What do you think about Eli Elezra?
 

Short and simple question - what do you think about Eli Elezra? Is he a good player ? Which game is his best? What is his main occupation outside of poker?

I am watching him every week at HSP but I must admit that he is still unknown player in comparison to other ones.

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he's rich from other things than poker. he might win money playing shorthanded but as you can see from HSP he's just a spewing fish in a full ring NL game

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he has plenty of money, prob the richest of the guys appering until now at HSP.

read in a magazine that Antonius said he was the biggest fish of the regulars in the Big game at bellagio (except maybe for guy liberte) if I remember correctly.

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He's a gambler, kinda in the same mold as Sammy Farha. He's a mixed game specialist and plays in the big game at the Bellagio. I think he owns a bunch of businesses on the strip in Las Vegas.

He won a WPT event in the '04 (Mirage I think) and a bracelet at the WSOP this year (Stud 8/better).

Here's a link to his bio: http://www.cardplayer.com/players/bio/Eli-Elezra/1957

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Seems like a man of integrity

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I like him. Who cares if he's a fish, he's fun to watch.

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He is like Sammy on Valium.

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He's Jewish

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He won a WPT event in the '04 (Mirage I think) and bought a bracelet at the WSOP this year (Stud 8/better).


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I like him. Who cares if he's a fish, he's fun to watch.

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he has plenty of money, prob the richest of the guys appering until now at HSP.

read in a magazine that Antonius said he was the biggest fish of the regulars in the Big game at bellagio (except maybe for guy liberte) if I remember correctly.

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Wow. Patrik would say that in a magazine? Seems strange.

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He looks EXACTLY like my old boss, who I hate.
I think Elezra is good, fun to watch.

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He won a WPT event in the '04 (Mirage I think) and bought a bracelet at the WSOP this year (Stud 8/better).


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How exactly did he buy his bracelet?

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How exactly did he buy his bracelet?

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Scotty Nguyen was a big CL HU and pretty clearly dumped to him after a break and an "undisclosed deal." Combine that with the fact that Elezra had a bracelet prop bet with Barry G. and see if you can figure it out.

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How exactly did he buy his bracelet?

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Scotty Nguyen was a big CL HU and pretty clearly dumped to him after a break and an "undisclosed deal." Combine that with the fact that Elezra had a bracelet prop bet with Barry G. and see if you can figure it out.

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damn, never knew that. Did Barry ever say anything about this?

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How exactly did he buy his bracelet?

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Scotty Nguyen was a big CL HU and pretty clearly dumped to him after a break and an "undisclosed deal." Combine that with the fact that Elezra had a bracelet prop bet with Barry G. and see if you can figure it out.

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damn, never knew that. Did Barry ever say anything about this?

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BG's smart enough to know if it came close, this would happen

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He's a mixed game specialist and plays in the big game at the Bellagio.

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Yeah from what I hear he manages to suck at everything. Not many people can do that.

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he seems fairly entertaining and not very good

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I need to watch the HU coverage between him and Scotty. Where did the news of this deal come from?

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He's a mixed game specialist and plays in the big game at the Bellagio.

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Yeah from what I hear he manages to suck at everything. Not many people can do that.

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Yea man I’m sure It’s hard to lose to the best mixed games players in the world in every mixed game.

The fact that he doesn’t care to learn to play a silly card game “correctly” says nothing about his intelligence, personality etc.

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Him and Sammy are both pretty terrible on HSP (especially Sammy).

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How exactly did he buy his bracelet?

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Scotty Nguyen was a big CL HU and pretty clearly dumped to him after a break and an "undisclosed deal." Combine that with the fact that Elezra had a bracelet prop bet with Barry G. and see if you can figure it out.

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damn, never knew that. Did Barry ever say anything about this?

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You never knew that because it wasn't entirely true. Barry and Eli settled the prop bet before heads up started.

When the third place finisher was eliminated Scotty and Eli left to cut a deal...Eli called Barry and they settled their bet and then Eli and Scotty played it out (whether or not they did this legitimately or Scotty dumped to eli is debatable of course.)

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If I remember correctly, Elezra had the chip lead the whole time heads up. Scotty did draw close to even a few times, but Elezra quickly regained the lead each time in a big pot.

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you have to realize that unless barry, daniel, todd, or one of the other big game players who occasionally post here it is PURE conjecture on how he plays in the big game and what he really plays like especially in a mixed game format.

that being said, since the op wants what we think, here is my two cents:

nl hold'em in full ring seems like the worst game for his style. too loose, too much calling, not so good.

i bet he can terrorize short handed mixed games on occasion, but you never ever ever wouldn't want him in your game on any level. i think calling him a catalyst would be very accurate, for both starting and making games go. when he picks up a good distribution of cards and is making alot of hands in a session i would guess he would win the absolute maximum compared to the rest of the line up. i am not sure how he is about controlling his down swings, but this would seem to be his only chance at not being a big donator.

i think eli would, with his style, probably makes many of his opponents play less than their A game by being a bit of a wild card and making some crazy floats and peeling calls and being generally difficult to put on hands especially in a limit/split pot/draw game format. i could see him being dangerous but maybe even more fishy at times in plo.
i have heard/read that limit omaha hi is his best game. seems to make sense to me.

i think he is fun to watch on tv. seems like enjoyable and that he gets along well with everyone and has a nice rivalry with sammy that is amusing.

i would love to hear how accurate these thoughts are w/o having anyone's toes stepped on. big game players care to comment??? cheers. J.

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It seems like he is now worse than Bob Safai.

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The bear has his opinion of Eli and several other big game players on his site.

http://www.barrygreenstein.com/player_analysis/

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I find it hilarious everytime I read the player critiques in NVG Everybody always has their own opinion after watching HSP reruns lol

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The bear has his opinion of Eli and several other big game players on his site.

http://www.barrygreenstein.com/player_analysis/

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antonius is looser than farha and eli??????????????

the stats on annie are a little unfair.

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eli seems to be a better then average player with no fear b/c he's rich and makes a pure killing off prop bets (he said in PAD that David B still owes him almost 4 mil in prop bets remember)

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Isn't Guy Liberte the guy who started Cirque du Soleil?? If so, HE'S by far the richest guy playing in the big game.

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he has plenty of money, prob the richest of the guys appering until now at HSP.

read in a magazine that Antonius said he was the biggest fish of the regulars in the Big game at bellagio (except maybe for guy liberte) if I remember correctly.

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lol at the song barry chose for antonius. bigger lol at seboks song!!

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people who are rich enough to play in them without winning are very rare.

people who are good enough to play in them and win are even more rare.


it would be a huge coincidence if anyone who could afford to lose in those games... didn't.

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Rich fish

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eli seems to be a better then average player with no fear b/c he's rich and makes a pure killing off prop bets (he said in PAD that David B still owes him almost 4 mil in prop bets remember)

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it was 400K

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His head appears to be enormous in relation to his body. That's all i know.

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Don't piss him off, he's ex-Special Forces.

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eli seems to be a better then average player with no fear b/c he's rich and makes a pure killing off prop bets (he said in PAD that David B still owes him almost 4 mil in prop bets remember)

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CP,

did you really not think my post was thoughtful?

it may not be accurate as is stated, but it is was intended to be thoughtful. J.

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I'll bet he's a terror in short-handed limit.

Full ring no-limit on high stakes he seems a bit too loose. What's up with him and Sammy calling 10-15% of their stack preflop with hands like 4-7?

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eli seems to be a better then average player with no fear b/c he's rich and makes a pure killing off prop bets (he said in PAD that David B still owes him almost 4 mil in prop bets remember)

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it was 400K

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maybe i need to go back and watch it but 400k was what he had been paid but DB owed him a few mil b/c they Phil & Barry where saying that he was way ahead with the prop bets that they all had....i'll try and find it but that conversation just sticks in my mind

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Like him...rich & still works hard...good player