What Pros do you respect/route for the most?

[riffraff]

Not in any particular order.. I am always routing for these guys:

Phil Hellmuth
David Chu
TJ Cloutier

[toots]

Howard Lederer, 'cause he's a total babe
Annie Duke, 'cause she could introduce me to Howard
Phil Gordon, 'cause he's a kick in the pants
Gus Hansen, 'cause he annoys people so much
Phil Laak, 'cause he's so annoying
Scotty Nguyen, Baby!
Robert Varkonyi, because someone has to

[djoyce003]

Doyle

[jakethebake]

root - intr.v. root·ed, root·ing, roots
1. To give audible encouragement or applause to a contestant or team; cheer. See Synonyms at applaud.
2. To lend support to someone or something.

[riffraff]

my bad, thx =)

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Annie Duke, 'cause she could introduce me to Howard


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lol

[JupiterUWG]

Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and Gus Hansen are my guys...also down with Paul Darden

[That guy]

The car wash guy.

[TheJackal]

Ellix Powers: Because he is one bad beat away from returning to the streets.

[willie]

doyle
helmuth
ivey
gus hansen

[MyMindIsGoing]

Reese & Forrest.

[Hold'me]

Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, & Josh Arieh. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Dick_Stone_777]

Garry Greenstein, Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen are my favorite to watch.

Helmuth is funny and I like to watch Freddy Deb or whatever his name is start swearing.

[SoftcoreRevolt]

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Garry Greenstein

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Barry's evil twin (with a goatee) who uses charities as a front to build his bankroll?

[Hold'me]

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Garry Greenstein

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Barry's evil twin (with a goatee) who uses charities as a front to build his bankroll?

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LOL! We all have evil twins. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[housenuts]

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Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, & Josh Arieh. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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not so much gus, but the others for sure. i like to see hellmuth win too

[maryfield48]

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Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, & Josh Arieh. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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not so much gus, but the others for sure. i like to see hellmuth win too

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Trouble with Phil is, it's so much more entertaining to see him lose.

[MicroBob]

Greenstein
Gus
Lederer
Ferguson
Doyle

[Go Blue]

Definitely Phil Hellmuth the most by far, and I don't care what anyone else thinks, especially those who hate him. He has the reason to be pissed off as much as he is. I'm tired of people bad mouthing him...the man is a poker genius. He almost always knows what everyone else has and makes laydowns like no other.

Oh yeah, and also Doyle, Negreanu, and Cloutier.

[Sponger15SB]

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Definitely Phil Hellmuth the most by far, and I don't care what anyone else thinks, especially those who hate him. He has the reason to be pissed off as much as he is. I'm tired of people bad mouthing him...the man is a poker genius. He almost always knows what everyone else has and makes laydowns like no other.

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UR DUM!!!!!!!1111

[Go Blue]

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Definitely Phil Hellmuth the most by far, and I don't care what anyone else thinks, especially those who hate him. He has the reason to be pissed off as much as he is. I'm tired of people bad mouthing him...the man is a poker genius. He almost always knows what everyone else has and makes laydowns like no other.



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GEEEE

UR DUM!!!!!!!1111

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Okay.

[Daliman]

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Ellix Powers: Because he is one bad beat away from returning to the streets.

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Not true.

He is one non-suckout away from the streets.

(he usually delivers the bad beats, it seems)

[mojorisin24]

Hansen, Cloutier, Hellmuth, Awada

[RiverTheNuts]

Lederer, Farha, Awada, Juwanda

[SoftcoreRevolt]

He's just dishin out the bad beats life dealt him man.

And More love for Sammy Farha, if Omaha is ever outlawed he should just move to Hollywood and get work as playing all sorts of classy rich villains.

[kemystery]

Roy Cooke - good columnist too

[zaxx19]

Hellmuth, bc I like his passion and honesty(even if it is misguided at times)...and think he has made some of the sickist reads/laydowns Ive ever seen.

Barry G...Go Chicago..and hes just a money maker and generous with it.

Ivey, for the same reason I root for Tiger Woods(young gifted..quietly confident a portrait of a champion)

Doyle..who doesnt root for him?

Negreanu and Juwanda, bc they are great...

Chip Reese, bc he is sooo underatted as compared to tourney players and in what little action he has been involved with on tv he has had crappy luck.(How many times has he held KK preflop to someones AA)

Forrest, bc he is a total "rags to riches" story and a brillant player + he has mucho gamble even outside tourneys.

Players I personally root against --

both dotcom millionaires bc they both lucked out once in life and should just be happy to lay in the caribbean interrupted only by once a week calls from a broker.

Edog, bc Ive never seen him make a great play (yes I understand Ive seen very little of his play) the deck just slapped him in Aruba and in his other win.

Annis Duke, bc she seems like such a ....at the tables.

Evelyn Ng bc she seems to get way too much pub for an avg 30-60 player..

Clownie Gowen, bc she seems like she gets way too much pub for being an avg 4-8 player.. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[ZebraAss]

I hate Negreanu.

Go everyone else!

[AlienCorpse]

Definetly Gus Hansen. The guys a genius, and hes the only one that those dumb fish can watch on tv and actually get worse at poker then they already are. (monkey see monkey do)

[MonkeeMan]

John Hennigan
Layne Flack
Scotty Nguyen
Paul Wolfe
Thomas Keller
and ex-paratrooper Mike Sexton

[Beavis68]

I really don't have much respect for any of them (as person's not players).

The top of my list.

1. TJ
2. Howard
3. John Juanda
4. Jason Lester
5. Phil Gordon

The ones I root agains.

1. Asstonio
2. Hoyt
3. Gus


I really like watching Layne, Scotty, and Men.

[jojobinks]

i root for: hellmuth, layne, gus, DN. they're all fun to watch and make plays that make are thought-provoking. i root for evelyn too b/c i think she's hot. i root for paul phillips b/c i like how human he is (pwned by mel judah) and b/c of his email conversation with the guy that was trying to scam him of his money with that stupid nigerian scam. Laak b/c he's off his rocker.

i root against TJ (i know he's won everything, but i don't see why), raymer (seemed to have it too easy at wsop (i know, only seemed)), esfandiari (prick), scotty and men (drunks).

i guess that about covers it for now.

[Beavis68]

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scotty and men (drunks).

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That is why I root for them!

[wray]

I root for DN, J Lester, P Ivey, H Lederer, J Juanda, L Flack, and many more.

I root against A Estafindari (sp?), TJ, and one or two more.

I root for Hellmuth and Mike the mouth to make it to the final table so I can then root for them to get a bad beat. (I know I'm a bad boy)

[TripKings]

In no particular order:

Hellmuth
Harrington
Scotty
Barney Boatman
Devilfish
P. Phillips
Johnny World
Lederer
Chan
Doyle
Negreanu
Juanda
Ivey
Gus
Sklansky
Andy Bloch
Freddy Deeb
Fossilman
Harry Demitrieu
Eric Seidel

[riffraff]

That's quite a list /images/graemlins/wink.gif I guess I didn't think about pros you root against although many have listed some.

The pros that I root against are:

Gus
Annie Duke
Lederer
Phil "unibomber" Laak

Although I think these 3 are great for poker in general. I love to see players at my games try and play like Gus
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[cab4656]

Phil Hellmuth
Doyle Brunson
Don Everest
Scotty Nguyen

[goofball]

Howard Lederer
Chris Ferguson
Greg Raymer

At the NHUPC I walked right by Juanda, Negraneu and CLoutier to go meet Chris Ferguson.

[Russ McGinley]

3-headed Phil Monster
Doyle
Greenstein

Also, I think Hellmuth needs to start winning a little more. He is losing his heat as the top heel in poker. They need to get him a title to keep his heat, then go on a Triple H-like championship run where he buries all his opponents and they have to sell Phil's whining.

[miajag81]

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Phil Hellmuth
Doyle Brunson
Don Everest
Scotty Nguyen

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I can't believe anyone would root for that [censored] crime lord.

[Michael Davis]

Some pros I root for the most are Rick Nebiolo, Charles "Stosh" Maloney, and J_V.

-Michael

[IronDragon1]

I root for:
David Pham-[tongue-in cheek]brothers never get any respect from you white devils[/tongue-in-cheek]
Chau Giang-See Above
John Juanda-Ditto
Fossilman-seems like a geniunely nice guy
Marcel Luske-Anyone who can play at such a high level and have fun while doing it gets a thumbs-up in my book
Erik Seidel-the REAL Rodney Dangerfield of poker
John Hennigan-Also quite underrated

I Root against:
Jackasses like Ellix Powers
Phil Laak
Phil Hellmuth

[shant]

I can't believe only one person said Kassem "Freddy" Deeb.

[lighterjobs]

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He's just dishin out the bad beats life dealt him man.

And More love for Sammy Farha, if Omaha is ever outlawed he should just move to Hollywood and get work as playing all sorts of classy rich villains.

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i was playing at binions around this time last year and sam farha was hosting his game there. a big plo game but i'm not sure what the blinds were. anyway, he ended up losing over a $200k pot and threw his cards in the dealers face pretty hard. what a dickhead.

[BadBoyBenny]

John Juwanda
Layne Flack
Phil Ivey
Doyle

[Chris_P]

Howard Lederer
Phil Ivey
Layne FLack

err............chris moneymaker.....LOLOLOLOL

[felson]

Sam Grizzle.

[3rdEye]

Doyle, Lederer, and Daniel N. are probably my 3 favorites.

Though I must admit I can't help but root for Evelyn Ng on the rare occasion that she is in a televised event.

[invast]

Root For:
1.Daniel Negreanu
2.Howard Lederer
3.Phil Ivey

Root Against:
1.Phil Hellmuth
2.Mike Matosow
3.Gus Hansen

[MicroBob]

anyone else surprised at the number of people rooting FOR Hellmuth?

I mean...most of the people are listing him in their 'root for' list seem to actually be serious. I really just assumed he was universally despised with just a handful of individuals around who actually like the guy.

[3rdEye]

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Root For:
1.Daniel Negreanu
2.Howard Lederer
3.Phil Ivey

Root Against:
1.Phil Hellmuth
2.Mike Matosow
3.Gus Hansen

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How can you root against Hansen?

Oh, and I usually root for Hellmuth, just to be a contrarian.

[SlapJack]

I root for Gus Hansen and Dan Harrington.

[theredwave]

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I root for:
David Pham-[tongue-in cheek]brothers never get any respect from you white devils[/tongue-in-cheek]
Chau Giang-See Above
John Juanda-Ditto
Fossilman-seems like a geniunely nice guy
Marcel Luske-Anyone who can play at such a high level and have fun while doing it gets a thumbs-up in my book
Erik Seidel-the REAL Rodney Dangerfield of poker
John Hennigan-Also quite underrated

I Root against:
Jackasses like Ellix Powers
Phil Laak
Phil Hellmuth

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Pretty much the exact same for me, except I add Deeb to the "I root for" list.

[Jules22]

i enjoy watching barry greenstein and phil ivey, those two dudes are top notch.

[IronDragon1]

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I root for:
David Pham-[tongue-in cheek]brothers never get any respect from you white devils[/tongue-in-cheek]
Chau Giang-See Above
John Juanda-Ditto
Fossilman-seems like a geniunely nice guy
Marcel Luske-Anyone who can play at such a high level and have fun while doing it gets a thumbs-up in my book
Erik Seidel-the REAL Rodney Dangerfield of poker
John Hennigan-Also quite underrated

I Root against:
Jackasses like Ellix Powers
Phil Laak
Phil Hellmuth

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Pretty much the exact same for me, except I add Deeb to the "I root for" list.

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I don't root for Freddy so much as I enjoy imitating him.

[pshea]

DevilFish.

[Your Mom]

I root for Hellmuth, Harrington, Lester, and Nguyen.

I root against Hansen, Duke, and Josh Arieh.

[Aceshigh7]

Phil Hellmuth - Because of all the crap he puts up with from the haters, and how he tries to broaden the appeal of poker and make it entertaining with his antics. He's not afraid to be seen as a whiner or the "bad guy" and he not only accepts it, but he actually relishes playing the heel.

John Juanda - Because of the way he worked his way up and his demeanor.