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Poker Nicknames Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz to see how well you know the nicknames of various great poker players. I give you the nickname; you give me the player.

A multiple-choice quiz by xxeddie. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
xxeddie

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
196,960

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2094

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which poker player is nicknamed "Bubs"? Hint

Ron Rose

Ted Forrest

Bubba Parks

Howard Lederer

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Dream Crusher"? Hint

Chip Jett

Randy Jensen

Chip Reese

John Juanda

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Robin Hood of Poker"? Hint

Phil Ivey

Sam Farha

Robert Williamson

Barry Greenstein

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Mouth"? Hint

Ellis Powers

Mike Matusow

Phil Hellmuth

Eddy Scharf

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Elegance"? Hint

Ram Vaswani

James Tippin

Jason Lester

Joe Beevers

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which poker player is nicknamed "World"? Hint

Chris Moneymaker

John Hennigan

Johnny Moss

Huck Seed

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Great Dane"? Hint

Gus Hansen

Josh Arieh

Chad Brown

Daniel Alieh

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Orangeman"? Hint

Layne Flack

David Grey

Jason Lester

Johnny Chan

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which poker player is nicknamed "Murph Dog"? Hint

Doyle Brunson

Murph McInnes

John Murphy

Erik Doggison

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which poker player is nicknamed "Dot Com"? Hint

Paul Phillips

Dotty Sims

Ted Forrest

Armillo Slim

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which poker player is nicknamed "Bubs"?

Answer: Howard Lederer

Howard was a much larger man, and they called him "Bubba". Howard then lost a lot of weight, so they split the name in half.

2. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Dream Crusher"?

Answer: Randy Jensen

Kind of self-explanitory don't you think?

3. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Robin Hood of Poker"?

Answer: Barry Greenstein

Barry is known as "The Robin Hood of Poker" because he gives his tournament winnings to charity. What a nice guy.

4. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Mouth"?

Answer: Mike Matusow

Matusow is known as "The Mouth" because he never shuts up at the table.

5. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Elegance"?

Answer: Joe Beevers

He is called the elegance because he is a very quiet player at the table, and rarely ever talks. Watch out he is silent but deadly.

6. Which poker player is nicknamed "World"?

Answer: John Hennigan

Ask him if possible. I have never heard, seen, or read anything explaining it.

7. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Great Dane"?

Answer: Gus Hansen

He is great, and Danish. Got it? Ok, let's move on.

8. Which poker player is nicknamed "The Orangeman"?

Answer: Johnny Chan

During the '88 WSOP Chan could not take the smell of all the cigarette smoke in the room, so he went out during lunch and bought an orange. During the event he continued to slight peel it and sniff it. He still brings an orange to the table as good luck, but he doesn't need it anymore because the WSOP became non-smoking since 2002.

9. Which poker player is nicknamed "Murph Dog"?

Answer: John Murphy

John MURPHy...MURPH dog, get it? His friends gave him it.

10. Which poker player is nicknamed "Dot Com"?

Answer: Paul Phillips

Paul is called "Dot Com" because he retired in his early 20s after become a millionaire through the internet.

Source: Author xxeddie

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