Spirit Rock and Erik123

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I'm pretty sure a lot of people have heard of spirit rock and have probably heard of erik123. Today, I was surfing Negreanu's website and I found a poll created by Negreanu which asks who the public thinks is better: Spirit Rock or Erik123?

To me, this is extremely surprising. Not because I don't think these two guys are phenomenal players, but because most of Negreanu's other polls involve names such as Forrest, Chan, Brunson, Hansen, Ivey, Reese, etc. But in this poll, Negreanu chooses to use their internet aliases. It seems like they're known more by their internet names than their real names.

I saw Erik123 chatting on fulltilt yesterday with Phil Ivey. Ivey had to go, so he told Erik123 to call him later. I was impressed with this scenario. Erik123 and Spirit Rock must be pretty big for all the top pros to know who they are and befriend them.

I've only heard about these two players, but no specific stories. Anyone want to share about them? Perhaps how dominating they are or any specific hands they've played that you've witnessed? Also, who do you think is better at A)NL and B)Overall?