Mass grew up in New York City’s lower east side, graduated from New York University in 1934 and became a civil engineer. He and his wife moved into the Bonaventure neighborhood in 1986.

She died three years ago.

Mass broke his foot about three years ago on a cruise; the foot didn’t set properly, so he now needs a wheelchair. A driver and two helpers take care of him — although he still has a valid driver’s license.

“He’s constantly on the go. I can’t keep up with him,” his daughter, Michelle Mass says.

Bar poker leagues don’t involve money and run on points: the more you play and the better you do, the higher up the standings you go. Mass recently was No. 1 in the league, which has more than 500 players. He’s since slipped to 22nd, saying that he bluffs too much — because, after all, it’s free poker.

“Poker is what’s keeping Teddy as young as he is,” says Tom Dippel of Coral Springs, who Mass telephones daily to talk poker. They met playing bar poker about three years ago; he's the guy in the picture in the loud shirt.

“He’s just a lot of fun,” Dippel, 55, says. “It doesn’t matter if he’s 19, 59 or 95.”

“I’ve made some good friends playing here,” Mass says. “When you get old, you have no friends your age. Either they’re dead or they don’t remember you.”