Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
Not 100% Grinder related, but...

I was dumb enough to loan Chino money the year he made the WSOP Main November Nine and was paid out $1m on the spot.

This was like 2 weeks later and I figured he just needed the $8k on Stars, as he said he'd meet me the next day and just hand me cash. He and I were friendly acquaintances at the time.



Of course I got Chino'd (I didn't know his rep yet, somehow), and he ghosted me. I felt so stupid.

Fortunately my rep for calling shit out had already gotten around, given that this was post-AP scandal. Someone in Chino's orbit told him it wasn't a good idea to stiff me, but of course Chino had degened off my $8k and couldn't pay. Suddenly I got a message from Chino saying that one of his friends would pay me that day. Sure enough, Robert Mizrachi sent me $8k. Whether Robert got the money back from Chino is up for debate, but that's not my problem.

To this day, I'm probably the one who got paid back the fastest from a Chino loan.
Cbino and Mizrahi used to hang around South Florida card rooms. Chino was notorious for not paying his debts. He's a skilled player, but has the Degeneracy Gene that perpetually kills his bankroll. He'll win a tournament, then lose his winnings and stiff his backers. The fact that you got paid at all is a miracle.