Agree that he has had amazing results in tournys and especially at the wsop, and i wouldnt bet against him getting a 12 title this year or next.
But whenever he is on TV shows like PAD cash game, HS poker and The Big Game. He has been completely owned by almost everyone (especially the younger players), then he goes on to moan about how bad everyone plays against him. Great to watch though.
" 9 ball, corner pocket"
The impression I"ve had is that he"s not that good at cash, and this has been inflated by the people who don"t like him into him not being good at anything.
I"d say it"s more that he"s bloody awful at cash, very good at beating fields containing a lot of weaker players but can"t compete with the best when playing against just them
It would be better to just say that he is not as good at cash as he is at tournaments and leave it at that. Not only can he compete with the best in the world in tournaments when playing against just them, but he has an edge over most of them.
The two events he has got to HU this year were both $10k buy-ins, mostly populated by pro players.
The shake-up in the Stud Hi-Lo included 3 Racener, 4 Forrest, 5 Benyamine, 12 Laak, 13 Seidel, 14 Chen, 15 Violette - all bracelet holders.
The end of the 2-7 event was even stronger, with 8 of the FT (and 11 of the last 14) being bracelet holders. And one of the ones who didn"t have a bracelet was November Niner Chino Rheem. 13 of the last 14 were multiple finalists.
Bracelet holders - 1 Juanda, 3 Ashby, 4 Sung, 5 Schulman, 6 Bakes Baker, 7 Habib, 9 Raymer, 11 Grospellier, 12 Chan, 13 Cantu.
Apart from Juanda, he beat all of them.
