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Posted by LaBaiz: I think that tom dwan had a good year, was some great losses but he came back from them and ended this year with profit. Awesome player.
This guy is a really strange player with big ups and downs..
Joined: Apr '08
Location: Argentina
Age: 45 (M)
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I went with isildur. "Influential" in this case can also be understood like "influential, but in a bad way". I think he doesn't do the poker world much justice, 1st donking off like crazy, and then whining beacuse his opponent used what he regards as a failsafe cheating device (ie, a hand DB)
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 2805
Posted by shokaku: Who was the most influential player of 2009?
WSOP winners, internet players or challengers?
i vote for Joe Cada because he become WSOP and he must be on top second one goes to Isildur1 because he work very hard at the last two months of the year and last podium place for Phil Ivey because heplay alot off good tourneys and won qiute big money good luck all and happy new year
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
To me it was Tom Dwan! Just look at the turn he managed to do against Antonius, its something that lots of players and poker analysts considered very unlikely to happen, but it did! Each day he is becoming more and more extraordinary, even an example to me. Of course i will never manage to play the stakes he does, but i can say that i follow his way of play and i believe it can make my poker skills turn better!
Although it's fairly obvious that Isildur1 had created a kind of hype around his person, his real influence hasn't been that big, but I think Joe Cada has shown something VERY important :
even the youngest player can win a big tournament, provided he has the passion, the patience and the will to learn constantly.
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Canada
Age: 48 (M)
Posts: 302
Phil Ivey had a great year and the story with is wife at the end of the year forced my choice poor Phil I feel sorry for you hope you get over it with out loosing a fortune try dealing that with her over a poker tables would be a nice option for you
