If you could take lessons from ONE pro, who would it be?

[omahilo]

Toto and Gus Hansen are Final table or bust...

They will either lose in the 1st day or make it to the FT and/or go deep into the tourney.

[BDMK]

dan harrington.

his book, HOH, is the new bible of poker IMHO.

plus, the guy won the 95 WSOP and made final tables back-to-back in 03 and 04. no small feat.

[Talking Poker]

Why waste your free lessons on someone who wrote TWO books for you already???

My choice is Negreanu, but Phil Ivey would be a very close second.

[eddo31]

i'm going with ivey.

i really like negreanu, but i think that ivey is a better player.

the reason i have these two at the top of the list is two fold. first, they are both great players. second, they both excel in a wide variety of games and conditions. they are both great tourney players, both can play a bunch of games at a world class level, and they both can make the adjustments between playing full ring, shorthanded, and heads up.

i dont think that you could go wrong with either of these two, bu\ i have to go with ivey.

[Windbreaker]

I think there's a lot of choices as to who to pick. I believe who you decide to take lessons from is dependant on your style of play, what game you're playing, weather you're looking for tourney action or ring games, and the ability of the person to teach you the game(s).

If there was one guy I would want to learn all variations of poker, eg. Omaha, Stud, Hi/Low, Triple Draw, Limit and NL Holdem then I would pick Ted Forrest. THe guy is well disciplined in all fields. However, the choices differ significant if you're looking at one particular discipline, and/or if you're looking for ring game or tourney pointers.

[BDMK]

well...i think a book can only teach you as much, good as it is...

i'd always much rather have the author in person, if possible, than their book.

[drewjax]

No surprise the posters here have a good pulse on this. Noone picked Moneymaker......

My picks
1.DN
2.Lederer
3.Ivey
4.Doyle
5.Dewey Tomko
6. TP...........

[Gordogg]

Isabelle Mercier.

I'd love for her to teach me when to push all-in with my pocket rocket(s). Wouldn't mind if she demonstrated how to play with flopped nuts either.

[BDMK]

is this the double entendre post of the week frontrunner or what?

[Talking Poker]

She's cute, but not my favorite.

Man, I really need to post my WSOP pics

[Talking Poker]

Nice! That that, Hellmuth!!!

[Penguinfan]

Because you can't teach shit luck.

[drewjax]

lmao