How many pros have you played with?

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So far I've played with three pros. Scotty Nuguyen, Evan Jarvis and Phil McPhee. These were all online game! And I took took down the McPhee tournament.
So I have only played against Doug Polk online HOWEVER (and this was a few years ago) when I first signed up to pokerstars, they had an offer to give you 7 free 1$ tickets to their spin and win game. On my 7th ticket, I kid you not I rolled the 3K USD game (3600 CAD which I am in canada), which at the time was the highest. I ended up with only 500 out of 4500 chips, BUT came back and actually won the game.
I felt like a kid in a candy store when Daniel Negreanu actually said well played towards the end in a message to me. He had watched the game, and said he tends to watch anytime someone rolls the top roll as it was {at least at the time} sent as an announcement at the top of the window.

I honestly wish I had the record of the win, but I was so stunned I just got the cheque sent to me (In Canada gambling cheques can take up to 90 days to clear). It was the best day of my poker life so far.

This was around 4-5 years ago, so Pokerstars doesnt have the records past 365 days, and im not paying my bank 45$ for a copy of the cheque :p
 
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I doubt I'll ever come across a pro since they probably don't play on the micro levels. 😂
 
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Scotty Nuguyen, Elky, Tony Hachham (Joe's bro) at same live tables along with several grinder pros at APPT Australia.
 
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Back in the day at "Doyle's Room" they had a weekly bounty tournament which featured 6 of his friends, all pros btw, w/$500 on each of their heads. It was pretty cool. This was about 12-13 yrs ago. I remember playing at a table w/Annette Obrestad and Todd Brunson. It was alright but they wouldn't reciprocate any chatter which led me to believe that, perhaps, it wasn't exactly them at the table. The game was held in the middle of the week on a Tuesday or Wednesday so I questioned it's integrity. I never saw Doyle at any of the tables but it still was fun to think he might show up one week.
 
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None, maybe I will play against pros one day, but not holding my breath
 
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Who falls under the definition of a professional player?
 
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As far as I know I have never played with a professional player until today.
 
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Luckily none cause if i'd end up in the same table with them it'd be almost guaranteed that they do NOT take that particular game seriously at all lol ...
 
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I haven't played with any yet
 
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Countless, but most memorable moment was KO:ing Ole Schemion online :D
 
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So far I have not had the opportunity to play poker online with a professional player, I think that goal is still a little far away, I mostly play poker at low levels, but I do not lose hope of someday playing against a professional, it would be for me a goal accomplished.
 
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I remember sitting at a table with Sorel Mizzi and with Ole Schemion at two different Razz tournaments. The table with Ole was even a final table. Back then in 2010 I only knew his online name but I did not know him or his real name until a few years later. :)
 
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I've played with few pros, I remember once playing FTP with "Trueteller", I thought it was funny that he sat down at a low level table
 
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I play with professionals with micro-limits unknown to anyone))), I will never get to such bets, but it seems to me that they can also be beaten
 
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So far I've played with three pros. Scotty Nuguyen, Evan Jarvis and Phil McPhee. These were all online game! And I took took down the McPhee tournament.
No one, I'm a little fish!
 
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I've already played with a couple of poker stars professionals in tournaments, but to be honest I only knew they were professionals because the had the special avatar. I never played with a known professional.
 
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Back in the day at "Doyle's Room" they had a weekly bounty tournament which featured 6 of his friends, all pros btw, w/$500 on each of their heads. It was pretty cool. This was about 12-13 yrs ago. I remember playing at a table w/Annette Obrestad and Todd Brunson. It was alright but they wouldn't reciprocate any chatter which led me to believe that, perhaps, it wasn't exactly them at the table. The game was held in the middle of the week on a Tuesday or Wednesday so I questioned it's integrity. I never saw Doyle at any of the tables but it still was fun to think he might show up one week.
Yes, I remember "Doyle's Room" and playing in those weekly bounty tournaments. I don't know when you wrote this post, but I believe it was 16 years ago, according to my records, from my perspective. You brought back some old, fond memories. On average, I believe many of the on-line players today are more sophisticated than they were back then. What do you think?
 
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I have played with a few Anne Duke, DN, Phil Helmuth, Money Maker, Gavin Smith, Jeff Madsen, Liv Boeree, Gus Hansen, Brian Townsend, Andy Black, Mike McDonald, Todd Brunson, Doyle Brunson, Doug Polk, Maria Ho, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Moorman, Shaun Deeb, Tom Schneider, Grayson Physioc, Jared Hubbard, Several of the Mizrachi's, etc.
 
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I played with lex veldhuis and spraggy in pokerstars.
 
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with none, but I hope that in this life I will have this opportunity :), I would very much like to play against Daniel Negreanu :)
 
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So far I've played with three pros. Scotty Nuguyen, Evan Jarvis and Phil McPhee. These were all online game! And I took took down the McPhee tournament.
I've played against some professionals, I'm just not going to name names because the list would be long, all of them here from Cardaschat, I say that because to reach a final table I have to sweat. Now I leave a question in the air, would your name be on this list?;):unsure:
 
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Played a few back in the day on Full Tilt, they used to have a bounty on all the Pro's
Bounty

Then there was this one way back when
HUstars

I gave him a good game for a while then he turned it on and I was toast lol
Other than that have played a lot of people who think they are a Pro but only in their own mind:LOL:
 
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I've never played against a professional player, but I love watching professional players play
 
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I have played with a few Anne Duke, DN, Phil Helmuth, Money Maker, Gavin Smith, Jeff Madsen, Liv Boeree, Gus Hansen, Brian Townsend, Andy Black, Mike McDonald, Todd Brunson, Doyle Brunson, Doug Polk, Maria Ho, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Moorman, Shaun Deeb, Tom Schneider, Grayson Physioc, Jared Hubbard, Several of the Mizrachi's, etc.

That must of been alot of live play is my guess. Inpressave names. You must have alot of great storys from this. Whats was your experaince with Shaun Deeb? I know his reputation and saw his reactions with others but MY first and only probally ever WPT main event was with him for about 8 hours and what he said to me after he was knoced out I will never forget. He was very nice to the one person who was not being a ass to him at the table and I was really honored to play with him.

So far I've played with three pros. Scotty Nuguyen, Evan Jarvis and Phil McPhee. These were all online game! And I took took down the McPhee tournament.

Live I have played with several profesions I am sure but home many of they I could or any of us could name is few. I player with Shaun Deeb (WPT) and Vivi Salibi (wsop). I did have 2 time WPT and wsop champion Ron Rose at my table but it was for about 3 hands o that dont count. HAd a great time with Shaun and Vivi and was rivered by Vivi to lose knocking her out. She was a very classy lady to play with.

Online I played a few red pros in the days but none big.
 
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