Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest

Name: Ted Forrest
Date of birth: 24 September 1964
Place of birth: Syuracuse, New York, USA
Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Prizes: 5 WSOP bracelets, ITM 21 times, 1 WPT titles, 5 final tables, more than $ 5,400,000 in tournament winnings
Nickname: The Hitman, Professor Backwards, The Suicide Kings

   
 

Ted Forrest is a species on the planet poker. He is one of those few extraterrestes almost bet on any event, anytime against anyone. He likes to bet more than anything.

Born in 1964, Ted Forrest playing poker for over 20 years, well before the Internet wave. In 1986, it is nearly broke after his first attempts as a professional player and takes a croupier. By his own admission, the hours spent to produce the cards have been lost. He learned to read players and has often said surprised by his ability to read the cards of players.

So it is in his last semester at Lemoyne College, his father died suddenly. Ted Forrest will never finally graduated and decided to move to Las Vegas and become a professional poker player.

Ted Forrest is quickly becoming one of the most renowned players in Las Vegas, not only for his exceptional poker skills but also for its incredible paris.

Ted Forrest has had impressive success in the tournament since it has now accumulated over $ 5,400,000 in tournaments but surprisingly it is primarily a cash game player in which he made the most of its gains.

The ability of Ted Forrest played hands that no one other than himself is capable of playing has earned him the nickname "Professor Backward" or "play backwards", and Suicide Kings, nickname or even transparent "The Hitman", the killer.

Ted Forrest has no contract with an online poker room, making it one of the only players on the list provided is not done systematically pay its entries.

Ted Forrest is also known for Staker a large number of players, which has not always been the best inspiration because he regularly stake players losers.

The best variant of Ted Forrest is undoubtedly the Seven Stud and its variations, but it works wonders in No Limit Hold'em, especially in the tournament. He also participates regularly in the Big Game.

His achievements in detail


World Series Of Poker (WSOP)



Ted Forrest won 5 bracelets in total since 1993 in its shareholdings to WSOP. It is the only player with Phil Hellmuth (the same year) to have won 3 in the same year in 1993. He won 3 of them in Seven Stud.

In total, Ted Forrest has finished 21 times in the money in the WSOP and the best seat in the WSOP Main Event is 408th in 2006.

The WSOP is often an opportunity for Ted Forrest to gamble with his opponents.

Ted Forrest was robbed his first 3 bracelets. He gave one to her daughter and did not therefore become one.
2004: $ 1,500 Limit Hold'em $ 300.300
2004: $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud $ 111.440
1993: $ 5,000 Seven Card Stud $ 114,000
1993: $ 1,500 Omaha 8 or better $ 120,000
1993: $ 1,500 Seven Card Razz $ 78.400

World Poker Tour (WPT)



Ted Forrest has long run after his first WPT title. He finished 5th in the WPT World Championship Season 1, 4th at the LA Poker classic season 3 and 2nd at the Mirak Poker Showdown Season 4.

It was not until the 5th season with the Bay 101 Shooting Star, where bounties are placed on the heads of famous players. Ted Forrest def 450 players for this tournament which ends on 16 March 2007 and won $ 1,125,000 against JJ Liu in the longer Head's up in the history of the WPT, thereby preventing him from becoming the first woman to win the tournament.

Other performances



Ted Forrest was involved in several episode of Poker After Dark, but has so far never managed to win a famous SNG.

He also participated in seasons 1,2 and 5 of High Stakes Poker, which allowed him to show his talents in cash game.

In 2006, Ted Forrest won the NBC National Head's Up Poker Championship and earned $ 500,000.

He won a title on the PPT, the Professional Poker Tour against Randy Jensen in 2006 winning $ 225,000 in the process.

He also is part of the corporation, an association of professional players who played against Andy Beal, a multi-millionaire banker who desired faced the best players in the world.