Why do people think Gabe Thaler is one of best?

[eurythmech]

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@ myxo, he has KQbeat, higher 2pair

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Yes, a hand he has got beat...

[El Diablo]

beanie,

I think Gabe is great and have played with him a ton on UB and some live. However "he ran the NL games on UB with Prahlad" is just not true. He was a solid and winning player for sure, but he definitely was nowhere near as tough or dominant as Prahlad online during that period. Gabe imo is far better live than he is online.

[beanie]

well OK. Prahlad was in a different league at that time. But Gabe was there every day and he was one of the big winners.

For a certain while there it was Gabe, Prahlad and a bunch of other guys. When the games were hottest I know Gabe took his fair share out.

But your point is taken, you couldn't really compare anyone to Prahlad at that point.

[RichGangi]

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I'll start by saying he is obviously a very good player. And his greatest attribute seems to be game selection. But why in the world do people keep saying he is one of the top 5 NL cash players in the world?

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Ummmmmmmm because he is? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[RichGangi]

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Gabe's play in that hand seems super standard. What am I missing?

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Yeah, Im sure most players wouldve mucked AK that quickly. Right.

[Boris]

1) He is, at a minimum, a very good player.

2) He is a really nice guy.

3) In the B&M poker culture, and particularly in LV, there is a constant re-ordering of the group's "leader board" as to who is the best player, besides yourself of course. Who is currently "the best" is highly correlated to who is running the hottest, who has the most friends, and who is actually a good poker player.

I don't know Gabe that well but I doubt he really cares if people think he's the best or not.

[AntonHeat]

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lol at everyone saying what an easy and standard fold this was.

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[myxomatosized]

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@ myxo, he has KQbeat, higher 2pair

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whoops, was the board paired? my bad

[suzzer99]

I'd put that laydown somewhere between standard and world-class. The way you guys were pumping it up, I kept expecting the ace to hit on the river and Gabe to somehow get away.

[Trae3ab]

He did really well on Live at the Bike when he was on there playing I believe either $25/50 or $50/$100 NL.


I thought his play was superb. I hear he is a great pot limit player.