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I've got to ask this question, regarding Ike Haxton
I realize that we all age, our looks change, and our demeanor/attitude changes. That's fine. You won't find many people who barely changed between 2007 and today. I definitely look different myself, and in some ways my personality has changed as well.
However, nobody in poker has transformed more than Ike Haxton, and I don't get it.
Here was Ike Haxton in 2007, at the Pokerstars PCA. He was 21 at the time, and had just taken a year off college to play poker full time. He finished 2nd in this event.
https://edge1.pokerlistings.com/asse...g?t=1259151863
Kind of reminds me of a long-haired Neo from The Matrix. Notice the cool, wild hairstyle, the minimalized sunglasses, the casual long sleeved shirt, and the generally confident demeanor. You could picture this guy scoring a lot of late-2000s chicks, right?
Now look at present-day Ike Haxton:
2025 Ike couldn't be more of a stereotypical dork if he tried. He's got the geek glasses, the uptight-looking hairdo, an N-95 mask perpetually attached to his face (even in winners photos), and he tops it all off with a "GTO Lab" shirt.
How can this possibly be the same guy?
There's no question that Ike is a great poker player, and aside from his annoying wokeness, he's not a bad guy. He's never been involved in a scandal, and doesn't really mistreat or attack anyone. So I'm not even saying I dislike him, because I don't.
I just don't understand this transformation. Given his tournament results (much better now than in '07, in fact), he could have been marketable as a sponsored pro if he stuck to anything resembling his original look.
Ike hailed from the Magic: The Gathering world, as did many of the nerd-crew millennial poker pros. So if he had the dork look the whole way, I wouldn't be making this post. I'm just not understanding why, at some point, he said to himself, "You know what? I'm tired of looking cool. Let's see how I can come off as geeky as possible."
I've got to ask this question, regarding Ike Haxton
I dont know Ike Haxton or his history. But am guessing he get tired of the hippy look and the extra high maintenance of long hair. Also, I think most women over the last 10-15 years prefer the clean cut responsible type over the unemployed, no money slacker look. If you want to bag high or semi high quality, you need to look responsible and employed.
Maybe he should dump the glasses and hit the gym to add more self improvement.
Add- My whole life, I’ve never approved of long hair on men. Long hair on men is supply looking like a woman and too feminine to me. This includes all men, even the big hair rockers, just never liked it.
