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hackmeplz

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  • #51
A2345Razz said:
Can you explain how this would be the case when 99.% of poker is not played HU....and many poker games arent really suited for HU play?
ok I should have said "win in tough games". HUNL and nlhe 6m aren't that different, and I think in general the better nlhe player would be the one who could beat the other HU.

A2345Razz said:
The best player is effectively the best HU player?
The best HU player is one who can beat anyone else in the world, so yes.

A2345Razz said:
Isildur has done absolutely nothing in MTTs except win a small field high roller...nice win but hardly meaningful at all.
No one has a meaningful sample size in live mtts. No one. I think using live mtts to determine skill is pretty dumb.

A2345Razz said:
Isildur has just started playing draw games, so....I wont comment.
And he's crushing them. Isn't he up like 5mil this year already? He's been playing 4k/8k o8 3-tabling 3 different people who are all world-class o8 players. I don't know enough about o8 strategy or know anyone good at o8 to ask so idk maybe he's on a heater.
A2345Razz said:
Isnt Isildur like the biggest loser in online PLO in history, lol?
Right because like 10k hands of HUPLO is a huge sample size. Pretty sure Galfond (who's widely considered one of the best if not the best plo player right now) said he thought isildur was a very good plo player, but even if he's not maybe it's his one weak game.
A2345Razz said:
I love Isildur, I think Isildur has almost limitless potential in SH/HU NLH...and probably even MTT play if he can change gears at all.
If you're a good cash game player it's not hard to play mtts lol. The only changing gears that is required is learning how to play against tables full of retards.

A2345Razz said:
I think putting forth a guy who wasn't even clearly up in poker lifetime a few months ago as the world's best poker player is pretty LOL.

All the top HUNL players consider him top 5 in the world, and he's battling the top players at a ton of games at nosebleed stakes and winning. Maybe he's just running hot, who knows, but I think there's a very good chance that he's near the top in most games that get spread today, and he's not a bumhunter like some of the other top pros, he really will play anyone.
 
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