Pokerati\’s own Dan Michalski took part in an \”expert panel\” for ESPN with Dr. Pauly, Chops of Wicked Chops Poker, Gary Wise, Bernard Lee, Lance Bradley of Bluff Magazine, and ESPN.com\’s Andrew Feldman ranking the field of the NBC National Headsup Poker Championship, starting on Friday. Since I\’m only able to write an article at one of these sites, let\’s take a look at how Dan ranked the field:
Some thoughts:
I assume Dan thinks Ilari \”Ziigmund\” Sahamies is some random Internet qualifier if he\’s ranked lower than Jennifer Tilly.
Same goes for Bertrand \”Elky\” Grospelier, ranked lower than Phil Laak.
David Benyamine at #3?
Doyle Brunson at #5?
Clonie Gowen at #15? (Yes, she\’s tied with Johnny Chan for the most PAD wins – 3).
Kenny Tran at #37? (Dan\’s pick to win, and he admits this was too low).
In my humble opinion, I\’d take players ranked 51-59 (with Jerry Yang and an online qualifier) over those ranked 21-29 (with Scott Fischman\’s 4 NHUPC cashes).
But the thing with these rankings is to create debate, so let the debate begin!
