Player of the Year - Nominations

mewso

So who do you think was the best poker player worldwide this year.

kincsem

Andy Black

CityWest, FitzWilliam, WSOP three cashes, Atlantic City, PokerStars

He's probably breaking even year-to-date.


10-Dec-05 £ 1,000 Northern Ireland No Limit Hold'em Open Championships
Northern Ireland Open Championships, Belfast 2nd £ 22,140 $ 38,516

13-Nov-05 $ 10,000 WPT - No Limit Hold'em
2005 World Poker Finals, Mashantucket 36th $ 17,200

29-Oct-05 € 4,000 The Irish Masters No Limit Hold'em Freezeout
The Irish Winter Festival of Poker 2005, Dublin 20th € 6,000 $ 7,240

28-Oct-05 € 500 Pot Limit Omaha
The Irish Winter Festival of Poker 2005, Dublin 9th € 2,700 $ 3,258

14-Sep-05 $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
2005 Borgata Poker Open - WPT, Atlantic City 3rd $ 38,475

07-Jul-05 $ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 5th $ 1,750,000

29-Jun-05 $ 5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 28th $ 8,490

28-Jun-05 $ 200 No Limit Hold'em (2)
Palms No Limit Hold'em Summer Poker Series, Las Vegas 4th $2,090

07-Jun-05 $ 2,500 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005, Las Vegas 10th $ 25,210

24-Mar-05 € 500 No Limit Hold'em
The Irish Poker Festival 2005, Dublin 3rd € 11,300 $ 14,661

plus a ~ €18,000 win in the Fitz in April/May
and a $90,000 win in the Sunday $225 PokerStars recently?

karlh

yeah my heart says Andy Black but I'm tempted to go with Raymer for the most amazing feat in the game....and Ivey.

fcuk it. his drunked commentary might have been distracting at the SE last night but I'll go with my heart!

Andy Black!

DeVore

Black, Ivey, Juanda, Chan (er... 10 bracelets, first man to do it anyone?), Doyle Brunson (if you had watched him play the 6-handed NLH in the WSOP this year you'd agree! Oh yeah, also ten bracelets), Juha Helpi (savage run lately).

Of course these are tournie players, we havent mentioned cash games.

DeV.

karlh

Tom Murphy

mewso

So who is nominating who? Which are serious, which are musings, jokes etc. Hard to be clear.

Lafortezza

I_knockout_U aka Patrik Antonius, I've been following some post about him on 2+2 and he's made millions this year in online cash games,$50/$100 NL, $100/$200 NL, $200/$400 NL, speculation about his net profit for the year ranges from $5million to $15million.

DeVore

All of my nominations are serious. I suspect Karl's ... isn't

DeV.

karlh

mine is andy black. the tom post was a joke. i left my pc logged in and my mam did it. she's a fan.

roryc

Andy Black. Andy Black. Andy Black

Doc Farrell

I couldn't give a monkeys about how much players make in the US. The only factor that matters is the esteem that he is held in by his fellow competitors. Andy Black has won a few games in Ireland this year and has respect for his fellow players. Another player who won the last Thursday of the month in October and quite a few other games in Ireland this year and more importantly shows class and diplomacy at all times is Mr. Paddy Hicks. So, my nomination for player of the year is Paddy Hicks.

ty, d.

BigDragon

WSOP Final Table, WPT cashes, first out in PPP SE game yesterday etc....forgotten his name.

DeVore

karlh wrote:

mine is andy black. the tom post was a joke. i left my pc logged in and my mam did it. she's a fan.

I give her what she needs...


DeV.

roryc

too far dev... too far

Fatboydim

Greg Raymer for me.

He got very unlucky to not go further in the WSOP.

Ste05

Fatboydim wrote:

Greg Raymer for me.

He got very unlucky to not go further in the WSOP.

I second that nomination. Andy Black was great but Raymer gets my nomination too...

Dub13

I second Raymer...I think what he did is harder than Harrington's back to back final tables.

willis

How can people nominate raymer solely based on his wsop performance?its 1 event in the year, can anyone back up his other performances this year. Andy has had a tremendous year but mainly at a local level apart from his 2 wsop cashes.

Id like to nominate Mike Matusow, best player in main event imho, then wins WPT event in aruba i think, and he won the tournament of champions.

If im allowed id also like to nominate doyle, 3rd the other day and a 10th bracelet at his age, absolute class

P.S. all the nominations for andy black...was andy black the best player from JAN 1st 2005-dec2005 in the WORLD?i was very proud of andy in the wsop as a fellow irishman and poker player, he was sensationsal. however i couldnt say hes been the best player worldwide this calendar year

Dub13

Alot of people are of the opinion that what Raymer did is one of the best achievement's of the WSOP (main event).He also cashed at two other WSOP events and a WPT event in 2005,not great achievement's for a player of his standing but I nominated him because on the WSOP main event.

Dub13

How about Steven Dannenmann...?some achievement for a guy who is/was 4th best in his home games,I also believe he took down $ 100,000 a few weeks ago in Vegas not sure what event but I think it was Tournament of Champions or something like that.

califano

Mickey Wernick.

TacT

Raymers tournament play is most impressive

Dub13

TacT wrote:

Raymers tournament play is most impressive

I agree...sure in the last two WSOP he has got past around 7500 players,amazing feat.

He is also a good cash player.

Ste05

Along with being an incredible player, he's also been a fantastic ambassador for the game since becoming World Champion last year.