Jul 5 2010

The Five Best Trash Talking Holdem Legends In The Game

All poker-tips" title="Poker Tips, Techniques, and Strategy">poker pros have a very good game, but some talk a better game than some others. Here’s our list of the biggest trash talkers in hold em history.

One name the list wouldn’t be complete without: Tony G. “I’m going to rip you apart so hard!” Tony G has by no means been recognized for subtlety. Probably the most coarse mouths in the sport, Tony G has numerous video clips on Youtube that concentrate specifically on his spectacular celebrations and his aptitude to rebuke and demean any wretched opponent that busts out to him. Don’t be expecting to win or lose a hand with Tony G, despite the scale, and be expecting to escape one of his tirades. Against him there’s no such thing as poker free money – even his merriment leads to him insulting his opponent’s play, despite if he got it in fine or bad.

Several other people would only have Scotty Nguyen on this list and nobody else. “You call, it’s gonna be all over, baby!” Scotty’s frolics at the table used to be celebrated as side-splitting, conceited babble which was a part of the “Prince of Poker” and his character at the tables. After the 2008 WSOP Player’s Championship, though, Scotty faced a public hostile response at his drunken rambling at participants, staff, and railbirds alike. Thankfully, Scotty has went back to the less vicious chattering that made him a revered mouth in the poker world. Keep on playin’ on, Scotty baby. You still have fans.

Here’s a familiar one for fans of smack talk: Phil Hellmuth. “I mean, this guy can’t even spell poker!” Amazingly, for a while, Hellmuth was identified for his poker playing dexterity first and his extremely boastful table chat next. Once ESPN began televising the Poker Brat in battle, starting along with his 2003 breakdown after being out of action, cameras can’t get an adequate amount of his self proclamations and utter meltdowns. More often than not now, though, you hear more in relation to one of Hellmuth’s rants than you do his play, which is unfortunate. However, he’s certainly entertaining, regardless of where he plays, at what time he shows up, (late, usually) or if he’s tilted or extremely confident. Get rake back at Phil’s site. God bless the Brat.

How could we create this list without Daniel Negreanu? “I need some money. You got any money?” One thing is for certain if you watch “Kid Poker” play tournament poker; you’ll by no means get tired of watching. One of the most friendly and comical mouths of the hold em community, Daniel never appears to be lacking for chat. His talk isn’t just idle babble, in spite of this; he uses his table talk as a weapon to reap information. His capacity to describe hands and read opposing players out loud has been well publicized; he even does commentary work for Ps (where you can get a poker bankroll no deposit) tournaments and has developed into the unofficial “voice” of poker for the last few years as the most recognizable and pleasant personalities in the poker world.

One name the list wouldn’t be complete without: Mike Matusow. Mike once said: “I believe in my heart I’m one of the top five No Limit Holdem players in the World. It’s the only thing I do good. I’m an idiot when it comes to anything else.” With a nick such as “The Mouth” it’s tricky to envisage anyone else in this slot. The initial time I had heard of “The Mouth” was the 2004 World series of poker, where Mike notoriously told Greg Raymer that he had miniature cojones. Since then, Mike has been a permanent resident on televised hold em tournaments in addition to cash games, and he hasn’t failed to provide us some top-notch Mouthisms over the years. As he likes to exclaim, the kiddie game is down the street, when you’re matching wits against the Mouth.