why would you say that? he wouldn't be around all these years without self control... i thought that is what mostly separated the best players from the rest over the years?
why would you say that? he wouldn't be around all these years without self control... i thought that is what mostly separated the best players from the rest over the years?
confirmed: Phil Hulmyuth's self-control the key factor in his 94 zillion braclets.
I'm pretty sure ivey's reading abilities are just as good if not better? Just because Ivey doesn't yap is his mouth when he is folding a good hand doesn't mean Ivey isn't aware of what's going on in the hand?
i have not played with either of them..but daniel is a loser when he plays 5/10+ online and phil is one of the biggest winners at the highest stakes. obv online poker is daniel thing but its not exactly phils either
He's not even close. DN is a good tournament player but he is also very streaky and does become a calling station at times. He also can't lay a hand down even when he knows he's beat far too often.
You just think daniel has superior reading abilities because he blabbers on and on about it during hands (and often doesn't follow his reads and ends up making bad plays), whereas phil just quietly owns people's souls. Example A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Qap3VT_ZY
why would you say that? he wouldn't be around all these years without self control... i thought that is what mostly separated the best players from the rest over the years?
We don't even know if Daniel is a winning player in the games he plays in. I'm not saying he isn't as I certainly have no knowledge but with all the money he makes from the poker world outside from actually playing cards he could lose quite a bit of money and still be doing just fine financially.
Daniel does well in tournaments with tons and tons of fish - the big difference is Phil Ivey crushes very good players, while DN crushes donks. Anyone can crush live tournies against ******s - it doesn't take any natural skill to do so, but to play the best in the world heads up and beat them over the long run takes something that cannot be learned or taught. PI > DN all day