| Bobby Hoff | |
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 Bobby Hoff in Poker Superstars II |
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| Nickname(s) | The Wizard |
| Hometown | Long Beach, California |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 10 |
| Highest ITM main event finish |
2nd, 1979 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | 0 |
| Money finishes | 1 |
Bobby "The Wizard" Hoff (born in Victoria, Texas) is an American professional poker player, based in Long Beach, California. The Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament is a series of no limit Texas hold 'em Poker tournaments The first season is available on NTSC Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast World Series of Poker (WSOP is the largest set of Poker tournaments in the world The World Series of Poker (WSOP bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a Poker player can win The 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas Nevada, USA. The World Poker Tour (WPT is a series of international Poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players Victoria is a city in and the County seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
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Early years
In 1958, Hoff studied at the University of Texas on an athletics scholarship, where he frequently played golf from a scratch handicap. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education For "handicap" as it refers to disabled persons see Disability.
Hoff learned poker in Las Vegas three years after graduating. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally He worked as a poker dealer, and invested his wages in poker when he finished each shift. A poker dealer distributes cards to players and manages the action at a Poker table He read the book Beat the Dealer by Edward O. Thorp and took up blackjack, which he found himself winning at, but often got drunk and lost his winnings. Dr Edward Oakley Thorp (born in August 14, 1932, Chicago) is an American mathematics professor author and Blackjack player Blackjack (also known as Twenty-one, Vingt-et-un (French for Twenty-one or Pontoon) is the most widely played casino banking He grouped together with a blackjack team and played blackjack regularly for five years, before being banned from the majority of blackjack tables in Las Vegas, forcing him to return to poker.
He became friends with Sailor Roberts, who staked much of his poker action. Brian "Sailor" Roberts was an American professional Poker player Together, they drank large amounts of alcohol and took cocaine. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Hoff regularly took two lines of cocaine before a big game and chased it with Cognac. Cognac (ˈkɒnjæk named after the town of Cognac in France, is a Brandy produced in the region surrounding the town
1979 World Series of Poker
In the 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit hold'em main event, Hoff came back from a chip count of $1,730 early on the first day to $225,700 early in the final table's action. The 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas Nevada, USA. This article describes only the common terms rules and procedures of betting in poker Texas hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is the most popular Poker game in the casinos and poker card rooms across North America and Europe He eliminated Johnny Moss in 5th place when his A♦ T♠ outdrew A♥ Q♠ when the T♥ came on the river. Johnny Moss ( May 14, 1907 &ndash December 16, 1995) was a long-time gambler and professional Poker player The river card is the final card dealt in a poker hand, to be followed by a final round of betting and if necessary a showdown. Hoff reached the heads-up stage of the tournament, facing amateur Hal Fowler, whom he had eliminated from the same event in the 1978. Hal Fowler (died 2000 was an American Poker player He is considered the first non-professional player to become poker's World Champion The 1978 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held in May 1978 at Binion's Horseshoe. In the final hand, Hoff's A♥ A♣ were outdrawn by Fowler's 7♠ 6♦ on a board of J♠ 5♥ 3♣ 4♠ T♦.
The heads-up match lasted over 10 hours, and was considered the original David and Goliath match of the WSOP, as Hoff was the big favorite to win. Goliath ( גָּלְיָת, Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew Golyāṯ, Arabic: جالوت Jalut (Muslim This led to increased attendance in future WSOP main events, as people realised that anyone could win.
Hoff went on to have nightmares about the heads-up match for several weeks afterwards. A nightmare is a Dream which causes a strong unpleasant emotional response from the sleeper typically fear or horror being in situations of extreme danger or the sensations During this time, Hoff accused Fowler of consuming either Valium or Methaqualone throughout the heads-up match, and his cocaine habit grew, as he began to inject it rather than snort it. Diazepam (daɪˈæzɨpæm first marketed as Valium by Hoffmann-La Roche, is a Benzodiazepine derivative Drug. Methaqualone is a Sedative drug which is similar in effect to Barbiturates a general CNS Depressant. Over the following eight years of his addiction, Hoff contracted Hepatitis. Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to the Liver characterized by the presence of Inflammatory cells in the tissue of
Further poker career
He also finished in the money of the $10,000 WSOP main event in 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1998. The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. He also finished 2nd in a WSOP preliminary event in 1984
Hoff also appeared in Poker Superstars II, finishing second in two heats (both times to Ted Forrest). The 1984 World Series of Poker (WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament is a series of no limit Texas hold 'em Poker tournaments The first season is available on NTSC Ted Forrest (born September 24 1964 in Syracuse New York) is an American professional Poker player currently residing in
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $460,000.
His alias on UltimateBet is "DaWiz". Tokwiro Enterprises is a private company that owns two Online poker cardrooms Absolute Poker and UltimateBet.
Trivia
- According to Hoff, his nickname refers to his ability to make mountains of chips disappear.
- Hoff describes Bobby Baldwin as the best poker player he ever saw. Bobby Baldwin (born c 1950 is a professional Poker player and Casino executive
- 2006 WSOP main event winner Jamie Gold described Hoff as "maybe the best player in the world. The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events with regular play commencing on June 26 with Jamie M Gold (born August 25 1969) is an American Television producer, a Talent agent, and Poker player based in " [1]
References
- All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of The World Series of Poker, Jonathan Grotenstein & Storms Reback, ISBN 0-312-34835-5
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