Woody Allen Winning Poker Player

[Dive_Bar_Dave]

I was listening to the recent Alec Baldwin "Here's The Thing" podcast. Woody Allen mentioned that he used to take poker very seriously, and he was a regular winner at the game. A lifetime winner.

[Walter Sobchak]

Also, he never ever touched his stepdaughter before she was 18.

[Dive_Bar_Dave]

I think he did not. The podcast covers that. He says it was a bad divorce ploy to accuse him of that.

Also, he is innocent legally, as of the moment. I have dated some crazy actresses. They are capable of anything.

[gut]

I mean, if you're using the exact age of when a dude starts boning his adopted step-daughter thats 35 years younger than him to decide a moral judgment of him, you're doing it wrong.

[SPIT this]

Wow, sounds like he was raping the game

[ErickAA]

I mean if he was playing in AC or Foxwoods against professional poker players I am sure he lost. But if he was playing in juicy home games of wealthy New Yorkers, it is very plausible he was a big winner.

I suspect any celebrity of marginal skill if they were so inclined could pick his spots in very juicy games and be a bigger winner than a professional poker player grinding out a living at the Bellagio or Commerce. I would suspect Toby McGuire is a winner for this reason. I used to see him a little at Commerce way back in the day, but my understanding is he took poker pretty seriously and focused mainly on juicy celebrity home games.