Funny Tom McEvoy Story
Mcevoy has just come out with an autobiography and apparently he says some nasty stuff about us, and he repeats this very quickly at around 19:00 minutes in this interview:
Anyway, I thought I would tell a funny McEvoy story from way back which I'm sure he knows nothing about.
Back in the 1990s I use to keep a mailing list and whenever we came out with a new book I would send (via regular mail) a brochure about the new book hoping the recipient would buy it directly from me/Two Plus Two.
In 1996 I had someone helping me with marketing who suggested that I go to the post office and see if I could be approved for bulk mail which would mean I would save a little money on postage. To do this, I had to make an appointment with a bulk mail expert and explain why I would deserve a bulk mail permit.
So, I met with a lady who was the bulk mail expert and to have a successful meeting I brought some of our books with me to show that I had a legitimate business. After showing her the books she surprised me and asked me what I thought of Tom McEvoy's tournament book. (This was his second tournament book. Not the one he did with Gambling Times.)
I explained to her that we had a verbal agreement a couple of years earlier to do the book, but that didn't work out and we never got started on the writing of the manuscript and he eventually took the book some place else. I also told her that I didn't think the book was up to our standards and it would have required a lot of work to get it there, and was thus glad we ended up not doing it.
I then asked the lady, whose name I don't remember, how she knew Tom McEvoy. Her answer was that she use to be married to him.
There is nothing about Mason in that article. Guess I would have to read the book to find out what McEvoy said about him. It sure looks a lot better than McEvoy's OMC strategy books from 30 or so years ago.
It should also be mentioned, according to McEvoy's first tournament book, How to Win at Poker Tournaments by Tom McEvoy with Roy West, that David Sklansky had 5 percent of him when he won the ME.
Also, according to this book, if I read it correctly, McEvoy only had 35 percent of himself. So instead of getting the $540,000 first place money, he took home $189,000. (Still a lot of money in 1983.)
It should also be mentioned, according to McEvoy's first tournament book, How to Win at Poker Tournaments by Tom McEvoy with Roy West, that David Sklansky had 5 percent of him when he won the ME.
Also, according to this book, if I read it correctly, McEvoy only had 35 percent of himself. So instead of getting the $540,000 first place money, he took home $189,000. (Still a lot of money in 1983.)
Yes, IÂ’ve read that, which confused me about the lawsuit. I thought Tom paid everybody off (and also got hit up for something ungodly like $30K by the deadbeats.)
Marty Sigel won the $2500 WSOP Stud twice, and seemed to be an old friend of Stu Ungar’s from NYC. Marty called him Stewballs and runnerup Annie Duke “Dukie”. This was 1996, and it’s indescribable how bad Stu looked that night. Beyond any miracle he won the ME a year later.
Vegas was still wild in 1983, but Marty obviously thought they had a deal to take it to court. Those transcripts and TomÂ’s book sound like must reads.
$189K still a lot of money today.
