Game: Explain Your Nickname, easy, eh? Options

[Sabbattack]

Ok, this is not a forum game per se, but wtf!!

The rules are simple. Explain in a few words what your nickname means and why did you choose it. I'll start:

Sabbattack: Sabbat + attack

I'm a big fan of the 80's thrash band Sabbat, and since Martin (the band's frontman) is known for his great use of english idioms and puns, i made this one myself to honour him!!!

[NickTheGreek]

Very simple : NickTheGreek stands for the most cunning and briliant card player of all times... he was a notorious Greek immigrant to the States who even won playign against the leader of the local Mafia.. when his mighty opponent kapt blaming his own luck, NickTheGreek suggested they pull a card from the card deck and if it was red he won;otherwise the Mafia leader would... his opponent was not so brave or self confident to try...

He only sent flowers to NickTheGreek funeral years later with the quote :
[Success is a wine that not all drink from; but those who drink always try to get sober ...[/quote]

NickTheGreek estimated that he won and lost over $500 million in his lifetime. He himself claimed that he went from rags to riches over 75 times. A man who never respected money, he donated over $20 million (about $400 million in 2004 dollars) to education and charity.

I share the same name with him, the same passion for certain clever card games and certainly the ability to win in most of them

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www.wikipedia.org

Nick the Greek

Nicholas Andreas "Nick the Greek" Dandolos (born in Rethymnon, Crete 1883-December 25, 1966) was a professional gambler and high roller.

Dandolos was the son of wealthy parents. He attended the Greek Evangelical College and earned a degree in philosophy. When he was 18 years old his grandfather sent him to the U.S.A. with an allowance of $150 per week. Although Dandolos settled down in Chicago he eventually moved to Montreal where he began gambling on horse races.

Dandolos was known throughout his life for winning and losing large
sums of money. After winning over $500,000 on horse racing, he moved
back to Chicago where he lost it all on card and dice games. He quickly
became a master of these games, however, and became a prime attraction
at casinos when he would play in them.

In 1949 Dandolos once played with Johnny Moss in a five month long poker marathon where the two played virtually every game that existed at the time. The game, set up by Benny Binion,
cost Dandolos anywhere from $2 million to $4 million. At the end of the
marathon, down millions of dollars, Dandolos uttered what has become
one of the most famous poker quotes ever, "Mr. Moss, I have to let you
go."

One urban legend claims that Dandolos once had the opportunity to escort Albert Einstein around Las Vegas. Thinking that his gambling friends may not be familiar with him, Dandolos allegedly introduced Einstein as "Little Al from Princeton" and stated that he "controlled a lot of the action around Jersey."

Nobel-prize winning physicist Richard Feynman also met Nick the Greek, according to the autobiographical Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!.
Nick explains how he wins big not by playing the tables, but by knowing
the odds at the tables and betting against others who have
superstitious beliefs about the outcome. He then relies on his
reputation to bet against others.

At the end of his life Dandolos was broke and playing $5 limit games in Southern California. When asked by a fellow player how he could once play Poker for millions and now be playing for such a small amount, Dandolos supposedly replied "Hey, it's action."

He died on Christmas Day in 1966 and was a charter inductee of the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979.

It's estimated that he won and lost over $500 million in his
lifetime. He himself claimed that he went from rags to riches over 75
times. A man who never respected money, he donated over $20 million
(about $400 million in 2004 dollars) to education and charity.

A book by Ted Thackrey was published in 1968 titled Gambling Secrets of Nick the Greek.

A novel about Nick's life was written by Harry Marks Petrakis in 1978 titled Nick the Greek.