jersey. The chip set has since been lost, left at a friends house and never returned. Still have the jersey, it is surprisingly high quality, just super heavy and way too hot to play roller hockey in so I barely use it.

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10-04-2018 , 06:59 PM

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magking1

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This

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2010-RAZOR-...QAAMXQOQdRHCu0

I cant even imagine who would buy this

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10-04-2018 , 07:18 PM

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SootedPowa

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10-04-2018 , 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by magking1

This

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2010-RAZOR-...QAAMXQOQdRHCu0

I cant even imagine who would buy this

I can't imagine who would keep a worn shirt in storage for 8 years. Does 45- 99 mean there were 99 of these for sale ???

Curiously, there is a Cindy Margolis shirt also on sale, which is deemed both "worn" and "brand new" at the same time.

2010 Razor Poker; Cindy Margolis Tournament Worn Shirt & Auto 62/99
Item Information
Condition:
Brand New

Don't know much about collectibles, just curious.

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10-04-2018 , 08:28 PM

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robert_utk

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Originally Posted by Gzesh

Upon closer inspection, this is just a piece of a shirt, affixed to a card that is autographed. I am *sure* the seller does not mind that the title is misleading.

Still, a good example of some of the best of the worst of the poker boom.

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10-04-2018 , 08:57 PM

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PokerFan2008

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I think I might have posted this at the time of OP, I bought via ebay 3-4 "All in buttons" from the 2006 WSOP main event, why you ask? for no reason, I thought I needed one then needed 3-4,

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10-04-2018 , 10:36 PM

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magking1

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Originally Posted by Gzesh

Yeah limited edition, small cut out piece of a shirt.

This gimmick started in the sports card collectible world (Baseball,Football Basketball) and inserted into packs to help boost sales. Unique and in limited numbers.

Guess someone thought this idea would be a hotseller in poker as well