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 CasinoGaming.com -- World Series of Poker
Appleman stumbled into gambling by accident, and with a background in statistics gradually became successful both as a poker player and sports bettor.
Appleman had to overcome several scary moments during the tournament when he was literally down to the felt and faced elimination.
Appleman was delighted to keep on raising with Q-J of hearts, good for top pair, a flush draw, a straight draw, and a straight flush draw.
www.casinogaming.com /wsop/2003/0503.html   (1364 words)

  
 World Series of Poker (May 13, 1995)
For his first-place finish in the $5,000 buy-in limit Texas Hold'em competition, Appleman was awarded $234,000 and a custom-designed, 14-karat gold bracelet to commemorate his victory.
Appleman came to the final table with a substantial chip lead, but by the time heads-up play began, runner-up Humberto Brenes had the advantage by 3-to-2.
Appleman called, and again the river brought him a nine, giving him trips to win the pot and his third WSP title.
www.conjelco.com /wsop95/13-May-wsop.html   (513 words)

  
 Mickey Appleman Profile | Background on Mickey Appleman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mickey Appleman: If anyone has compiled a list of professions that would give a person an edge when converting to professional poker player, statistician has got to be at the top of the list.
For Mickey Appleman, a MBA in statistics certainly offered some tools for his gambling use, and may have led to his early success as a sports bettor, which is how he funded his first foray into professional poker.
Mickey grew up heavily involved in both sports and academics, which may explain why after receiving his degree in statistics, he found such success betting on sports.
www.guidetopoker.com /Mickey-Appleman-Profile.php   (419 words)

  
 Poker Pages: Poker Articles: Articles: Nolan Dalla
Appleman grew up on Long Island (New York).
In the late 1960s, Appleman took a job in inner-city Washington DC, which was in the midst of a crisis.
Appleman became socially active at this point in his life and involved himself in a community outreach program for inner city people in trouble.
www.pokerpages.com /articles/archives/dalla16.htm   (3015 words)

  
 A Quarter Century of Poker - Mickey Appleman | Poker News
Appleman grew up in New York (Long Island), and received a degree from Rutgers.
Tomko is a terrific player, and Mickey, well, Mickey may or may not be a legend because he is quiet and doesn't get much publicity.
Mickey followed his 7-stud split title with a deuce-to-seven draw title in 1992.
www.pokernews.com /news/2005/08/legends-poker-mickey-appleman.htm   (1209 words)

  
 Smoke and Demons
Appleman had A-K to Dobson's A-9 and doubled up with two rags came.
Appleman later said that as the heads-up match continued, Plona was
Appleman won with top two, took a $320,000 pot and now held a 3-1
www.casino.com /poker/Smoke-and-Demons.html   (1908 words)

  
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Well, "Shaggy" (the description would be far more apt for Appleman, whose trademark is a mass of uncombed blond hair) is a young New York air traffic controller who was sporting earrings, ear- and brow-piercing studs, and tattoos covering both forearms, one of the designs featuring huge drawings of the king and jack of spades.
Appleman later said that as the heads-up match continued, Plona was giving him fits.
Well, as Appleman eloquently tells it, in the 2000 championship event, he was the chip leader with about $770,000 when it was 10-handed.
www.seiyuu.com /okamoto/poker/wsop2003/ev19g.htm   (2593 words)

  
 The 2005 World Series of Poker Circuit Showboat Atlantic City $10,000 Event   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A former social worker, Appleman made his living for over ten years betting on sports, in addition to playing poker.
With only $9,000 in chips, Appleman came to the final table with his tournament life hanging by a thread.
After relinquishing both the big and small blinds to opponent’s raises, Appleman was down to just $3,600 in chips, and was facing a $300 ante on every hand.
pokerworks.com /article-410.html   (1590 words)

  
 PokerLizard.com - WSOP Updates - Event 16
Of all finalists, no player brought as much experience to the table as 60-year-old Mickey Appleman.
Appleman missed it all — the straight, the flush, and the set.
A lone pair of jacks scooped the large pot and the four-time WSOP winner Appleman exited in ninth place, paying $40,984.
www.pokerlizard.com /wsop/2006/event16.htm   (1390 words)

  
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Wellnitz got himself all-in on the day's second hand, trailed on the flop, but caught a six on the turn to give him aces and sixes and the lead on Avi Bahar's aces and fives, and the ace on the river just kept things as they were.
Mickey Appleman, who came to the final table with both three bracelets and a lot of experience playing short stacks (he survived a pretty amazing bubble run in the 2000 Big One) more than doubled up on the fourth hand when he made a flush.
Seeing a chance to triple up with the right board, Appleman decided to play, and the flop came 8s-4d-3s, promising enough for Appleman's 5-6-7-9, but kings fell on both the turn and river, and Cernuto's pocket aces took the whole thing, sending Appleman out fifth.
www.seiyuu.com /okamoto/poker/wsop2002/event06g.htm   (3874 words)

  
 WSOP Update - Day 15
On Monday, Mary Jones Meyer won the largest and richest women's poker tournament in history, collecting her first gold bracelet and a prize totaling $236,094.
Mickey Appleman, who is down on chips but never out of any WSOP tournament, leads in experience at the final table.
Appleman owns four WSOP gold bracelets, his last coming in a 2003 Pot Limit Hold'em event.
www.casinocitytimes.com /news/article.cfm?contentID=159688   (1237 words)

  
 Welcome to World Series of Poker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Of these players, three were former WSOP gold bracelet winners - Mickey Appleman (with 4 wins), John Juanda (with 3 wins), and John Spadavecchia (with 1 win).
Mickey Appleman, a living legend in the gambling world, took poker's worst beat as the tournament's bubble finisher.
Outlasting nine-tenths of the field and surviving four days was never less satisfying.
www.worldseriesofpoker.com /news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=340145   (1589 words)

  
 Late Night at the Taj [Archive] - Online Poker Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
4 time WSOP Bracelet winner Mickey Appleman was playing 200/400 Stud H/L and Omaha H/L. Those of you who have been to the Taj know that it's very easy to be a railbird for some of the bigger games in the room.
Back to Mickey...saw him play a hand of Omaha H/L where he had the nut low to the river and spiked the case 3 to back into the 3's full of 8's and take 3/4's of the pot instead of just half.
There was another player to Mickey's right who is a WPT player.
www.cardschat.com /library/index.php/t-68792.html   (586 words)

  
 WSOP Updates - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha – Lee Watkinson Breaks Through | Poker News
The audience in attendance didn't have to wait long for the first bust out of the final table as Mickey Appleman decided to double up or go home on the first hand.
Jani bet enough for the rest of Mickey's stack and he put it in and displayed a 9-8-8-7 for the open-ended straight draw with a pair of eights.
Unfortunately, the deuce on the river was not one of Appleman's and he was out of the event in ninth place.
www.pokernews.com /news/2006/7/wsop-updates-lee-watkinson-breaks.htm   (2166 words)

  
 Card Player Magazine - Mind Games: Why Railbird Strategizing is Often a Pointless Exercise by Nolan Dalla
A memorable conversation took place several years ago when I was watching the final table at the World Series of Poker with Mickey Appleman.
One of the players at the final table made what outwardly appeared to be a very poor decision.
Appleman postulated that since no two players share the same poker experiences nor have identical insights, it is pointless to project our perceptions of what may or may not be strategically correct onto others and pass judgment on their decisions.
www.cardplayer.com /magazine/article/373   (1916 words)

  
 World Series of Poker (Event 12, May 2, 1996)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A poker player for 15 years, Deeb now has seven in the money finishes at the World Series of Poker and also has cashed in several other major competitions.
Placing second in the no limit Deuce to Seven Lowball Draw event and winning $81,250 was Mickey Appleman, a 50 year old professional player from Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Formerly the coordinator of a drug and alcohol treatment program in Harlem, Appleman won this same event during the 1992 World Series and also has to his credit several other major poker tournament titles.
conjelco.com /wsop96/event12.html   (422 words)

  
 CasinoGaming.com -- World Series of Poker
With 25 events now concluded, this has clearly been a World Series of Poker where the very best players in the game have risen to the top, time after time.
World-class tournament players such as Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, Mickey Appleman, and others have all won gold bracelets this year.
But bar none, no player is hotter right now than Layne "Heart Attack" Flack, who won his fifth lifetime gold bracelet in the Limit Hold'em Shootout event, and second at this year's tournament.
www.casinogaming.com /wsop/2003/0509.html   (1431 words)

  
 Athletes - Mickey Appleman (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000.
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 Complete World Series Of Poker from The Good Gambling Guide
The only spoiler was the perenial Mickey Appleman from the other poker state, New Jersey.
Ferguson finishes 5th and has a win, a final and two money finishes to be top performer this year so far.
The Finalists were : John Juanda $110,500, Micky Appleman $67,300, Chris Ferguson $61,800, Papachatzakis $58,700, Steve Zolotow $38,800, Rich Korbin $36,200, James Miller $20,000, Adam Roberts $16,700.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /spotlight/wsop2001/wsop2001_0405.htm   (118 words)

  
 Appleman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page or section lists people with the surname Appleman.
If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that wikilink.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Appleman   (105 words)

  
 World Series of Poker
Event winners get, in addition to their prize money, a golden bracelet.
Players who have won bracelets in a draw poker event, a stud poker game, and a community card poker game are: Mickey Appleman, Bobby Baldwin, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Johnny Moss, and Stu Ungar.
The number of participants in the WSOP has grown every year, and in recent years the growth has exploded.
www.win4real.com /tips/poker-games/world-series-of-poker.html   (691 words)

  
 Lee Watkinson wins WSOP Event #16, 2006 WSOP Results and Tournament Report
included three former WSOP gold bracelet winners – Rafi Amit (1 win), Mickey
Appleman (4 wins) and Hasan Habib (1 win).
large pot and the four-time WSOP winner Appleman exited in ninth place,
www.pokerplayerpress.com /sixteen2006wsop.html   (1143 words)

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