Ted Forrest
{{Short description|American poker player (born 1964)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{infobox poker player
|name=Ted Forrest
|nickname=Professor Backwards
The Suicide King
The Hitman
Spooky
|image=Ted forrest.jpg
|caption=Ted Forrest at the 2006 World Series of Poker
|hometown=Las Vegas, Nevada
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|24}}
|birth_place = Syracuse, New York
|wsop bracelet count=6
|wsop money finishes=31
|wsop main event best finish rank=408th
|wsop main event best finish year=2006
|multi-year wsop winner=
|wpt titles=1
|wpt final tables=5
|wpt money finishes=11
|updated=2015-11-20
}}
Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964) is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tournament wins
In 1992, Forrest won two tournaments at the LA Poker Classic and one at the World Poker Finals in Mashantucket.{{Cite web |title=LA Poker Classic, 1/2 Hold'em 1/2 Lowball |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=23241 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=LA Poker Classic, 1/2 Hold'em 1/2 Stud |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=23243 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=1992 World Poker Finals, Limit Seven Card Stud |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=22942 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP).{{Cite web |title=24th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1993, Seven-Card Stud |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7940 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=24th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1993, Seven-Card Razz |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7928 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=24th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1993, Omaha 8 or Better |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7932 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} After the mid-1990s, Forrest turned his attention full-time to cash games. He made a triumphant return to the WSOP by winning two bracelets at the 2004 World Series of Poker.{{Cite web |title=35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, Seven Card Stud |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6590 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, No-Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6610 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Since then he has moved his focus from seven card stud to hold 'em with some success, including reaching five final tables on the World Poker Tour and winning a championship on the Professional Poker Tour.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT Championship, WPT Championship - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=11453 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2005 Mirage Poker Showdown, WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=11555 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Foxwoods Poker Classic 2008, No Limit Hold'em - WPT Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=31355 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2005 Mirage Poker Showdown, PPT No Limit Hold'em Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=12401 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Forrest competed in the second season of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, where he advanced to the quarter-final stage.{{Cite web |title=Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 2, Quarter Final 1 |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16771 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} He did not fare as well in season three, being mathematically eliminated early in the preliminaries. He played in the first two seasons of the GSN series High Stakes Poker.{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2018 |title=High Stakes Poker Reviewed: Ted Forrest Runs It Back Up |url=https://www.pokernews.com/strategy/high-stakes-poker-reviewed-ted-forrest-runs-it-back-up-32699.htm |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}
In March 2006, Forrest won the annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship, defeating (in order) Erik Seidel, Chad Brown, Ernie Dureck, Sam Farha, Shahram Sheikhan and Chris Ferguson to win the $500,000 first prize.{{Cite web |title=2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Heads Up No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=17358 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Continuing with his history of tournament success, in March 2007 Ted won the Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament, outlasting J. J. Liu in the longest heads up duel in World Poker Tour history. For the victory, Forrest collected the first prize of $1,100,000.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=18303 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
In June 2014 Ted defeated notable poker player Phil Hellmuth in the final table of the WSOP Razz event,{{Cite web |last=Welman |first=Jessica |last2=Dalla |first2=Nolan |date=June 2, 2014 |title=Ted Forrest Bests Phil Hellmuth To Win Sixth Bracelet |url=https://www.wsop.com/news/2014/Jun/4791/TED-FORREST-BESTS-PHIL-HELLMUTH-TO-WIN-SIXTH-BRACELET.html |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}} bringing his total number of WSOP bracelets to six.{{Cite web |title=45th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2014, Seven Card Razz (Event #7) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=169340 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
As of August 7, 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,200,000.{{Cite web |title=Ted Forrest's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=87 |access-date=December 8, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 31 cashes as the WSOP account for $1,922,990 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Ted Forrest |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=257 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}
Strategy differentiation
Forrest's no-limit Texas hold 'em strategy vastly differs from that of many other established pros who believe that pre-flop one should always raise or fold, Forrest has repeatedly stated and demonstrated in his play, that limping, or simply calling a raise, is not a bad play and should be frequently employed.{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Michael |date=September 20, 2005 |title=Ted Forrest: The Education of a Suicide King |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/cardplayer-poker-magazines/65572-ted-forrest-18-18/articles/14961-ted-forrest-the-education-of-a-suicide-king |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=CardPlayer}}
Andy Beal Showdown
Forrest is well known as a competitive high-stakes gambler. He has been a key part of a consortium of poker players who pooled their money together to play Texas billionaire Andy Beal in a series of very high limit, heads-up, Texas hold 'em games, with limits ranging anywhere from $20,000/$40,000 to $100,000/$200,000.{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2006 |title=The Banker, The Boss, The Junkman and The Warrior Queen Part 3 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=bluff_magazine&id=2412502 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
World Series of Poker bracelets
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Tournament !Prize |
| 1993
|$1,500 Seven Card Razz |$78,400 |
| 1993
|$1,500 Omaha 8 or better |$120,000 |
| 1993
|$5,000 Seven Card Stud |$114,000 |
| 2004
|$1,500 Seven Card Stud |$111,440 |
| 2004
|$1,500 No Limit Hold'em |$300,300 |
| 2014
|$1,500 Seven Card Razz |$121,196 |
Forrest's first three bracelets were stolen. He gave one of the remaining two to his daughter; and has the other locked away. Ted also owns one WSOP championship bracelet that formerly belonged to Hamid Dastmalchi, which he purchased from Dastmalchi after the 1992 World Series of Poker world champion complained that the bracelet wasn't worth what the Binion family claimed. Hamid told him, “They say it’s worth $5,000, but I’d take $1,500 for it” to which Forrest replied "Sold" and tossed him three $500 chips.{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Billy |date=July 24, 2008 |title=Where Are They Now – Hamid Dastmalchi |url=http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2008/07/24/1992-wsop-main-event-winner.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127045603/http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2008/07/24/1992-wsop-main-event-winner.html |archive-date=January 27, 2009 |website=PokerWorks.com}}
Bad check charges
In September 2016, Forrest was charged in the Las Vegas Justice Court with two felonies: drawing and passing a check without sufficient funds with the intent to defraud, and theft.{{Cite news |last=Ferrara |first=David |date=September 2, 2016 |title=Arrest warrant issued for six-time WSOP bracelet winner in bad check case |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/arrest-warrant-issued-six-time-wsop-bracelet-winner-bad-check-case |access-date=December 30, 2016 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/1281-ted-forrest Card Player profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=87 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/ted-forrest/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=257 WSOP profile]
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