The "performances" of Humberto Brenes.

WH BONNEY

It seems that Brenes is up to the same antics as last year with his little shark. It also appears that he is doing quite well in the events to date with a 3rd & 8th place finnish so far.

I'm just wondering what people think of his behaviour at the table ?

For me he is a total retard whom I would be very close to visiting physical harm upon if he pulled this performance on me. In a recent pokerwire show Joe Sebok spoke of how he had to sit there and watch this after Brennes called him down preflop with 8 3 & proceeded to suck out on him knocking him out of the tourney.

I'm sure some people will say it ensures he gets tv time, but honestly should you have to suffer this clown at a WSOP event ?

gerry87

Only seen him play once, it was pretty entertaining. I esp liked his run up all in. That said i'd say it gets very annoying very quick.

Heisenberg.

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mdwexford

3 final tables from 6 events played so far this year

maybe hes tilting people into giving him their chips

bill_ashmount

Any time i've seen him on telly he has been a complete head wrecker, can't believe so many people/commentators seem to like him. Not sure what kind of poker player he is because I can't stomach him for more than five minutes.

con_leche

Humberto & especially Laak know exactly how their behaviour impacts other players decision making, by creating a sort of noise/turbulence/excess [dis]information, and as such it is an integral part of their game.

RoundTower

bounty on Humberto's chark

Moneymaker

They're both ****ing clowns.

phantom_lord

I'm in for $20!

BuChan

he's been final tabling in big tournaments for 20+ years. i saw an interview with huck seed saying he used to be quiet before he gained some noteriety, he probably thinks it's a good way to make a name for himself. it's pretty annoying allright but meh...... to each his own.

Washout

who would u prefer to have at your table if you had to choose the one least annoying player

Brenes, Laak or Tony G

mewso

Not a fan of antics in general but this guy made my black list when he slow rolled AA last year waiting for the cameras to get to his table so he could "perform".

Moneymaker

I'd have Tony G cos he's ****ing hilarious. I'd just not get involved in a hand with him.

LuckyLloyd

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DeVore

To be fair to Laak, he's nothing like the other two asshats. In the normal course of a tournament, you wouldnt hear much from Phil Laak. His antics are when he's on a final table or when the cameras are on him. He doesnt do it to attract the cameras, its more the other way around.

Tony G is a dick but Brenes needs fnckin shooting, and fast.

DeV.

Washout

DeVore wrote:

Tony G is a dick but Brenes needs fnckin shooting, and fast.

totally agree on Tony G. he is nothing but malicious and he knows it.

to sort Brenes out y9ou need to grab the shark toy from him, drop it and just stomp the cr@p out of it.

Tar.Aldarion

Why put laak in teh same league as the other two, quite like him. He always seems like a kid in a candy store.

DeVore

Exactly, Laak is a clown and takes the mick out of himself more then anyone else.

Brenes and Tony G are nasty, they target people to harrass them and get in their faces.

DeV.

Samba

Brenes is an as s clown. However the purpose of his antics appear to work well for him. Who doesn't know Humberto Brenes? Once you see the guy on T.V you will never forget him, rather unfortunate that.

And here we are now, discussing the one and only....

5starpool

Laak is extremely annoying in the fashion of a constant whine, very similiar to the girlfriend to be honest. Tony G needs a good kicking at times, but is entertaining in a strange sort of way, Brenes is a mixture of the 2, but much louder.

kryogen

Phil Laak is a very clever poker player, underneath his clowning around is an ice cold poker brain and a will to win.... but his antics are more entertaining then malicious, unlike brenes and tony g.... i whole heartedly jump on the shoot brenes bandwagon! and with tony g....i think ignorin him wud b the best thing u cud do to him, it tends to drive him mad! he just reminds me of the school bully..im a uni bomber fan though!!! he cracks me up at the table!!

strewelpeter

Laak is a sick twisted faux christian prig. His performance on that programme by Hardeep Singh last year marked him down for me as a nasty POS. Then when you see all the preening and camera whoring he does. Yuck!

The other eejit Brenes is just that, a big Eejit who would only love the extra publicity he'd get when he's having to have a proctologist operate to remove that godamned shark

kryogen

strewelpeter wrote:

Laak is a sick twisted faux christian prig. His performance on that programme by Hardeep Singh last year marked him down for me as a nasty POS. Then when you see all the preening and camera whoring he does. Yuck!

The other eejit Brenes is just that, a big Eejit who would only love the extra publicity he'd get when he's having to have a proctologist operate to remove that godamned shark

Why is anybody in the poker business??? to make money i believe, more T.V. time more money,u need exposure to make ur name, i cant condemn Laak for trying to get as much tv time for himself as he can...do u share the same view on hellmuth?? he can b obnoxious on the table and it is all about gettin his face n the camera...


wen laak is doin his push ups and sit ups and standin behind the dealer to see a card come down is this more offensive or obnoxious then when phil hellmuth tells a guy hes a monkey???? storm off and have hissy fits everytime something goes against him??

i am not trying to bash helmuth just using him as a reference. there is no need to label a player a POS beacuse he wants to make his profile bigger

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5starpool

Helmouth is funny because of his blow ups every time he is knocked out.

strewelpeter

kryogen wrote:

there is no need to label a player a POS beacuse he wants to make his profile bigger

No thats not why I find him so contemptible, that just makes him another performing seal / meejia whore.
What put me off him was the way he behaved towards Hardeep Singh during the filming of a programme called £50 Says You'll Watch This last year. Laak got all holier than thou and berated Hardeep for letting a tame fcuk slip. I thought he was sanctimonious, hippocritical and it seemed to me covertly racist...there was something else he said on a HSP episode that was very dodgy too.... anyway hes just Yuck...but then again I really couldn't care less about him or any other celebrity except that he seems to be on almost every other TV programme and the sight of him makes me feel queasy.

DeVore

What makes him a contemptible POS is that he abuses other people to make his profile bigger.

Unfortunately it also backfires as marketing managers will be a little wary of associating themselves with people who are held in contempt by their customers. I certainly wouldnt have him promote GJP if he offered to do it for nothing.

Brenes seems to get results, that doesnt make him not a POS dickhead.

DeV.

kryogen

DeVore wrote:

What makes him a contemptible POS is that he abuses other people to make his profile bigger.

Unfortunately it also backfires as marketing managers will be a little wary of associating themselves with people who are held in contempt by their customers. I certainly wouldnt have him promote GJP if he offered to do it for nothing.

Brenes seems to get results, that doesnt make him not a POS dickhead.

DeV.

are u talkin about brenes or laak in ur post Tom????

if its brenes i agree if its laak we have to go to war!! lol

DeVore

Brenes.

Laak is a clown but he isnt a nasty slowrolling, jeering POS. Brenes is.

DeV.

Jam-Fly

Washout wrote:

who would u prefer to have at your table if you had to choose the one least annoying player

Brenes, Laak or Tony G

Tony G.
Brenes just seems completely idiotic and overly obnoxious.
Laak did the whole 'performance' once or twice and got a name for it, he rarely does it tho. I think Laak is a snake though, alot of things I have heard him do at cash games seem very unethical and rude.
Tony G is a nice guy off the table and talks alot on the table. I don't think he's that bad tbh.

Lazare

What's a POS?

mewso

Lazare wrote:

What's a POS?

Guessing it's a piece of sheite but I could be way off.

Lazare

Lol, should've gave it more thought.

ocallagh

I hate the idea of that thread on 2+2, and this one too to be honest. He is a complete dick, but it's publicity in any form that he is after and these threads just make it worse IMO. Just leave him alone, ignore him.

Heisenberg.

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tylerdurden94

I officially hate Humberto Brenes now after watching him on the National Heads Up.

NickyOD

In last years main event Brennes was faced with an all-in call which he took 2 minutes to make because he wanted to make sure the cameras were at his table. He had pocket Aces. Can you imagine how the other guy must have felt?

The man is scum.

mewso

I actually find it far more worrying that he can do this and the media say nothing.

bops

they all make for good tv - what's wrong with that??

tony g is a good guy & a great player (the russian fella deserved all the abuse imo)

phil laak is just a clown - there's no harm in that

humberto imo is funny - i wouldn't mind sitting beside him - i'd sing along and stuff - so what if he slowrolled AA?? - it didn't change what he had or anything, if he requires tv time to boost his career - more power to him (altho if i was the slowrollee i wudda probably taken my dick out or something to combat his quest for tv time)

the fact that ye'r talking about these guys proves that what they are doing is working

mdwexford

NickyOD wrote:

In last years main event Brennes was faced with an all-in call which he took 2 minutes to make because he wanted to make sure the cameras were at his table. He had pocket Aces. Can you imagine how the other guy must have felt?

The man is scum.

a preflop all in??

if so what a *****r, the cameras would be seeing a murder if he did that to me

cooker3

NickyOD wrote:

In last years main event Brennes was faced with an all-in call which he took 2 minutes to make because he wanted to make sure the cameras were at his table. He had pocket Aces. Can you imagine how the other guy must have felt?

The man is scum.

Wasn't that against Robin?

mdwexford

The Scientist wrote:

I change my mind. Brenes & Laak at angels compared to this Tard.
Disgraceful behaviour.

i think this is quality play on Tony G's part, to be able talk someone into calling off all there chips with K-J etc is a good skill to have. plus its hilarious viewing

robinlacey

crosspost-i was responding to cooker)

thankfully not!

i thought he was a laugh when he was at my table,because at the time i had no idea who he was-i imagined that he was a chipper owner who had won a satellite (like most chipper owner's in ireland,he looks like super mario) and thought he was just some guy making the most of it and having a laugh.

when i found out that he was a famous player who does that sort of crap all the time i wasn't so impressed,and after hearing about that slowroll i decided he was a total sap.

Goodluck2me

By all accountds the only way to describe tony G is a cnut.

Mr.Plough

lol

bye bye mr devilfish

entertaining none the less. nice call v brunson too

cooker3

goodluck2me wrote:

By all accountds the only way to describe tony G is a cnut.

Yeah I remember talking to dealer Sam about him, she dealt to him in 24hr hour cash game thing they show on sky or challenge and he berated her for putting bad cards out etc and generally acted like a cnut to her.

kincsem

DeVore wrote:

To Tony G is a dick but Brenes needs fnckin shooting, and fast.
DeV.

I see your opinion of Humberto Brenes has mellowed a lot in the last year.