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Originally Posted by DonGuido
Anyone else care to add there earlier times on other forums and how you ended up here. BTW - who was the very self indulgent player who was a part time Hollywood stand in. He was a staple to begin with and said he had enough and tool his balls and wanted to play in another playground. Anyone remember his AKA or real name? He was a pretty good player as well.
I'm having fun with looking back a bit. C'mon folks . . . jump in!!!
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You're probably referring to Jerry Hauck from the Los Angeles metropolitan area, who used the screen name DeNiro. You're correct, he was a very talented handicapper and had a very good sense of humor (although I don't agree with you about the self indulgent part). I still see his screen name around the web on some other horse racing forums, and from time to time he appears in both movies and TV programs.
Another former player whose departure I greatly missed was John Halvorsen from New Jersey. John was a very likeable person and a consistently strong handicapper; I still see his name in some contest standings.
Just the other day I happened to notice John Servidio's name in the standings of a Remington Park handicapping contest. John lives in northwestern PA (I believe Meadville) and was with our group for two or three years.