Good ole Tom ‘whatever his name is’ was about to buy one of the colored prints when he realized his position, went into a hissy, and stormed off. Thanks Tom! That money you didn’t spend, didn’t save any animals.

TJ Cloutier on the other hand is a fine example of class. He walks up notices that he is in the back row and makes a joke about it. Mary Jones was also in the back and she couldn’t have been more gracious. A colored print now hangs in her poker room.

I guess for Tom though… backrow placement was a little too much for his ego. But really…. I mean… come on! - 1992 was a long time ago & 1983 is even longer…. Where should we have put him?

Truth is there was no rhyme or reason for positioning of various people. Ryan spent most of his time googling the reference pictures and sticking in as many as he can fit. Doyle and Shaun are featured because we wanted to have one big pro and one big celeb represented and Jennifer was to be in the middle. The rest came down to the luck of the draw.

Guess who else was in the back, Todd Brunson, Jeff Madsen, Chris Ferguson, Robert Williamson III, Steve Zolotow, and quite a few others. I didn’t see Chris, but nobody else cried about where they were. After all … it was for charity.

So today’s strip is for Tom whatever his name is… now you are featured! how’s that for ya?

ANYWAY… here are some pictures from the event provided by GreasieWheels.

That’s TJ right as he makes the joke about being smaller than Doyle.

This was the first time I stood next to Doyle. I have only seen him sitting down and didn’t realize he was that tall. I am 6 foot 8 without shoes on and he was only a few inches shorter. (after this Doyle threw his cane at Ryan for drawing his head so big)

Ryan and I posing with artwork right before the poker tournament started. But before I sat down to play, I walked the room and made sure I grabbed as many signatures as I could.

Here is the signed artwork during the auction. From top left around and back again, Robert Williamson III, Mike Sexton, Mary Jones, Barry Greenstein, Steve Zolotow, TJ Cloutier, Todd Brunson, Jeff Madsen, Kier Dillon, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Shaun King, Joe Hachem?, Frank Frisina, Eli Elezra, Kristy Gazes, Jennifer Harman, David Williams, Joe Sebok?, Ryan Estrada, Gavin Smith, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, & Howard Lederer

Sold @ auction for $1750. More than the signed hat off Doyle Brunson’s head! Over $325,000 was raised total!

“The Grinder” Michael Mizrachi and me sharing a laugh… and there were a lot of laughs at that table.

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- Frank

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