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“The Raskins were born and raised in Queens, New York, to a family of entertainers. Their mother, Judy Lee, was a jazz singer who worked with the likes of Billy Holiday and Sara Vaughn. Their father Tommy was a Broadway actor, with credits in West Side Story, Oklahoma and South Pacific.
But while Roger and Logan inherited the showbiz gene from their parents, Micah took his father’s passion for poker. The three boys all learned the game from Tommy, playing in the basement for loose change or money earned from paper rounds. The games usually started in a friendly fashion, but would often spiral slightly out of control.
“”Those family games were just brutal,”” Roger said. “”I remember Micah and my dad going at it. We were young, 10, 11, 12, 13. Logan and I, we’re pretty mellow guys but all of a sudden we had this quiet family game and we’ve got Micah pulling out his bankroll, we’ve got my dad pulling out his bankroll.””
Logan added: “”Normally the game would end with someone flipping the table. A Jewish, New York family? Forget about it. Typical Queens, New York family. We were very loud.””
According to his brothers, Micah was always known even at that early stage, for his thirst for risk-taking. He still runs a successful business in New Jersey, but has also played high stakes blackjack for quite some time before turning to poker. These days, he is working on curtailing his instincts for action and is playing a far more disciplined game, especially after previously losing big chip leads in major tournaments in the very deep stages.
One hand, at the NAPT event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, is still a discussion point. Sitting second in chips with 19 players left, Raskin attempted to bluff Chris DeMaci off a full house – the only player who could (and did) felt him.
“”He just played overly aggressive and he was representing a hand that the other guy had,”” said Roger. “”He went all the way with it, he went to the felt with it. It knocked him out, crushed him.””
That is now consigned to the history books and Micah is now travelling much more often, including to Europe, as he continues that search for poker glory. With his good luck talismans on the rail in Italy, this would seem like a great time to go all the way.
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