Bobby Baldwin

[Alan Mendelson]

Fell down two flights of stairs at Aria, breaking shoulders, five ribs, pelvis, elbow, 40 stitches in forehead... but expected to make a full recovery at age 67.

[redietz]

Fell down two flights of stairs at Aria, breaking shoulders, five ribs, pelvis, elbow, 40 stitches in forehead... but expected to make a full recovery at age 67.

I first read about Bobby Baldwin a long time ago, in Amarillo Slim's Play Poker to Win. He's one of the founding fathers.

[slingshot]

Fell down two flights of stairs at Aria, breaking shoulders, five ribs, pelvis, elbow, 40 stitches in forehead... but expected to make a full recovery at age 67.

Glad he'll be alright. At 65 I slipped on a ladder and fell 10 feet, landing on my back. I remained motionless, waiting for pain, which never came. I carefully got up and was so thankful I was alright. We have to move safely and use more caution the older we get. Now, at 70, I allow for more, especially driving.

[mickeycrimm]

In April of 1992 I was in the Horseshoe hustling credits. The WSOP was going on. I was absolutely new to the gambling world and especially casino poker. I didn't know anything about the who's who's of the poker world. But what I saw at the Horseshoe was my inspiration to move into gambling.

One day I see three guys sitting at a poker table waiting for more players to get a game going. One was a big fat cowboy, one was a guy with curly blond hair and horn rimmed glasses. Peering through his glasses he reminded me of an owl. The other guy was a little bitty fellow. They were just sitting there waiting as the intercom kept announcing "We're starting up a brand new $400-$800 no-limit Kansas City lowball game on table #32. All players invited."

They would make that announcement about every five minutes and every time they did the three guys at the table would look around to see if anyone was coming. This went on for about an hour. There were no takers so the three guys eventually got up and left.

I had no clue who they were at the time. But I eventually learned who was who in the poker world. The three guys were Doyle Brunson, Bobby Baldwin and Stu Unger.