Top Ten Poker Players to Watch on Television Part 2
by Richard
5. Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen is one of my favorite poker players. He was by far my favorite poker player during that one stretch when he was always at the WPT final table. His aggressive bluffing style is fun to watch. The only reason he isn’t higher on the list is because I haven’t seen him on television much. The last time I watched him was on an episode of Poker After Dark. He ended up winning, but he seemed more in control than before, less wild.
4. Scotty Nguyen
Between players 4-2, it was hard to choose because I like watching them for pretty much the same reasons, so they are pretty interchangeable in that regard. Scotty Nguyen’s another one of those players that’s just very confident about his poker skills and his his arrogant table image is a product of that. Maybe it’s not the proper etiquette to have at a poker table, but it’s entertaining to watch as Scotty berates his opponent when he has the nuts and goads him to call.
3. Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth’s fun to watch just to see him get rivered by an amateur and having him explode and tell his opponent how terrible they played the hand. How could they call with that?
2. Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow is another of those loud-mouth poker players, and I guess that’s the trend in my list. Matusow is up at number two mainly because he’s not always berating players at the tables, like most of the others. He seems to get into more normal conversations than the others. Also there’s something sad about Matusow now, as he tries to reform himself from debt and his blowups.
1. Daniel Negreanu
Negreanu is my favorite poker player, both because of his table talk and his skill. His table talk is not as mean-spirited as the rest of the players on this list, which is refreshing. I also learn something from his play every time I watch him.
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