{"id":6201,"date":"2017-02-09T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:49:00","slug":"96-year-old-poker-player-jack-ury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/96-year-old-poker-player-jack-ury\/","title":{"rendered":"96 Year-Old Poker Player DESTROYS Arrogant Opponent In World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>&#8216;Jumping&#8217; Jack Ury<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-at-71\/\">passed away<\/a> a couple of years ago at the ripe ol&#8217; age of 97. He was a great character in the world of <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/funny-centrum-strip-poker-commercial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>poker<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>and a friend to many. Perhaps his greatest ever moment came just a year before his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-at-71\/\">death<\/a> when he &#8216;slow rolled&#8217; a cocksure opponent in the shape of&nbsp; <strong>Stephen Friedlander.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the hand was being played, it looked as though the old-timer was about to lose. The commentators wrote off Ury. But Jack had an ace up his sleeve. Not literally &#8211; that&#8217;d be cheating. He just had a killer hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the\u00a02009<em><strong> World Series of Poker Main Event<\/strong> <\/em>and no one saw the 96 year-old doing what he did there. This is awesome.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6202\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Ury.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Ury\"><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--c-contrast-800); font-family: var(--text-font);\">&#8220;You&#8217;re in trouble!&#8221;<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--c-contrast-800); font-family: var(--text-font);\"> He tells his cocky opponent, who dismisses his elderly counterpart. But write off old Jumping Jack at your peril! Bless him, what a guy he was. He&#8217;s missed out there on the tables.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jack-Ury.png\" alt=\"Jack Ury\" class=\"wp-image-6203\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a totally classic moment&#8230; The guy gets OWNED! 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