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Courtroom to Poker Table: Kassouf Rides Verbal Skills to 17th Place in the Main Event
- Updated: July 19, 2016
William Kassouf has been talking his way in and out of trouble the past few days at the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event.
It’s something he’s comfortable doing, the linchpin of his strategy at both his former career as a lawyer, and his new career as a professional poker player.
“It’s a big part of my game,” he said. “I’m a friendly, outgoing, social kind of guy. I think it gets under the skin of a lot of poker players.”
He was first introduced to the game at a home game with friends in the U.K. The game was a wild one, with lots of bluffing, discussions of holdings, and verbal warfare.
That’s how Kassouf learned the game, so that’s how he plays it, and it’s served him well enough in the Main Event as he has advanced to the final two tables with a stack barely outside the top five.
“By speaking to [opponents] and engaging in conversation I’m picking up a lot more information than these so-called hooded zombies who just sit there for 12 hours a day and say nothing,” Kassouf said.
Not everyone appreciates Kassouf’s table talk, though, as he alluded to. In one notable pot on Day 5 of the tournament, he got himself into a pickle, using his mouth to help escape a jam, but simultaneously dig himself into a bit of a hole.
On a final board of , Kassouf moved …
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