Who loses in the "Big game"?

[Autocratic]

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Barry G and Chip Reese are the guys most hotly rumored to actually have an edge in this game. Maybe others do too but the edge might be 1/12th of a BB with variance that dwarfs the benefit of bothering to play in this game.


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Err...I think Ivey is generally considered to be doing the best recently. Not that I know, but most Big Gamers have confirmed, from what I can tell.

[Eric Draven]

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calls himself lazy and doesn't want to work that hard

finally, a pro i can relate to.

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I thought the EXACT same thing while I read The Proffessor, The Banker, and the Suicide King last night (a good read by the way).

[dragon14]

Go to Barry Greenstein's webpage to get a good idea. He ranks himself, Phil Ivey, Chau Giang, Doyle Brunson, and Chip Reese as an 8 against strong players.

There are several players that are rated by Barry as a 6 or 5 against strong players. Those are the ones who likely have been losers in the big game. Also quite a few people are rated as a 7.

It appears that a 7 rating can either indicate a very good player or Greenstein possibly being overly generous with a wealthy loser in the big game. Read the rating of Berman vs the rating of Todd Brunson to see where I'm coming from on that.

[Thrahl]

Gus Hansen has lost A LOT in the Big game. Doyle says last year he lost 6 million IN ONE MONTH.

[Malachii]

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Doyle says last year he lost 6 million IN ONE MONTH.

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Where did he say that? And is Doyle referring to himself, or Gus? It doesn't sound like Doyle to be disclosing that kind of information about what another player loses.

[midget23]

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Doyle says last year he lost 6 million IN ONE MONTH.

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Where did he say that? And is Doyle referring to himself, or Gus? It doesn't sound like Doyle to be disclosing that kind of information about what another player loses.

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doyle was referring to himself. it was in maxim or fhm or one of those pseudo porn mags

[Buried]

Rene Angelli, for one.

[blatz]

Me, once...Last time I was in Vegas, I had a pretty good run. so I sat in with $4,000, paid the blind, and was all in and got dealt J9o.

Chip Reese raised everyone out, turned up a 4 and a 9, and rivered a the 4. My dream was over, but I'll always know that my money is floating around in that game somewhere.

I thought I played it well, when the cards were dealt, I chuckled and said, "Aces, wow the odds of that must be like a zillion to one, or something." I did get Daniel to fold his Jacks with that, so that was cool anyway.

[Wabby]

So now we know where the money comes from. People that sit down with one bet just to try the big game. If a hundred people does that in a month, that will turn into some EV.

Add a few texan oil billionairs and we have a game!

[Quicksilvre]

Thanks for the link. I didn't know Barry had these. I just clicked on Phill Hellmuth's profile, and the background music was "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To." Hee.