Warren Buffett Goes Broke Playing Poker

[highwayman]

Look, there goes a crow...



http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/12/8/165058.shtml?s=ic

Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and avid bridge player, took less than 45 minutes to go broke in a charity poker tournament.


"It's different than bridge," said Buffett, 76, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. "I was confused. I thought the low score won."


He was among 50 amateur, celebrity and professional players who competed in a Texas Hold'em poker tournament Thursday night.


The tournament celebrated a recent $5 million renovation of retailer Borsheims, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway

 

[unclehobart]

Low score wins? Did noone tell him the rules?

 

[Gonz]

Keep him out of Vegas & in the boardroom.

 

[Professur]

Low score wins? Did noone tell him the rules?

I think he was making a joke.

 

[unclehobart]

Now that I read it, it does sound like a bit of humor. I guess the first time I read it I must've had a headache and been none in the mood.