Keep in mind high stakes poker is edited to show only the best and worst hands in order to make it entertaining for television.

Daniel did not get to where he is in poker by playing like a fish and making bad calls or reads.


Despite high stakes poker portraying him this way he is still an excellent player in my mind.

I don't think anyone is saying he sucks at poker in general. I doubt anyone would say that, as he's playing at the highest possible level in poker right now. Its just that his game is coming into question relative to the other great players he's against (the world's best).

I wouldn't say Eli is the worst, but he overplays such marginal hands a lot. He's also been very lucky (almost as lucky as Daniel's been unlucky).

I just started listing a bunch, but there are so many, it's not really worth mentioning any single instances.

Brad booth. def him or Ivey. They in my bottom 6.

mike matuso, phil helmuth and daniel loses basically every time they go on the show.. the only time i havent seen dn lose is the first season which i just watched and he got a lucky string of cards back to back... hes a gr8 tourny player though

At least Laak realizes his relative level of skill and makes it 50k with rockets pre.

Booth had 42s and the board was 367 so he had a gutshot.

If one more person mentions that Daniel recognizes the fact he has leaks and is working on his game I am going to smash something. You all have been warned.

Daniels far from the worst they've ever had.

Fred Chamanara
Amir Nasseri
Guy Laliberté
Bob Safai
Dennis Phillips

They're the ones i can think of on the top of my head.

The worst player ever was of course Gable Chaplin

But atleast his hand analysis is extremely educational

no he isn't!

But he suffers from TMMS! (Too-Much-Money-Syndrome)

You better take that back about Dr. Nasseri.

He's like you but better than you.

Is this some sort of level or did you really spell Gabe Kaplan like that?

lol, found an excellent bio on Dr. Nasseri.

Worst of the pros, amateur fish don't count.

I feel sad for him. i used to consider him a very good player with great reads and reasonning.
dont know what happened. me becoming better or him becoming worse.

I dont think he is that bad at poker but is clearly insecure sitting with the current cash superstars. He has also ran poorly which has caused him to lose confidence, meanwhile Durrr has ran hot making him super confident and bold.

The one thing DN needs to work on if he wants to retain his viability in poker culture is to stop thinking aloud while in hands and let his actions do the talking. His insights and thoughts will be much more appreciated after the fact imo.

To be honest I dont think he really cares too much about winning anymore. It seems he is more concerned about being the recreational players representative/ambassador in the poker world and he is quite good at that. I believe DN speaks on behalf of the "common player" more so then himself. DN should be appreciated more, he is a good guy and great for the game. Ivey and the like are cool as **** but they represent the more predatory/dark side of the game which tends to cultivate unpleasant tables and scare away recreational players with money to burn.

Cash games have passed Daniel by. If you are not a math player you have no chance at all vs this kind of competition.

and Bob Stupak...
oh no, wait, he was the best player

[x] Daniel recognizes the fact he has leaks and is working on his game.

I disagree. I think if you put Daniel at a table of winning 10/20 online regs he would be a significant underdog.

POTY

Looks like April has bitch-slapped him. I actually feel kind of bad for him.

His tournament style depends on outplaying his opponents post flop, but I think that's pretty hard to do in Cash when Ivey, Dwan, and Antonius are all at the table.

Ummm, this might have a bit of credibility if Ivey himself didn't admit that he wasn't a "math player" at all.

This must be a troll.

Chamanara and his bluff shove with AJ vs AA preflop? Nassiri and his maniac play with no regard for position, his hand, or the opponent? Sam Farha who chases with ATC and pushes with nonsense? Phil Laak is pretty f*cking horrible too. Drop a 50k brick in the middle with aces (wait, was that PAD?) because you can't play postflop. Or limp-complete the SB with queens in a multiway pot.

Daniel is in the top of his field. He just happens to play against the small, small fraction that are better.