Most Feared Tourney Players...NL Holdem

[Rianna]

Daniel N., Ivey, Greenstein, Chan, Flack, Howard, Juanda, Siedel, Sklansky (yes, David...how would you like to make a big $$ final table and look over at him), T.J., Gus Hansen (he didn't make all those final tables because he was simply lucky to say nothing of his wins), Helmuth (ditto), Chip Reese (if he had the time, he'd be dangerous IMO), Forrest, Farha, Doyle B.(see Reese...howed u like to have to play NL with Doyle everyday even at 71, no thanks)and yes, Annie D...getting better with time.

Please add to the list or delete, All comments r welcome.

[Rianna]

I forgot Chris Ferguson (and probably others). Sorry Chris [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Hold'me]

Annie Duke? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
I wouldn't necessarily consider her most feared. She's a good poker player, but like Daniel Negreanu mentioned in a Canadian magazine, she may be "over-rated".

As to your list, I would probably add Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Erick Lindgren, Carlos Mortenson, Men "The Master" Nguyen, David Pham, Scotty Nguyen, and Marcel Luske. That's all that are coming to mind right now. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Rianna]

Forgot @ Scotty N., no question, feel "Men" may be over the hill in THIS company, Carlos, OK, fair enough.

I wouldn't underrate Annie, she seems to have the passion, knowledge and brother. I think she's a favorite over, say, any other women at this time and 'has been there' a number of times ie, big tourneys, big pressure etc. She walks the walk.

[BirdieLongSocks]

Jennifer Harmon is probobly better then then Duke.

[Rianna]

In Limit I give the nod to Jeniffer, but currently I think Annie has found her stride and will continue to grow as a player (I may be wrong)...Jen has had so many awful personal troubles as well...in a 3 out of 5 I go with Annie over any woman NL player at this time.

[Chimera]

I've never played with any of these guys, so it's hard for me to evaluate them (especially the ones I haven't seen a lot on TV). However, according to Barry G, NLHE is definitely not Farha's best game.

I would replace him with John Hennigan. Even though he's not a NL specialist either, he's certainly a very capable NL player. More importantly, Daniel N called Hennigan the most talented player he's ever seen, and said that he was capable of thinking on a higher level than anyone else, with the possible exception of Ted Forrest.

[zaxx19]

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(yes, David...how would you like to make a big $$ final table and look over at him),

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Id feel alot better than looking over and seeing the first 8 people on you list.

Honestly, id also feel better than looking over and seeing say....Matusow.

Laugh if you must, Matusow is a better NLH tourney player.

And an exceptionally aggressive player at times who can make big calls. Thats a scary combination.

[Smoothcall]

Only reason Mattusow might be scary is because he plays bad. Bad players are dangerous. Like dogging mind fields. Like you hear top players say sometimes. They would rather play against other good players than bad ones in tournaments. Because the bad ones are liable to do anything thus more likely risking your tournament life. Kinda like moving in on Hansen. You know he has nothing, he knows you know know. But he calls anyway. Now sure they double you up alot. But sometimes they get lucky and bust you out of the tournament.

[zaxx19]

Well I kinda agree and kinda disagree.

Yes, he is prone to making complete donkey plays but one factor that makes him dangerous is his willingness to 1) gamble and 2)go with his reads even with marginal holdings.