Entertaining, but not obnoxious.
 

I was perusing a forum that someone here linked to regarding Dan Druff's portrayal on ESPN. He defended himself by saying that he was just trying to be entertaining and that the editing made him out to be a bad guy.

I hear this more often than I should, that people are just entertaining, and shouldn't be called obnoxious just because that's not how they are in real life, etc. Josh Arieh in 2004 comes to mind. I'm sure the man is nice in real life, but he was damn obnoxious at the tables then.

Anyways, to try to provide a counterpoint to this argument. There surely are people that are outgoing and entertaining and may even talk a little trash, but without being obnoxious at the tables.

Marcel Luske comes to mind. Any others?

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The guy who spent the whole final table talking to his hands last night made me smile.

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unabomber

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Perry Friedman, he actually busted me in that tournament, he was sitting down with me at the same time phil hellmuth was,

Phil was about ten times more entertaining.

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Scotty Ngyun

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The guy who spent the whole final table talking to his hands last night made me smile.

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Yeah, that was funny. It was actually a take-off of a guy named Senor Wences who used to be on the Ed Sullivan Show on a regular basis (ask your parents or grandparents...)

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It's called class, for those that obviously don't understand the concept.

See Fossilman and Jesus and The Professor, NOT Josh and The Mouth and The Screaming Swede

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It's called class, for those that obviously don't understand the concept.

See Fossilman and Jesus and The Professor, NOT Josh and The Mouth and The Screaming Swede

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I understand the concept of class, but that's not what I was getting at. Raymer/Ferguson/Lederer are all classy, but they don't really qualify as "entertaining" in my book.

I'm talking about someone that's both classy and outgoing, not obnoxious.

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marcel luske takes cake.

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Chau Giang shows some personality without being annoying.