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13 unusual facts about Grady "the Professor" Mathews


Adam Clarke Snydor

Snydor was a co-founder of the Bank of Lewisburg with Alexander F. Mathews and Homer A. Holt.

Alexander F. Mathews

He chartered the International Real Estate Society, a corporation of Swiss and West Virginian industrialists that transitioned European immigrants seeking jobs in the burgeoning West Virginia coal mining industry.

Alexander F. Mathews born on November 13, 1838 in Frankford, Greenbrier County, Virginia to Eliza (née Reynolds) and Mason Mathews.

Frank Matthews

Frank A. Mathews, Jr. (1904–1964), American Republican Party politician from New Jersey

Henry M. Mathews

Born in Frankford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, he received an A.M. from the University of Virginia and B.L. from Lexington Law School.

In his 1854 University of Virginia Masters Thesis, "Poetry in America," he expressed resignation about the arts being "sacrificed on the altar of progress," as described by historian Peter S. Carmichael.

Henry Mason Mathews was born on March 29, 1834 in Frankford, Greenbrier County to Eliza (née Reynolds) and Mason Mathews.

Lijo Jose Pellissery

The film is a horror thriller written by National Film Award winning writer P. F. Mathews featuring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Fahadh Faasil and Indrajith Sukumaran.

The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

The group of professionals, known as The Corporation, is made up of Ted Forrest, Jennifer Harman, Minh Ly, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Howard Lederer, David Grey, Chip Reese, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Lyle Berman and other assorted professionals.

The Professor is mathematical poker mind Howard Lederer, the Banker is Andrew Beal himself, and the Suicide King is crazy, sometimes reckless player Ted Forrest.

Todd Brunson

He is known for having won over $13.5 million in a two-day span in a heads-up, $50,000-$100,000 limit hold-em game, as chronicled in the 2005 book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King.

Walter J. Mathews

The family moved from Wisconsin in 1866, and Walter and his brothers trained in the office of their father.

William Mathews

William A. Mathews, 19th-century Texas colonist, soldier, courier and quartermaster in the Texas Revolution


Constantin Héger

She finally returned to the Parsonage at Haworth in January 1844 and later used her time at the boarding school as the inspiration for some of The Professor and Villette.

One-pocket

One of the most famous players of the game is Grady "the Professor" Mathews, who has written articles and published a number of instructional videos on the game.