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I was watching the short handed nl on tv and was wondering what cash games all the guys play in... i know most of the players in the "big game". Scotty Nyuwn... i dont think he plays in the big game but does he play really high or mainly just tourny's... so if anyone knows what any of the big name tourny players play at post here. I searched for a previous post but couldnt find any.

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Scotty Nyuwn

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i am speechless. utterly utterly speechless

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2/5 nl.. "the big game"...

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Scotty Nyuwn

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no, that is what utterly speechless looks like
FYP

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I never understood how you got "Wynn" from Nguyen. I mean, I understand that it's vietnamese, but doesn't vietnamese use a different alphabet? So couldn't they have used a better phonetic translation?

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I never understood how you got "Wynn" from Nguyen.

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You guys don't know how to spell his name, its spelled
Ngighiweeigghn [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Scotty Win..Win 80% of times at final tables..

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Same alphabet (minus 'j' and maybe something else. also, there are accent marks). "win" is pretty far off from the correct pronunciation, but it would be wrong to ask anything more from people who didn't learn the language growing up.

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I always thought Nguyen was pronounced New-yin.

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I know alot of Vietnamese and they all pronounce it "win".

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http://www.spitflames.com/images/avatars/Ivey_Shake.gif

Funniest .gif ever.

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Look how pissed Ivey is

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What the hell is Philly-boy doing with his right arm as he's sitting down?

The look on Ivey's face is indeed priceless.

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goofballs

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Ivey must be thinking i cant stand this whining [censored] lol

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It's like Flounder coming up to the frat guys saying "hey guys, playing cards?"

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All Vietnamese words are one syllable. I say "new-in" just so people know it starts with an 'n', but "win" is more correct.

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To answer the original question....

To the best of my knowledge, the "big game" pros are Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Chau Giang, Ivey, Jenn Harman, Dave Oppenheim, Barry Greenstein, and a few others. I think Lyle Berman might be one, too. Back when he was still playing poker, Danny N would play there too.

I know that must be an incomplete list.

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All of them are also big winners at the big game. Hmm.

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Well they all feed off of whales that come and play poker hoping to increase their already huge funds. The price to play in the big game is like 1/100 of a small blind an hour, so they just wait and pass money around until a whale comes and they all feed off him/her.

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What were they doing? Did Ivey just lose a pot to Phil? Or did Phil get to the table late? or something...

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hellmuth took a bathroom break and made it back to the table just before his cards were mucked

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i watched this forever trying to figure out what was funny about it. the look on ivey's face is hilarious.

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It's funny how everyone says they feed off the "whales" that come to play with them. I usually take 2 trips to vegas a year for 2-3 weeks each trip usually in conjuction with the 5 diamond and the wpt championship. I'm yet to see someone playing in the game that hasn't been recognizable. Although some of the players I'd have to suspect as being the "whales" in that game would be Gus Hanson, Jonny Chan, possibly Minh Ly (not sure on what his deal is but saw him playing a lot of shorthanded against Chip, Doyle, Phil, Barry G), Sam Farha, and Lyle Berman. I've never seen David Oppenheim playing in the "big game" as someone listed, I believe I've seen him usually playing between 400-800 and 1k-2k. Of the 5 players I've listed I'm sure 4 of them are good contributors to the game and I'm sure there are a few more well knowns that are loser in that game.

Bob S.

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When i wrote this, I wasnt really looking for a list of the big game players. I was looking for what cash game stakes the big name tournament players usually play in. Stakes and the type of poker they play. I guess it was cool getting a full list of the big game players but thats not what i was really looking for. Sorry if my origanal post wasnt clear.

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Money maker is known to have played 5-6 year olds heads up for bubble gum in convenient stores across tennessee.

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When i wrote this, I wasnt really looking for a list of the big game players. I was looking for what cash game stakes the big name tournament players usually play in. Stakes and the type of poker they play. I guess it was cool getting a full list of the big game players but thats not what i was really looking for. Sorry if my origanal post wasnt clear.

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the Big Game cash players play between $2K/$4K and $4K/$8K [it will definitely vary depending upon certain factors like if a rich whale is in the game-- barryg1 aka Barry Greenstein can better go into more detail]. the game is usually played as a mixed game [i.e Stud8, NLH, PLO, duece to 7 triple draw] alternating between each game every couple of hands. a key thing to remember is these players play all the games which makes them alot more skillful than guys who specialize and grind in just one form like Limit Holdem or NL cash games.

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yeah you know the TV people, but what about the other high stakes expert cash game players we don't hear too much about...

John Miller
Jim Puorro
and
Ed Milano

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Money maker is known to have played 5-6 year olds heads up for bubble gum in convenient stores across tennessee.

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goddamned. thats too funny

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if this post is a joke its funny. If not I feel bad for the OP.. . .