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So where does Mimi Tran fit into all of this?
From his book, he met her in about 1992, she used to hang around the low-limit games. They became friendly and Barry offered to teach her how to play if she would teach him vietnamese. She progressed from 3-6 all the way up to 80-160, which is what Barry was playing, and was the highest limit at the time.
He goes on to say that many people had/have the misconception that he was her
sugar daddy but by the time she was winning in the biggest games, the opposite was true. Mimi didn't spend money like Barry, and he would often borrow from her. He says they both went through a really big rush in the game and had won about 100k. Mimi asked him how much he had left, and he said about 5k, Mimi on the other hand had 95k left. He later had to borrow from Mimi in order to stay in Larry Flynt's 1.5k/3k stud game, as he lost what he had initially won in the game in a few sessions (he was pretty new to stud and says it took him 3 years in that game until he considered himself to be a good player).
This is what being a WCRT (world class rail tard) is all about.
Aug 14 2005, 07:15 PM
