from that same thread

Not really bothered (to defend him or anything)...

But I chose to defend him, because ignorant people like you, who think some two-hour ESPN edit job, at the end of a 5-day (60 hour) bingefest, defines who a person really is...despite all the positive things he has done.

Truth is, you get your joys bashing on everyone else and living vicariously through others. Get a job. Get a life. Do your own research, form your own opinion based on something besides TV Poker.

Scotty is a good guy.

from another thread

Scotty took several racks of 5 dollar chips after he won the 50k and gave a 20 dollar minimum tip to every dealer in the WSOP "twenty dollars" as a token of his appreciation the day after.

How many players would of done that. Plus he tipped the dealers at the final table.

A few years ago,2006 I was at the Legends of Poker when it was down to twn Players. Scotty was one of them and this is the year they had a Charity Event for the family of Paul hanamum who was a WPT camera man and died suddenly leaving a pregenant wife.

Scotty told the final table to take 50 or 60 thousand off the top prize and donate it to the family and everyone agreed. Pretty special in my book. Scotty had his aces cracked and didn't make the TV table but I have seen more kindness than drunken stupidity from Scotty.

I believe his wife probably wrote the apology for him. I didn't read it all, it was not seperated and hard to read, but if he was the jerk we saw Tuesday night on TV he would have never attemted to apologize.

Who Loves ya Baby!