Like or hate Eli Elezra ?

[Arbitrage]

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I always feel he's out of place on HSP, HUPC and PSS. What has he ever accomplished to gain admission to the invite only circuit? He has also come across as a douche a few times, like when he cracked Antonio's aces with his jacks and commented that Antonio got what he deserved. But I guess he's an ok guy in general.

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WPT Mirage?

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My question stands.

[dibbs]

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My question stands.

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I always assumed it was because he was tight with all the really big players and had pull, who knows though.

[Chimera]

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I always feel he's out of place on HSP, HUPC and PSS. What has he ever accomplished to gain admission to the invite only circuit?

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Barry Greenstein and Howard Lederer have both implied that Eli has managed to hold his own in the Big Game for several years. If so, that's a lot more impressive than many of the one-hit wonder donkament players that get invited to these things.

[TomHimself]

ok this is why i dislike him

he takes forever on his decisions
he doesnt seem very friendly to the new guys, only nice to the big game players
gus was drawing dead and ready to muck when eli insisted on seeing his cards
he kept whining about not being able to see anons cards so he foced him to rearrange his stack


i dont know he just runs me the wrong way


edit- i think hes a nice genuine guy but he seems weird at the table

[Yuv]

Eli spent a lot of money learning to play the game (since he started in ultra-high stakes) but he is holding his own these days.

There's no doubt he's down "lifetime" in the big game, but he is no longer the fish in the game. Obviously he's not a constant winner, but poker isn't his job either. He plays for fun and these days he's def a player to take seriously in the big game.

[tpir]

I played with him for a few hours in one of the prelim. '05 WSOP events and he was very friendly, funny and likeable. I could see where he might have a temper if he were stuck an enormous amount of money in one of the big cash games but that doesn't seem unusual to me.

[Tyler Durden]

Eli and Fossilman and I were at the same table to start Day 3 of the 2004 WSOP Main Event and Eli was on my immediate left. He was very nice to me, very friendly in general and stopped and talked to me a few days later when I was walking through the Bellagio poker room.

IMO he is def a nice guy and should not be hated on.

[doc_1982]

I thought when he cracked Esfandiari's aces with Jacks all in preflop in a huge pot, and said "now antonio gets what he deserved" (or something to that effect) was kind of a dick move.

[Yuv]

BTW, he stakes a lot of players (mostly Israelis) in major tounraments and cash games.