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

[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

[Gordogg]

No shit man. Still waiting on Aruba pics too.

Isabelle is the best combination of looks and skill that I could think of. The two combined was the basis of my pick. Jen Harman is cute too and a better player, but looks wise Isabelle>Harman.

[melioris]

It is a toss up between Ivey and Doyle. Can’t go wrong with either the best of the young guns, and the best of the old guard. Although, most of my game is online, so realistically I should choose the top online pro. Who would that be?

As for the Moneymaker issue, I have a question. I am new here and so I missed the thread for this discussion, if it is out there. My buddy and I always fight about this. He contends that Moneymaker deserves no respect, and is basically a donkey that got lucky. I say that, although the above statement is probably true, even with the luck he played great poker for a few days and he won the big event. Therefore, one is forced to respect him as a player. What do you all think about this?

[Talking Poker]

I like Evelyn Ng. Beautiful and friendly too. Didn't see her in Aruba, now that I think about it, but I did chat with her and Isabelle briefly at the WSOP this year.

Isabelle is VERY SMALL. Evy towers over her.

Of course, I also like Clonie.

[Talking Poker]

Nice! That that, Hellmuth!!!

[Penguinfan]

Because you can't teach shit luck.

[drewjax]

lmao

[akajeff]

Negreanu.

Good old Canadian boy and the poker tips on The Score are not enough. I think he has had his time with the WPT and all but has experience and is a great teacher.

[chrisash]

Phil Ivey would be my pick. very young good player

[Nikita]

My pick would be Negreanu.

I forget which celebrity poker show it was, but he was the "red card". Where if the celeb needed help with a hand, he would come out and coach them. What I saw when he was called upon was him coaching the finer details of the hand in a few seconds. He really seemed to be able communicate what you need to be thinking while you play a hand. That's one reason.

The second is, of course, his ability to put people on hands. Definitely a must when you want to make it big in Hold'em.