Ted Forrest
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Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964) is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tournament wins
In 1992, Forrest won two tournaments at the LA Poker Classic and one at the World Poker Finals in Mashantucket.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the mid-1990s, Forrest turned his attention full-time to cash games. He made a triumphant return to the WSOP by winning two bracelets at the 2004 World Series of Poker.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since then he has moved his focus from seven card stud to hold 'em with some success, including reaching five final tables on the World Poker Tour and winning a championship on the Professional Poker Tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Forrest competed in the second season of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, where he advanced to the quarter-final stage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He did not fare as well in season three, being mathematically eliminated early in the preliminaries. He played in the first two seasons of the GSN series High Stakes Poker.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In March 2006, Forrest won the annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship, defeating (in order) Erik Seidel, Chad Brown, Ernie Dureck, Sam Farha, Shahram Sheikhan and Chris Ferguson to win the $500,000 first prize.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Continuing with his history of tournament success, in March 2007 Ted won the Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament, outlasting J. J. Liu in the longest heads up duel in World Poker Tour history. For the victory, Forrest collected the first prize of $1,100,000.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
In June 2014 Ted defeated notable poker player Phil Hellmuth in the final table of the WSOP Razz event,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> bringing his total number of WSOP bracelets to six.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
As of August 7, 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,200,000.<ref name="stats">Template:Cite web</ref> His 31 cashes as the WSOP account for $1,922,990 of those winnings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Strategy differentiation
Forrest's no-limit Texas hold 'em strategy vastly differs from that of many other established pros who believe that pre-flop one should always raise or fold, Forrest has repeatedly stated and demonstrated in his play, that limping, or simply calling a raise, is not a bad play and should be frequently employed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Andy Beal Showdown
Forrest is well known as a competitive high-stakes gambler. He has been a key part of a consortium of poker players who pooled their money together to play Texas billionaire Andy Beal in a series of very high limit, heads-up, Texas hold 'em games, with limits ranging anywhere from $20,000/$40,000 to $100,000/$200,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year | Tournament | Prize |
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| 1993 | $1,500 Seven Card Razz | $78,400 |
| 1993 | $1,500 Omaha 8 or better | $120,000 |
| 1993 | $5,000 Seven Card Stud | $114,000 |
| 2004 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud | $111,440 |
| 2004 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | $300,300 |
| 2014 | $1,500 Seven Card Razz | $121,196 |
Forrest's first three bracelets were stolen. He gave one of the remaining two to his daughter; and has the other locked away. Ted also owns one WSOP championship bracelet that formerly belonged to Hamid Dastmalchi, which he purchased from Dastmalchi after the 1992 World Series of Poker world champion complained that the bracelet wasn't worth what the Binion family claimed. Hamid told him, “They say it’s worth $5,000, but I’d take $1,500 for it” to which Forrest replied "Sold" and tossed him three $500 chips.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Bad check charges
In September 2016, Forrest was charged in the Las Vegas Justice Court with two felonies: drawing and passing a check without sufficient funds with the intent to defraud, and theft.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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