"Rebel" in this case (in my lights) is somebody who goes against the grain, who does inexplicable or totally unexpected actions in the poker world. I can name half a dozen names, but I will stick to just one, but let me say something first. "Rebel" in this case (in my lights) is somebody who goes against the grain, who does inexplicable or totally unexpected actions in the poker world. I can name half a dozen names, but I will stick to just one, but let me say something first. If you are rich (a high roller) or you just won 20 grand, it would be nice to impress evrybody around you at the casino floor by flashing the bills, as though you would use the wad as a fan. This is one rebel poker as far as I am concerned, and flashing the bills holds two disadvantages- first, if the rebel poker uses it as a fan, he would look like a moron, for the casino is fully airconditioned. Second, it would attract the bad elements who would then wait outside the casino gates to rob the bills-flasher. Speaking of dollar bills, let me go to a Great Rebel Poker, that's Mike Caro. He used to do it: burn dollar bills in front of the opponents to show them he only cares about the game, not the cash. When asked, he recently said that if forced to do it now, he would burn 20 dollar bills instead of hundreds. Saves a lot, and achieves the same psychological blow, but that I guess, is an opinion. (I for one, would think of burning 100 dollar bills as intimidating, while burning the twenties would just be weird).

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