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Originally Posted by luckyjimm
The WPT he won in 2002 paid 258k to Chris (which is where they said the quote comes from). This was pre-boom and major tournaments had small prizes where you could ship one and still not have enough money to cover debts (considering you don't have 100% of yourself). From this article that you linked:
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Hansen has stories that can take you through the night, into the next morning, past lunch and through sunset again before they get anywhere near to being boring. Hansen knew (and backed) Stuey Ungar; he is still best friends with Eric Drache; he has scaled heights and plumbed depths that would make any of the new breed of so-called "degens" go running back to their mommies.
This guy has a lot of stories. Chris, on the other hand, had one. I have been at the same table with him about 200 hours and he didn't have ONE other story. I don't trust guys with lots of stories.
I still think Chris may have made the original quote and this guy may have heard it and re-made it. People who have a lot of stories usually have about 75% of recycled stories. The fact that Todd Brunson was present (who, I think, is supposed to know these things) adds up to the fact that I trust the original quote is from him.
Last but not the least, to them at that point in time, we were two random Turkish donks who were trying to get a game going with them. They had no reason to try to impress us. While this Hansen guy seems like he is interested a lot in impressing people with stories.
Anyway ofc it could have been Hansen who said it, there is no way I can know for sure.