Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest at the 2006 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s) Professor Backwards
The Suicide King
The Hitman
Spooky
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada
Born (1964-09-24) September 24, 1964
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 6
Money finish(es) 31
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
408th, 2006
World Poker Tour
Title(s) 1
Final table(s) 5
Money finish(es) 11

Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964 in Syracuse, New York) is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tournament wins

Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP). After the mid-1990s, Forrest turned his attention full-time to cash games. He made a triumphant return to the WSOP by winning 2 bracelets at the 2004 WSOP. Since then he has moved his focus from seven card stud to hold 'em with some success, including reaching 5 final tables on the World Poker Tour and winning a championship on the Professional Poker Tour.

Forrest competed in the second season of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, where he advanced to the quarter-final stage. 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.

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.

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.[1]

In June 2014 Ted defeated notable poker player Phil Hellmuth in the final table of the WSOP Razz event,[2] bringing his total number of WSOP bracelets to 6.

As of 7 August 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,200,000.[3] His 31 cashes as the WSOP account for $1,922,990 of those winnings.[4]

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.[5]

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.

World Series of Poker Bracelets

Year Tournament Prize
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 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.[6]

Notes

  1. Pokerlistings.com: Bay 101 Shooting Star
  2. WSOP.com: Ted Forrest Bests Phil Hellmuth
  3. Butt, Robert. "Ted Forrest - Stats". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  4. World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com
  5. Cardplayer.com: Ted Forrest - The Education of a Suicide King
  6. Pokerworks.com: Where Are They Now – Hamid Dastmalchi
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