Player File: Chowhound
Other Aliases: H, Mark H,
Howitzer, Long-Board, Marky-Mark
General Characteristics: Opinions
about Mark aka Chowhound were divided along the lines of whether or not he was
their broker. Non-clients mentioned the chowhound's indomitable "good
spirit", "quick with a joke," and friendly "smiling" demeanor.
Clients of his had slightly more
acerbic reviews. "He lost all my damn money..." was a common
phase. "PCOM, TGNT, GX...enough said" crystallized it for one
player. "He's what I would call a 'Contrarian Indicator'...what ever
he does, I do the opposite," said another.
As far as playing ability, one respondent
said "he plays intuitively. which is a nice way of saying he's usually too
drunk to know what he's doing."
True to his moniker, the Chowhound
is the king of the dinner table. "First on line for food,"
"Fastest Fork in New York," "The Citerella Kid."
Most Likely To: Eat,
have the biggest plate of food, laugh at his own jokes, shvitz,
ride his bike to and from a game (drunk), remove his shirt, tell that Sammy's Romanian story [again], be first on
line for food, eat fatty-meats, gain weight, lose weight, be wrong.
Least Likely to: Give a
break on a commission, pick a winner, be discrete, forego vegetables for meat,
admit he's wrong, be
right.
Favorite Catch-phrase: "It's
a good one...", "I would love to...", "[Feltman]...you don't
know nuthin'...", "Where's the damn food?"
When not playing poker he's:
We'd rather not know.
Links: [Chowhound's Page] [Email
Chowhound] [See chowhound in action]
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