If you had 30 seconds with Phil Gordon, what would you ask him?

[Jamey Saunders]

"How's the weather up there?"

[Preytar]

You have gotten some pretty funny responses, but I'll give you a serious one that have used in the past when given this same oportunity.

Look him in the eye and ask, "What are the 2 or 3 things that I can do today to become a better poker player?"

Regardless of what some posters say, Phil is a very good player. You should use this oportunity to get some insight into what he thinks is important.

Brian

its hard to say. he certainly is an above avg poker player. but he made his zillions in the tech industry though. i think he sold his company to cisco. im just saying im certain he is a better businessman than poker player.

For the people that say he is a bad, consistant losing poker player: If he is such a good businessman, why is he dumping all this money ($200k per year in entry fees) if he isn't winning? Obviously after a while, he should know it is a bad investment.

Or maybe it is the fact that he is better than you say and does, in fact, turn a profit.

if you have 50 mil losing 200K is no big deal.

ask him if he will bank roll me in next years ME.

[Bartman387]

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from what i understand hes not that great of a poker player.

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Yes, he is.

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considering he drops over 200k in tournament entries a yr, no he's not.

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I guess you must be his accountant.

Remember because of his other responsibilities, Celeb POker and his three businesses, he does not get to play all the major tournaments. So he is not dropping as much in entry fees as other tourney regulars do.

To the OP: He did a reading at my university a couple weeks ago and it was very imteresting. He started out by talking about the 4 qualities that he sees all successful poker players (and successful people in general) having. Then he just opens things up for whatever questions the audience has. I was drawing a blank so I just sat back and enjoyed, it was a very interesting hour. If he doesn't bring up Hellmuth, ask him what he thinks of him, he makes it no secret that he absolutely hates the guy, pretty funny.

P.S. Gordon even admits that he is not a great player, but works hard and is always discussing things with his Ivey, Flack etc. but for you guys on here to say that he is just average is absurd. He is not one of the top 5 in the world, but he is a good that can hold his own.

[idrinkcoors]

With books, t.v. shows, interviews on television and radio interviews, yet no recent poker success, do you think that you are overexposed?

[Bartman387]

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With books, t.v. shows, interviews on television and radio interviews, yet no recent poker success, do you think that you are overexposed?

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Not sure what overexposure has to do with anything, but these are some decent results in year & half

13-Jul-05 $ 20,000 No Limit Hold'em
FullTiltPoker.Net Championship, Las Vegas 5th $ 33,000

17-Jun-05 $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 3rd $ 75,350

08-Jun-05 $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 8th $ 66,055


03-Mar-04 $ 5,000 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day
2004 - Bay 101 Shooting Star, San Jose 1st $ 360,000

[HeroInBlack]

I'd ask "What's the good word?"

And he'd reply, "To hell with Georgia."

Then I'd ask, "How 'bout them dawgs?"

And he'd reply, "Piss on 'em."