Ted Forrest

Name: Ted Forrest
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: 1964
Birth Place: Syracuse, N.Y., United States

From ultra-humble beginnings in poker, Ted Forrest has moved to the very top of the pro ranks. At the age of 20, he was working in a hotel near the Grand Canyon, commuting to Vegas to play in modest games.

Eventually, he moved to Las Vegas. During his early years there, he won enough money to pay for a college education and indeed attended Lemoine College where his father had taught English. Ted explains what became of his academic...

Trivia

Worked at the Grand Canyon
Attended Lemoine College
Highly respected among his peers

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
WPT Season 7, Borgata Poker Open	27th	$26,000
WPT Season 7, Bellagio Cup IV	27th	$38,785
2008 WSOP, Event 34, Pot-Limit Omaha w/re-buys	5th	$144,427
2008 WSOP, Event 16, Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better	2nd	$143,421
WPT Season 6, Foxwoods Poker Classic	6th	$103,360
WPT Season 6, Bay 101 Shooting Star	25th	$16,000
2007 WSOPE, Event 2, Pot-Limit Omaha	17th	£8,580
2007 WSOP, Event 20, 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better	10th	$9,591
2007 WSOP, Event 14, 7-Card Stud	14th	$6,201
WPT Season 5, Bay 101 Shooting Star	1st	$1,100,000
2007 Special, NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship	9th	$25,000
2006 WSOP, Event 39, No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship...	408th	$30,512
WPT Season 4, The Mirage Poker Showdown	2nd	$579,386
2004 WSOP, Event 23, No-Limit Hold'em	1st	$300,300
1993 WSOP, $1,500 Razz	1st	$77,400
1993 WSOP, $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight-or-Better	1st	$120,000
1993 WSOP, $5,000 Seven-Card Stud	1st	$114,000
2004 WSOP, $1,500 Seven-Card Stud	1st	$111,440

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Player Statistics

Cashes	20
Total Winnings	$3,337,880
First Place Finishes	6
WSOP Bracelets	5

Player Analysis of Ted Forrest

Description

Most people consider him to be a Stud specialist, but he did win a WSOP bracelet in No-Limit Hold’em against a field of over 800 players. Ted is a very tricky player and is known for making great reads. If you want to know how it feels to be in the eye of a hurricane, play short-handed Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better with Ted.

Best Game

Any form of Seven-Card Stud

Weakness

Invests in losing players and failing businesses

Ted Forrest's Score

7.5 7.3/10

Agressiveness 7
Looseness 8
Limit 8
No-Limit 7
Side Games 7
Steam Control 6
Against Strong Players 7
Tournaments 7
Short-Handed 8
Against Weak Players 8

Amusing Anecdote

Ted has made some unusual side bets. Here are a few with results.

Bet	Against	Result
Had to run a marathon in under six hours on the outdoor heat-radiating, rubber-urethane track at UNLV, at temperatures of almost 120 degrees.	Mike Svobodny	Won $7,000, but suffered serious heat exhaustion.

Bet that Howard Lederer, starting at 310 lbs., wouldn’t weigh less than Huck Seed, initially at 180 lbs., in less than a year.	Howard & Huck	Won $50,000

Had to bench press 225 lbs. fifty times in 24 hours.	David Oppenheim	Lost $10,000 and permanently injured his right arm.

Laid 6-1 that Mark Weisman, 43 years old, 5’5” tall, and 230 lbs., couldn’t run a mile in under six minutes, with 18 months to train.	Mark Weisman	Lost $60,000

Bet that Huck Seed’s brother Lief couldn’t run the 280 miles from L.A. to Las Vegas, only sleeping twice.	John Hennigan	Won $10,000 because Lief hurt his Achilles’ tendon after 70 miles.