If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Who would you want YOUR money riding on?

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

I'll take the hot hands- Phil Ivey or FossilMan

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

No one it has become a crap shoot.

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I know, but Raymer is solid.

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Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

I would go with Harrington then Ivey.

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Raymer is very good but he did get really lucky the first day with the deck hitting him straight in the face.

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Raymer is very good but he did get really lucky the first day with the deck hitting him straight in the face.

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Him and Farha. I feel like that could never happen for me.

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seconded

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I'll take TW [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Do yourself a favor
 

Stop watching the TV broadcasts. You aren't handling them well.

Maybe this will help a little. How many repeat winners were there 15 years ago? 25 years ago?

How many have one more than 2 main event bracelets?

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Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

1. Harrington
2. Ivey
3. Fossilman
4. Hellmuth

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Chan.

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Sorry guys, but until they start showing you every hand on TV, you will have no real clue as to whether we were lucky or unlucky, or played great or terrible. What you see on TV is such a smidgeon of what really happened, it is almost irrelevant. It is only good for entertainment value, NOT for instruction.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Greg,

Out of curiosity, who would you pick on the list?

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Gotta go Ivey, although Harrington a close 2nd.

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thirdededededed

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Sorry Greg (if u read this),
I have too many favorites from over the years, I've really like Daniel N. but the past 1/2 year or so he has been in a "slump" in his terms, but not to mine at all...
2. I'm still a huge Howard Lederer fan, he's gotta be up there too..
3. You can't beat Harrington as long as he's wearing his pimped out Boston Red Sox hat..
4. Phil Ivey, the tiger woods of Poker, his presence is just so intimidating (as I'm sure most of us could attest to that).
5. Chris Ferguson - His consistency in big WSOP tournaments cannot be denied, he's just a great tourney player in general.

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Very easy given the choices: Other. But if that choice isn't available, I'll take Ivey.

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

no one

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Raymer and Ivey.

I think that both of 'em got advantages over the field based on the structure the event, as they can outlast the other participants mentally, and play better poker consitantly over a period of a week.

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Considering i know very little about all of the players (excpet for what we see on TV, or read in blogs)

I'm going to go with Raymer. Ivey/Negreanu would be 2nd. But Raymer knows his [censored] about tournaments, and he seems like a cool guy. (As do Ivey/DN)

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Out of curiosity, who would you pick on the list?

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Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Bill Filmaff, obviously

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The God Phil Hellmuth.

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Sign me up too!
Why not? She's the only one classy enough to come into this Jungle and talk to the snakes...if she's got that kind of courage, I'll stake her for NLHE!

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

I would have to say that Ivey is my pick. But really? just give me a dart and a list of next years players I think it's more accurate.

Straight FLushes,

SAM

Re: Do yourself a favor
 

That doesn't make any sense, sonny.

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Fourtheded

Then Ivey, then Harrington.

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

i voted for ivey. i am slightly surprised that he is an overwhelming choice.

Pat

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

Ferguson, and it's not even close. No one else puts as much effort into tournaments as he does.

The fact that Raymer is our clear 2nd choice while Doyle has, so far, received zero votes, should be an indication of how relevant this poll is.

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

I voted for myself, and was serious. I like my chances in the ME as much as anybody.

However, anybody on the list, except for Tiffany, is a +EV player in that tournament. Tiffany may become a winning player down the road, but she's too much of a novice to be a winner at this point in a big game. She had apparently only been playing poker for a few months when the ME started. She won her seat through a series of small satellites at the Gutshot club in the UK.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

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Raymer is very good but he did get really lucky the first day with the deck hitting him straight in the face.

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Him and Farha. I feel like that could never happen for me.

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Well, it can't ever happen to you if you don't find a way to get to the main event. Amazing that you guys can bad-mouth anybody that wins a tournament. Got any wins of your own?

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Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

OP- 11/02/05 11:03 AM
Tiffany's reply 11/02/05 11:14 AM

It took you longer to fold KJ than it did to reply to this thread. Good stuff.

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

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Sorry guys, but until they start showing you every hand on TV, you will have no real clue as to whether we were lucky or unlucky, or played great or terrible. What you see on TV is such a smidgeon of what really happened, it is almost irrelevant. It is only good for entertainment value, NOT for instruction.

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Anyway I would go with Harrington. Four final tables over his career, and two in this new era of poker alone. Its impossible to pick a winner, but I like his chances of a money finish in any given WSOP.

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OP- 11/02/05 11:03 AM
Tiffany's reply 11/02/05 11:14 AM

It took you longer to fold KJ than it did to reply to this thread. Good stuff.

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hahaha...good one

Re: If you had to stake 1 player in the 2006 WSOP ME who would it be?
 

If I was looking to back the player with the most potential to win it all, I would probably pick Ivey.

If however I wanted to pick the player that would offer me the best chance to get some kind of return on my investment (i.e. cash), I would put my money behind Ferguson.

But what do I know?