MisterAmazing 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Ktiger...that is amazing....i wish huck would do that for me....he is my all time favorite player...you should feel honored...did he say anything to you by the way? Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 What's wrong with Chan? Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 As far as players I have met in person and how they were to me I would put these is there as top 10 NO order.Daniel Negreanu --- Never played withDan Harrington --- Never played withChris Moneymaker --- Never played withFreddy Deeb --- Never played with onlinePhil Hellmuth --- Have played with online and livePeter "The Bandit" Evans --- Have played with liveMattias Anderson --- Have played with liveAnnie Duke --- Have played with onlineDevilfish --- Have played with liveJames Woods --- Have never played with but a super nice guy. He and I hung out after lasts year's WSOP and went shopping at the Gift Shop (Please no Homo jokes tyvm) and actually helped him buy some clothes. It was so funny as he was clueless to what size to buy for himself. I made a short movie of him getting us some icecream out of the fridge at the Gift Shop. He thought it was funny watching himself which I thought was strange considering his movie career but insisted I e-mail him the movie clip after I got home. 8)Wierdest. Story. Ever. Link to post Share on other sites
asorewinner 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Harry D.joe awadaRaymerseidelJesus Link to post Share on other sites
nutonflop 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Mike Mattasow, Smash, Kdawg, and ronmexico of coarse, i'll put myself last though Link to post Share on other sites
nutonflop 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Everyone has left out Marcel Luske. Over on TaoPoker.blogspot.com he has a thing where he asked marcel to talk to a cancer patient on the phone and Marcel did it and has asked about the guy every day after that. Marcel was the guys favorite player.uhh I believe he has been mentioned here more than several times. I'm more in shock that only one person has mentioned Paul Darden. I live in CT and play at Foxwoods regularly and have run into him once or twice. he is a class act and very friendly. Everyone else at the poker room feels the same way about him. Raymer is also a local nice guy and all around neat person.Barry G, was in on that phone call. Him John Juanda, and Phil Gordon Really are the best, they donate tons of money, and, are basically using poker for philanthropyAlso, almost any vietnamiese player is charitable. Seriously, that's not just being stereotypical. Link to post Share on other sites
THIR13EN 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Chan seems to be a fun guy to have at a table.Jennifer Harman is really cool, She resonds to e-mails fast. Link to post Share on other sites
tazmision89 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 1. Phil Gordon (tie)2. Chris "Jesus" (tie)3. David Williams (really cool and down to earth)4. Erik Sidel (very humble)5. Phil Laak (funny dude)I don't have Daniel on this list because I have met him on a few occasions and came across cocky to me. Seems like he expects everyone to know who he is.........Also, Phil Ivey has a tough character, but once he warms up is actually a cool guy. Believe it or not, Chan is also a very nice guy as well. Spent some time talking with him in Vegas. Nice guy. Link to post Share on other sites
Stanimal 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Have played with Andy Bloch before. He is one hell of a nice guy. Link to post Share on other sites
ayudame 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 of all the pro's i have met Robert Williamson was by far the nicest and most level-headed pro. Link to post Share on other sites
dmoneypoker 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Nice to be thought of in this way but unfortunately I have my character flaws and nasty side too.On the plus side, however, there are very many decent and noce people in poker.Recently my best freind flew over from the UK for a couple of days and played in a Bellagio daily $500 tournament which he was fortunate enough to win. (Got incredibly lucky and it was his first ever live tournament).On winning he came up to me and said he was suprised at how many decent people he had come across during the tournament as he had expected most of them to be the sterotypical degenerate smoking gambler type.In recent times it is extremely heartwarming to see that most people are coming to realise that the overwhwlming majority of poker players are throughly decent human beings.And on a final note, I along with many others from time to time enjoy trying to wind up Phil Helmuth, BUT the bottom line is that despite his tantrums at the table he is a genuinely nice guy and a very decent top class poker player who always makes himslef available to fans and does a lot of good work for charity.Thank you Harry for standing up for Phil... I'll be rooting for him to take down the Omaha bracelet today!Good luck to you in the rest of the 'Series and may you take down a bracelet soon too. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 My wife and I stayed at the Wynn for their Grand opening weekend. Fabulous place, I highly recommend it. I never did see DN and the lovely Lori but many others did and said he/they are the real deal. Good for you DN. I did run into Liz Taylor though!!! Very friendly lady. Man did she draw a crowd...and seemed to just revel in the attention.Anyway, played mostly at the Bellagio and Wynn. Bellagio has a VIP room, and while waiting for a piddly cash game I sat near the door minding my own business. Out came Jen Harmon on her way to the toi-toi, who easily smiled and said a quick hello. She is adorable. Also in the room was T. Brunson who said nothing and looked angry. Hmmmm. At one point out walked Johnny Chan and he looked like he wanted to kick my ass. Wow. Later out popped Freedy Deeb, who was playing and could be heard swearing like a drunken sailer. Hilarious guy and said hello no problem. Those are the only people I encountered there that I can remember.I did play with Raymer at the Casino Arizona this spring. He was in town for some legal convention thing and sat in for a while at our $5-$150 game (the closest thing you can get to a no limit game in AZ). He played very well and was an easy going sort who had no problem shooting the bull with us. He bought in for $300 (the limit) but left with over a $800 a little over an hour later. Very nice guy. Sadly I never did get a hand good enough to go up against him. Probably just as well...That about sums up my brushes with poker imortality. Anyone else?... Link to post Share on other sites
arerad 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 1. Daniel.......chatted with him at the Wynn when he beat Mimi....he is the real deal.2. Marcel Luske3. Robert Williamson4. David Williams5. Doyle Brunson Link to post Share on other sites
theresa113 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Harry Demetriou and Daniel Negreanu are the only 2 pros that I have had contact with and that was through either chat, PM or email. (Yeah, I watched Layne play a few times but I never said anything in the chat room.)All I can say is that I was impressed that both of them knew about my infatuation with Layne Flack and gave me a heads up on Flack's career (i.e. magazine appearance, etc.) That blew me away. Harry and Daniel will always have a warm place in my heart. I also want to state that I play with a group of 50 plus people each week through league and home games. I have always felt welcomed. A year or so ago, they were all strangers. Now, I call many of them friends. It is great how such a competitive game can bring you in contact with all sorts of people. What's better, is the relationships that are formed through this contact. Thanks Harry and Daniel for the kindness you have shown. Thanks to all the poker players out there who show class and grace while talking all of my money! Link to post Share on other sites
Ace_Deuce_Kid 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Phil laak(funny guy)raymer(keeps his cool no matter what)darden(soft spoken guy)jesus(just a nice dude)Joe awada(same as Paul Darden) Link to post Share on other sites
avsfan 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Dave Colclough. Link to post Share on other sites
Men the Hellmuth 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 ive actually met these guys and spoke to for at least 15 mins or so and all of them were really nice1. Mark Seif - Foxwoods 2. Amir Vahedi - Foxwoods and Borgota3. Chris "jesus" Fergurson - Foxwoods4. Tony Ma - Foxwoods5. Freddy Deeb - Foxwoods-- same guy in real life as he is on t.v. really funny and nice Link to post Share on other sites
Spadecrazy 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 1.) Humberto Brenes2.) Erick Lindgren3.) Phil Laak4.) Jesus5.) Doyle Brunson Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Orange 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 Good call with Joe Awada. Forgot about him. He was just complete class last year when Fischman got lucky against him heads up. Link to post Share on other sites
HisBoyElroy 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I would imagine any top 5 list made by someone on the inside would include Juanda. I have some friends that attend WPT and WSOP events (mostly as spectators/side game players and to try to satellite in), and everyone seems to respect and like Juanda. He's also incredibly gracious to amateurs as evidenced by him asking my friends how they were doing everytime he spotted them. They also had dinner with Seidel and Juanda after John asked me friends to join them when he spotted them at the buffet. In short, super nice guy. Link to post Share on other sites
ldudeus 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 what about Dan Harrington you guys?he seems to be very quiet but from what ive seen is never out of line and a genuinely nice person?comments? Link to post Share on other sites
wildspoke 2 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Most of the pros are nice. But isn't that the case in life? People be they famous or not are cool as long as you treat them with respect. (unless you live in NYC) Of course there are times when you're going to meet someone and they aren't going to be "cool" or they are going to be a real "jerk" But they might be having a bad day. It happens from time to time. Remember until recently these people lived normal lives. No one knew who they were. And now they are getting crushed with attention. A pro might be nice to 99 people and rude to just one persona and it's that one person who tells everyone what a jerk such and such was. Too bad. Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 1. Daniel Negreanu2. Marcel Luske3. Robert Williamson4. Harry Demetriou5. Hoyt Corkins Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 4 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I think I'm pretty damn nice. Link to post Share on other sites
AUBrandon 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 1. Phil Hellmuth2. Phil Hellmuth3. Phil Hellmuth4. Phil Hellmuth5. Phil Hellmuththis guy has never complained about a bad beat.... he is clearly the best poker player in the world. i mean hell, he would win every tournament he entered if luck wasnt involved, and do we ever hear him complaining about suck outs?? of course not. classy as they come. oh yeah, before i forget, (sw) Link to post Share on other sites
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