WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE POKER PRO

When i woke up this morning i wwoke into deep thought about who was my favorite poker pro to watch. for entertainment you would have to agree that there is no one else to watch than humberto brenes.if u want to watch great play i think that yuo should watch daniel negreanu or allen cunningham but thhat is just me. so who is your favorite pro and why do u like to watch him/her play?

For me Humberto Brenes is not entertaining, he is just annoying. Phil Helmuth, Mike Matusow and Shawn Shiekan at the same table is entertaining.
My favorite player to watch is Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and Sam Farha.

I enjoy watching Johnny Chan. Whenever he's in the game, you just expect that he's going to win.

your absolutely right 4aces07 phil helmuth and mike at a table with shieky thats real entertainment and an arguement waiting to happen.but most of the sentences would have to be bleeped out lol

Tuan Le.

His aggressive style of play is really entertaining.

In terms of entertainment value, Hevad Khan probably is right up there with Humberto. Anyone seen his response to winning a hand in the 2007 WSOP ME? Insane.

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Originally Posted by Alessandra In terms of entertainment value, Hevad Khan probably is right up there with Humberto. Anyone seen his response to winning a hand in the 2007 WSOP ME? Insane.

LMAO @ 'RainKhan'

"How do you like my new hat? Does it look good?"

daniel negreanu

negreanu, partly just because he's canadian

BULLLDOZZZERRRR.

I honestly do not know how anyone can stay sane with Khan around.
Lol did anyone see the absolute look of disgust on the swede who got knocked out by him? Priceless.

Entertainment, would have to be Mike Matasow.

If I want to watch real poker, I watch Chris Ferguson.

Jesus is awesome. Lol I remember once he lost to trip sixes. That's just irony at its best.

Phil Helmuth

daniel negreanu and gus hansen just cos there styles are very different and can learn lots from watching the 2 of them.

For TV viewing Pros

Entertainment Value:

• Phil Helmuth Jr. (Poker After Dark Blow ups)
• Mike Matisow (Poker After Dark and Aussie Millions -Running Bad)
• Shawn Shakhan (Poker After Dark Cocky arrogance)
• 'Minnesota' Jim Meehan (For playing like a drunken loof, smoke in hand and swearing during Tournament Play) He's also a Lawyer !

Poker Skill:

• Phil Ivey
• Gus Hanson
• Daniel Negreanu
• Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
• Patrick Antonius
• Antonio Esfandiari "The Magician"

Poker Women:

• Jennifer Tilley (Nice Pair!) and Canadian!
• Jennifer Harmon
• Kathy Liebert
• Annie Duke
• Kristy Gazes
• Clonie Gowan

Honorable Mentions:

• Todd Brunson
• Scotty Nguyen
• Huck Seed
• Andrew Black (Zen Buddhist)
• Gavin Smith (Canadian)
• Brad 'Yukon' Booth (Canadian)
• Isabelle 'No Mercy' Mercier (Canadian)

Hall of Fame:

• Doyle Brunson
• Johnny Chan
• T.J Cloutier
• Stu Ungar
• Amarillo Slim Preston

Celebrity Honorable Mentions:

• James Woods
• Mimi Rogers
• Gabe Kaplan
• Ben Affleck
• Ron Jeremy-2006 WSOP (pushes all-in with his last 3500 with the flop showing Ad Kd 4c. His one challenger thinks awhile, then calls with Ah Th. Jeremy has Ks 5s. The turn and river bring 7c 4h, leaving Jeremy with a lower two pair , and he is out of the tournament)

~Last entry is for 'Adult' Entertainment Purposes...LOL~

By far daniel negreanu(not sure of spelling srry)....i like to think that i play a lot like him....loves to see a flop simply because he thinks he can outplay a lot of players after the flop irregardless of his hand....whether hes winning or losing u can see that hes havin fun(and lets be honest the moneys nice but we all play poker because we enjoy it) also Phil ivey(great poker face)

Mohammad Kowssarie AKA TheTerrorist and TerrorOfSweden !

Daniel N he can read people like no other
really nice and friendly i just really like his playing style !

Personally i like watching Daniel Negreanu play poker.

But if i just want to get some kicks in, i like watching Mike Matisow and Phil Helmuth.

Gus Hansen is my favorite player to watch. He has moments of brilliance and moments of donkeyness.

Phil Ivey is the most skilled player but he's smart enough to stay off of TV... thus adding to his skill.

Online, Barry Greenstein is the most entertaining, though... his chats are priceless.

Yesterday, in the heads up WCOOP event, one of the players he knocked out asked him what he would have done if he would have lost to him... Greenstein's response, "I would have killed myself."

But not Before 'Signing' his Book with his suicide note...
on the inside of the cover...LOL

I like Daniel and Hellmuth both!

As in most sports, I would rather play it than watch it.

However, Chris Ferguson is my pick with Honorable mention for Clonie (nice rack) Gowen.

i like watching Daniel, he has the skill and seems to enjoy himself at every table. I do like to watch Phil Helmuth explode occasionally. And I can't stand to watch Scotty Nguyen.

Entertainment value:
Scotty Nguyen baby!
I also like Men the Master and Phil Laak.

Poker skills:
I have more and more appreciation for Eric Seidel's play the more I see of him, but he's not "entertaining" per se.

No comment on everyone's favorite calling station...

Others:
-Annette (_15) Obrestad
-Phil Laak
-Nam Le
-JC Tran
-Tony G

And how could I forget...
-Robert Varkonyi

Is an obnoxious idiot. One guy at least called him out and told him to "just act normal"... That's not what I would have said, I would have told him to try having a little friggin dignity and class. I can't stand people who celebrate like that. Yippee, you won the pot. The entire western hemisphere doesn't need to know about it, just stack your chips and sit the hell down.

Personally I prefer Daniel Negraneu, Gus Hansen, and Annie Duke. Gus because he actually has the class I mentioned earlier, that and he's just really effin good. Daniel and Annie because I like watching them get inside people's heads, like the way they call out what their opponent is holding before they make their play. On one of the televised events I saw Annie just completely shrink this guy and not only did she know what he had, she made him believe she had something he could beat. And then the hand was over, you could see in his face he was just like "How did she do that?!" and the announcer was like "Well, she does have a degree in psychology."

Love that stuff

I'm just saying he's makes for good television.

If you're after actualy good poker players in terms of skill, I'm a bit of a fan of Prahlad Friedman's online stuff. Dunno what he's up to these days though, but he used to kill the online tables.

phil ivey ..i think hes gotta be the most calmest player ,no matter what the situation is......

When I started out playing poker it was Ferguson, but I don't see him enough. Now I would say #1 Gus Hansen, at every table I see him in on tv it seems he's the guy everyone is worried about. # 2 Phil Laak, he has a great way of talking about poker while playing. And #3 Daniel Negreanu, can't really say why, he just makes me want to see how he's going to play his hand. Still like Ferguson just never see him play.

I played at the same table as Gus Hanson at the Borgata open 500.00 buy in and had a chance to chat with him on breaks. I would say Gus and Negrano are my favorites. Both strong players!!!

My favorites, I have two, have to be Daniel Negreanu and Phil Helmuth.

Yeah but that rolling of the eyes back in forth reminds me of a dope fein!!! LOL

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Originally Posted by rol1in0n20s87 Is an obnoxious idiot. I can't stand people who celebrate like that. Yippee, you won the pot. The entire western hemisphere doesn't need to know about it, just stack your chips and sit the hell down.

It looks like what he was trying to do got to you, too. Its pretty obvious Hevad was trying to annoy/get into the heads of the other people at the table. Every pot he won was a big celebration and you can see the irritated looks in the opponents faces. I wouldnt be surprised if some players made some bad calls or moves trying to bust him (so he would shut up) and they just kept feeding him chips.

Its similar to how Tony G plays, except Tony G likes to trash talk and Hevad Khan likes annoy players through celebration and dance. All mind games and psych jobs. If its annoying you, then he doing something right.

I like hellmuth and negraneu. Negraneu has ot the best reads i rekon.