RIP Paresh Jain (Dana Gordon) - Page 6 - MTT Poker Strategy

Paresh was a close friend of mine. I met him 2004 my first year of college, I hosted poker tournaments and he showed up trying to get people to sign up on Party for $50 free. He quickly became a friend and a poker buddy.

He was one of the funniest, smartest, and most talented people I knew. He was probably a favorite to win a bracelet before he was 30. I shared a hotel room with him in Vegas this summer for 10 days and it was the most fun I ever had with him. We lolled at the variance of live tournaments and played ping pong at our hotel everyday.

Speaking of which, I revered his ping pong game, I've never beaten him and was someday hoping I'd get the chance to. There is a shot my brother and I named after him called "chimpooing out" which, as you can probably guess, is the nuts.

His death is a huge loss to the world, the poker community, and the people that cared about him.

Everyone take this chance to remind the people you love that you love them.

I am phone posting so I'm not sure if this post does him justice but I wanted to express my sentiments as soon as I found out this unfortunate news had broken on 2p2.

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09-17-2011 , 10:36 PM

#127

aseHigh

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 11,883

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Originally Posted by Chuck Bass

I never got to meet him but I always thought he was awesome, and his 2+2 legacy of "WTF 7777/ CALL" will definitely live on. He was without a doubt one of my favourite posters ever, and every time a HSMTT thread had his name as the last poster I snap clicked on it.

Rest In Peace Paresh, you will be missed

have to be the 121231st to quote this because Chuck said it best...

I opened this thread in disbelief thinking it's one of those 2p2 sick **** jokes but then I looked at OP's name and I got chills down my spine..

This is a bit scary and weird and don't think the feeling of having someone "close" to you/the community gone will ever settle in...

So sad words can't really express it.. RIP Dana Gordon, you are now "chippie" of a much better place

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09-17-2011 , 10:38 PM

#128

plo ufo

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Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,941

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Originally Posted by Chuck Bass

I guess it didn't work out well for him in the end

Ok.. and how exactly does it work out well for anyone in the end?

I'll assume this is a translation error.

Extremely sad to hear that he was so young. Bahh, ****ing terrible!

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09-17-2011 , 10:39 PM

#129

hustla16

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Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 93

Very sad. Was always interesting and fun to play against...

RIP

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09-17-2011 , 10:42 PM

#130

discomonkey

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,637

sad times....

rip paresh, always entertaining and that entertainment will be missed

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09-17-2011 , 10:43 PM

#131

ANDREX

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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 218

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Originally Posted by drodro

"WHAT U GOT BUDDY!?" Brings a smile to my face picturing it.

OMG this this this. One of the most hilarious things ever.

And yes, I will direct his parents and his family to come over and check out our 2p2 world. I am sure they will appreciate the outpouring of respect from a community that he was proud to be a part of.

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09-17-2011 , 10:45 PM

#132

runvnme

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,080

RIP

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09-17-2011 , 10:46 PM

#133

xPeru

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Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,194

"sharktastic...stay the F*** away"

RIP

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09-17-2011 , 10:49 PM

#134

M1cKmAcK

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Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,713

loved reading his posts and watching him play.

so ****ing sad. thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

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09-17-2011 , 10:54 PM

#135

OMGsuperstaR

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so sad to hear about this...

never got in contact with him, but still feel sorry for his family/close friends

may he rest in peace!

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09-17-2011 , 10:57 PM

#136

govshark2

centurion

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 100

Never met him, but always respected him as a player and poster on this site. RIP Paresh Jain, my thoughts are with his friends and family.

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09-17-2011 , 11:02 PM

#137

Kajzer Sose

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 850

RIP

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09-17-2011 , 11:03 PM

#138

sufur

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Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,364

Wow, RIP.

I'm pretty sure I laughed, or at least smiled every time I read one of his hsmtt posts.

Condolences to his family and friends.

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09-17-2011 , 11:04 PM

#139

4matic

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Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 914

great poster, rip.

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09-17-2011 , 11:05 PM

#140

Cyluscylus

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Originally Posted by ANDREX

Hey all, this is Andrew Li aka azntracker on PS.

I'm not used to dealing with the passing of such a loved one as Paresh, and so I may be rambling at times so I apologize in advance. Also, I think I'll have a hard time putting his essence into words because it seems bleh to summarize his life in only a few paragraphs, but I'll try my damndest. Hopefully I won't be in tears by the end of this post although I can already feel them. And I'm not sure whether to use 'was' or 'is' in reference to him, so **** it I'm gonna use 'is.'

I met Paresh 7 years ago when we first started at the University of Virginia together. We were both SNG donks back then (I guess I still am lol) and he was back then, and remains now now, my best poker friend as we helped each other quickly learn and grow as poker players to crush all those silly games back in the Party Poker days. His regimen and approach to thinking is beyond admirable and I learned that pretty early on. He is an absolute delight to hang out with, talk strategy, play MTTs with (both $20 frat tournies and eventually Super Tuesdays and such), and just plain party with. He has met many of my high school friends through me and others, and together, we have a core group that exists today and transcends poker. As luck would have it, my best friends now are actually his best friends from the small town of Roanoke in Virginia that I would never have met otherwise.

This dude is seriously the craziest, most fun-loving, adrenaline junkie, and all-around great buddy anyone could ask for. We went skydiving in college, jet-skiing at the PCA (we were the only two ppl from our group that would go), and definitely wanted to do much more. After college, we went on two separate sweet trips to South America which embodied all that is awesome about him. Who else would randomly go with me to the Amazonian jungle in Manaus (Brazil) with me? On the other trip, we randomly rented a car in Montevideo, Uruguay, drove ourselves to the LAPT in Punta Del Este, and actually came close to having a serious accident as he drove 110 kmh over a pretty steep hill on a bridge to get some air! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vk2Tpwl6eE, notice techno blaring) We severely bottomed out the car, punctured the radiator, and the car instantly started overheating haha. We had to get help from some old dude in a bar at 2am who didn't speak a lick of English, and all we could muster was an "hola" or "gracias." My friends think we are insane.

We also hit up Europe a couple times (EPT Monte Carlo and most recently the EPT Madrid). We went on a sick drive last year that started in Geneva, Switzerland, went through the French Alps and Italy, and ended in Nice (France). My other buddies were like "wtf we're gonna fly, have fun you idiots" so it was just Paresh and I. And most recently, we hit up Madrid just cruising around randomly both at night and during the day. However, I was stuck in the tournament for a while and didn't get to go around with him like I had planned to (doesnt everyone bust Day 1?) Oh how I'd give up my winnings in a heartbeat to just spend 3-5 days more with him.

Oh and the music. As someone mentioned above, he is ALL about rockin sick beats, house, trance, techno, hip hop, mashups, anything fun and exiting with a beat. We were roommates for the last year, so Apartment 1912 in Arlington, Virginia was definitely the place to be if you wanted to rock out to techno beats blasting from both of our rooms. We'd grind poker during the day together and then I'd sweat him in his nightime MTTs sometimes while he played. Little known fact - when he is deep in an MTT, he loops the same song he's on literally 30 or 50 or however many times until the final table is over. Just incredible passion. Here are a few of his favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay8zFH5a59Y, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L1zqyUwefs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqY-Q32wPv4, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ezEcaZz6Q. Listening to these are going to make me well up everytime. ****.

I hope you all now have a more complete view of the guy that is Dana Gordon. I could probably talk and write for hours more about him; he is just that special to me. I feel blessed to have met him, shared some of the most fun moments of my life with him, and simply being associated with him (and I'm not even religious!). I'll save the clichés because he is as far from a cliché as one can be. My thoughts and prayers go out to his parents, his brother, and the rest of my friends (hang in there tuttle, chuc, natt, ben, leb, gabe, cara and all). Goodbye, and may you rest in peace PJ.

spwwacewwwavy!!

great post

this is all very sad my condolences to his family and friends. Its tough to lose someone, but its much harder when they are so young.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vk2Tpwl6eE

this explains a lot about the way he plays poker....

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09-17-2011 , 11:06 PM

#141

Tilter

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,200

Sick poster, RIP!

on a lighter note, in before Entourage finale conspiracy.

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09-17-2011 , 11:09 PM

#142

silkyjonson

adept

Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 925

Played with him a bunch was always super nice at the tables.

RIP

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09-17-2011 , 11:11 PM

#143

Jonny Nukes

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,428

sooo sad rip

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09-17-2011 , 11:11 PM

#144

s00tedj0kers

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 316

RIP man. So sad

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09-17-2011 , 11:11 PM

#145

WhiteRabbito

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Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,512

Really sorry to hear this.

RIP

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09-17-2011 , 11:11 PM

#146

DavidTth

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,018

pretty upset, dana gordon was one of the greats. thanks to his friends for sharing these awesome memories.

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09-17-2011 , 11:14 PM

#147

p0cket00

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7

I never got a chance to meet Paresh but I wish I would have, he was obviously a great guy. We would chat at the tables sometimes and sometimes when I'd win a funny pot he'd say something like "p0000000ckkket0000" or "zerroooos", it always made me laugh. He also always had a witty response whenever he asked me what I had and I said "00", im gunna miss him at the tables. RIP Paresh, the whole poker community will miss you. My prayers go out to all his friends and family, stay strong.

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09-17-2011 , 11:25 PM

#148

ANDREX

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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 218

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Originally Posted by p0cket00

oh and YOU pocket00... his way of saying your name outloud was POCKETOOOH. I will never forget that! Even I call you pocket-OOH now when I see you haha.

Paresh always had a hilarious way to pronounce someone's screen name online if it wasn't readily apparent and many times it was completely not phonetic with the spelling. It was gold.

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09-17-2011 , 11:27 PM

#149

the_snail03

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Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,837

Big fan of Paresh, RIP.

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09-17-2011 , 11:31 PM

#150

rcrane

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 231

Definately the most memorable of all the people i battled with in the few months before online went down in mtts. Loved when he was at my table, just because it would be fun mixing it up with him. Very tough and good player. Rest in peace man. My condolences to family and friends.

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