Andrew Amatrudo: The current dean of poker players
He just recently celebrated his 102 years old, more precisely on last February 21, 2011. It is Andrew Amatrudo who was born in Philadelphia in 1909, the player considered until now, otherwise there's another proof, as dean of poker players still active. Indeed, despite his age that exceeds a century, this legend as the people who know him call him continues to play regularly in Stud poker in the poker room of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, which is located in a few meters from his apartment.
Explaining this dynamism to move to the poker room of the casino that he calls as his "second home", this former hairdresser talks primarily about his passion for playing poker in addition to lots of problems that he will have if he stays at home without doing nothing. In the same idea, this centennial was clear in saying that he now lives to touch cards and chips of stud poker variant. Moreover, the daily routine of this Dean player beer drinker is as follows : he begins with a prayer asking to God to preserve him and give him an good health. Then the time to prepare and he goes straight to the poker room of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino. For the director of the casino Tom Gitto, the legend Andrew Amatrudo is part of the family of this gaming room where everyone cares about him when he is not seen in the casino.
Source: poker777.com
Thursday, 10 March 2011
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