If you could choose one TV pro to be your mentor, who would it be?
 

By TV pro I mean anyone who the majority of casual poker players would recognize. That disqualifies most 2+2 pros and other internet whizzes.

I'd have to go with Chip Reece. Many top pros recognize him as the best all around player in the world and I'd sure he could help me perfect my technique in numerous variations of poker as opposed to just hold em.

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Barry Greenstein

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Phil Gordon the race car driver

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ivey?

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ivey

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David Benyamine, sick gambol and sick gorging.

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Darioi Minerei

Edit: Jerry Yang too

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The guy who shushed Jamie Gold

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If it were no limit hard to argue with Doyle or Johnny Chan.
If it were omaha hard to argue with Sam Farha.
If it were limit hold em probably Todd Brunson.
If it were any other game Chip Reese.

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Huck Seed or Ted Forrest.

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This is typical pocketfives thread... lets keep it there ok

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dmitri nobles

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Phil Hellmuth Jr.

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Jerry Yang cuz he's a world champion

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Stu Ungar for sure

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I wouldn't mind rolling one up with JC Tran and havign him sweat me a few tourneys. But as far as "who's shed would you rather live in while trying to grind it out?": then it's Barry G hands down for me. That should be a prop.

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Not only has he not been on TV hes been dead.

Antonio Esfandiari

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but how good teahcers are they?

i think obvious choices are phil galfond or brian townsend, both great players and has the ability to teach.

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Mike Matusow but this has been already done

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Barry Greenstein

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No question.

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Ellix Powers

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jennifer tilly for her sick hand reading abilities

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It'd be fun to talk strategy with the guys who never ever talk about the strategic part of poker on camera. Ivey for example always talks in such hazy ambiguities ("I just felt he was weak so I moved in") when being interviewed, probably because he knows it'd be boring for the average viewer if he'd really get into the technicalities of the game.

It'd be interesting to hear what he really thinks about 3-betting from the blinds in NL or something.

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jennifer tilly for her sick hand reading abilities

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"I have a full house."
"I can't beat that.."

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Phil Laak.

So I can beat his ass when starts talking about props in tongues. And I'd like to ask him if masterbated to Tilly when she used to be hot, like in "Let It Ride". GG

Do annoying people die in three's? Laak, Tilly, Esfandiari

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Ellix Powers

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HAHA. Its sad to say that I still randomly google "funny Elix Powers story" just in case something comes up. To this day no dice. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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THE ICEMAN!

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patrik antonius

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this isn't even a close decision to me.

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Barry Greenstein

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Stu Ungar for sure

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Not only has he not been on TV hes been dead.

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Actually he has been on TV. They've broadcast some of the old WSOP finals. In fact, youtube has some stu ungar clips.

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Barry Greenstein and it isn't even close at all.

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Gus Hansen.

He has so many gears, and he's still studying and learning himself.
Plus, he's hot.

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Barry G. or Travis Rice. It's a toss-up.

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If it were no limit hard to argue with Antonius.
If it were omaha hard to argue with Antonius.
If it were limit hold em probably Antonius.
If it were any other game Ivey.

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FYP

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Khhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn

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Hansen has exactly one gear and it's called AGGRODONK. Just because he says he's always switching up his play in his Full Tilt commercial doesn't make it so.

Greenstein would just talk about himself for hours on end.

Ivey doesn't know how to form an intelligent sentence, let alone teach poker to someone.

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Doyle, strictly for the hell of it Gavin Smith.

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Patrik Antonius, 'cause he's cute. But also that other non-USAian who, I think, had pocket duces against Jamie Gold's Q9, or some hand like that. The guy folded his winning hand but told Gold what his hand was. The shocked look on Gold's face at that reveal was worth the hand loss.

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THE ICEMAN!

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After every session you could do the Black Person Handshake