[How Many People Have Done This?]

so depressing when it happens. i do it ALL the time. for lucky twice, playing 1/2, i jumped to 5/10 buying in for 200 the first time, pick up AA, go all in after a $30 raise, getta call, BANG double up, i leave. 2nd time buy in for $100, pick up 77 on BB, all in, getta call, like 3 or 4 pictures on the board [****] but i win, BANG double up, i leave,another day i go for 25/50 FLHE HU, big mistake.oh ya, another was playing 3/6 with a $250 BR, a shared BR, 1st hand KJ, button limps, flop is KJT, he of course has Q9. It was hard explaining how i blew $180 playing $10 SNGs!

[top 5 poker players in the world]

Good List.  My only problem is when you mentioned Andy Black as a potential for #5.  Was that a joke?  I didn't see an sw. :-)

well, he is Irish :wink:

[top 5 poker players in the world]

In no order....Johnny Chan-Two back to back wins followed by a 2nd in the WSOP. 10 bracelets overall in a variety of games. His style of calling in positions where other top players would raise is unique. A top player in every sense of the word. Great to see him staying ahead of Phil Hellmuth too. One of his weaknesses is though, he is not a top player at all forms of poker. He isn't as bad as some ie he doesn't just specialize in ''No-Limit texas hold 'em tournaments'' or ''Pot-Limit Omaha short handed cash games'' for example, he can play many games, but he is not a great player at all games.Barry Greenstein-Great at everything. One of the top cash game players in any game. Maybe he is more known for his nickname [the robin-hood of poker] more than his genuine talent and skill in poker. His book, Ace on the River, backs this up too. In my opinion, he has no real weaknesses. The only thing I would like to see him do differently is maybe show some bit of emotion, instead of just sitting there like a statue, even a smile when he wins a hand, or sympathetic look when he knocks a player out of a tournament. Not too much emotion of course, cause one of the great things about Greenstein is he isn't a tv player, but a little bit more wouldn't hurt.Daniel Negreanu-His talent of knowing where he is in a hand is absolutely amazing. He always wants to be the best at all games. A true poker genius. He is also just about as good a spokesperson for poker that you could ask for, good sense of humour, relatively normal looking, good personality and fairly intelligent. His weaknesses aren't directly related to his game (in fact, I think he could become the best player in the world if he realy went for it), its more that he doesn't want to play poker 24/7, and doesn't have the same drive a player like, for example, Phil Ivey has. I can completely relate to how he feels (although for me, it's not poker) and its fine, but so long as he fully concentrates when he does play, he'll still be at the top.Phil Ivey-Where to start ? Firstly, he seems to be, at least from tv appearences, one of the most unlucky poker players in the world ('03 world series-knocked out by Moneymaker, the whole losing with AQ every WPT final table [something like he lost 5/6 times], and his general rotten luck in the poker superstars I), but still, a) he takes it in his stride and doesnt go on a rant about it and B) he still does well even with this 'bad luck'. Now onto how good he is ! lol. Quite possibly the best ''poker'' player in the world. Not the best NLHE tournament player, not the best cash game player, not the best player at draw poker, but the best 'poker' player. He's top class at tournaments and cash games, and all types of poker. He has exceptional drive, great emotional control, great heart and excellent stamina. The only weakness I think he may have (and it could be argued that this not a weakness, but rather being too good) is that he plays cash games when a tournament finishes for the day, and sometimes plays in tournaments thinking about the cash game coming up afterwards. I think I read on greensteins website that when there wasnt a cash game on, Phil won the tournament, this happend in Monte Carlo and somewhere else that I can't recall.I always hate choosing the final person to fill up theese lists. Gus Hansen, Chau Giang, Chip Reese, Dan Harrington, Jennifer Harman, Andy Black, Carlos Mortensen, Howard Lederer all come to mind. But if I had to narrow it down, it would be either Chip Reese or Gus Hansen. Chip is considered the best poker player in the world, while Gus is a pure genius. Time to flip a coin, heads for Chip, tails for Gus.....ok it was heads.Chip Reese-Has been playing the 4k/8k (and the 8k/16k when there was one) since the beginning of time. Surely he must be the biggest overall winner, possibly Doyle Brunson. He doesn't play many tournaments, for the simple reason that he has no need to, but when his kids told him that they never saw him on tv, and didnt believe he played poker, he decided to play in the WPT event in Tunica, and got to the final table ! In my opinion, that had to be the most memorable final table in WPT history, theres even a book named after it ! Dont know what weaknesses he has, but the obvious is that he doesnt play many tournaments.