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Opinions and reasons for selection on here?

From what ive seen in tourney play ram vaswani is just the bussiness.

the guys awsome

I'd be tempted to go with Ram too. Good choice.

tikay.  He can play poker well, he can probably drive a steam train and he also invented the word blondite.

Ram, cant really be anyone else.

No, he invented blondeite

That's true RED. But I can't spell  :D.  My Google tool bar doesn't correct that one for me

It's not you sark, it's tikay that's wrong, but he won't listen

Is it not an irony thing though?

Like the  :blonde: smiley containing no 'e'

Mind your own business and concentrate on that bird shit

Actually the smiley does contain an 'e'

Blond Mom'e'nt

My bad, will get back to the poo.

(Ram's the man btw)

Maybe I'm biased but I go for El Blondie. What was that outrageous final table record he set in 04?

Well he made less finals than Micky did in 2005

Would you say Mickey was better than Dave Flushy?


I've not had the chance to go round the UK circuit, but I would say from the results that I have seen Ram certainly seems to be the ebst player, definately one of the most aggressive.

I don't know tbh.

What makes the 'best player' are we talking cash or comps etc.

I would say the best player in Europe will probably never be European player of the year, to win that title you have to be playing £200 freezeouts in walsall and luton week after week......


I think looking at results is not the best way to gauge the best player. I know Dave C loves his 6 card omaha cash, he could have a great year but not get a single decent tournament result, i think you just have to look at the way players play and the respect they get from thier peers. John Kabbaj is a prime example of this, ask most people to name the top UK player and he would rarely be mentioned, ask players who play against him and he would pop-up a lot more often! A truely class player.

I would like to expand this the the "best World poker player" then nominate:

Matt "monkey boy" Doyle.

At least thats what i tell myself everytime i sit down to play a tournament - otherwise there's no point in entering......

I have no idea but Ram is the one I've seen most so I'm going to assume it's him :)

Robert HM

There are easier ways to apply for legal aid in the UK, i'm sure if you google search you'll come up with a better alternative.......

lol  That's why I use Blondite.   Blondite just sounds better than blondeite.

If a Blondite wins the WSOP this year, this thread may look very different.  It may be matt674 that everyone is suggesting rather than Ram.  I think it is impossible to say for sure because it changes from year to year.  A few years later it may be Claw, then Ironside or Kev.  Who knows what the future holds.

I've edited your post Sark - there were a lot of superfluous words in it!

 Best current live player would be Mickey for me for what he acheived last year, you cant do what he did by not being a great player. Ram probably has the most natural talent but has not been focussed imo, meybe he makes to much easy money online.

Ok, so if i have to vote for somebody else then i would probably have to vote for the same people i voted for in the 2005 player of the year thread - near the bottom of page one.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4936.0

to be honest i think they've had just as good a year this year so i will probably vote for them again at the end of 2006, and then again the following year and so on...........

lol  Claire   :D


Another example of matts monkey memory at work  :D


By the way, very good post matt   :)up

This is taking just comps into consindaration;

Ram Vaswani
Dave Colclough
Dave Ulliot
Surinder Sunar
John Kabbaj
Julian Thew

they are the cream of the crops of english players, if u ask a Norwegian "know it all".

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I think you are missing some criteria for your selections...

There Is one player who has been to more festivals than most,and has NOT had a losing tour yet...

Ladies and Gentleman i give you ..... COLCHESTER KEV !!

PS. He is non returnable ;)

I think you mean British, Dave is a Scottish based Welshman  ;)

sorry to be boring but i feel Ram is the best player the UK has to offer.  I also agree with comments above that the best players aren't the ones at the top of the rankings as you literally have to play week in week out in every comp to get to the top of that list.  No discredit to Micky Wernick - he too is an excellent player and he manages to get to every event so he more than deserves his number 1 spot.

You were one of my suggestions Boss  :D

I believe Colchester Kev won a poll at the end of last year.

Then Nomosos changed it  >:(

The people had spoken, naming Kev player of the year. Our collective voice was stiffled by the original pollster as he didn't think we were serious. 

Or even English based

Given that there are concerns over the European ranking system, would it not be best to come up with a new system that means that the players attending the bigger events and cashing at these are given more credit than just the cash?

Perhaps Blonde should, maybe, for 2007 come up with a claendar of say 6 or 7 events and award points to the top 10 finnishers and have a small presentation at the end of the year, perhaps even inviting the chosen player to he Blonde Bash and  awarding them with a plaque.

great idea - then we can get him really drunk and rob him....

Or her

Oh dont be ridiculous.

lets not get carried away now tank!!

 ;hide; ;scarymoment; ;hide;

darn monkey fingers - cant type quick enough :(

Me.
Obviously.

ali mallu and lawrence gosney would make more money if they played the number of tourneys ram does imo

Id be torn between Ram, DC and John Kabbaj

i noticed Devilfish hasn't had much of a mention?

As flushy pointed out earlier... do cash games count?

Also Peter Costa, seems to be hugely respected in the US and rumour has it he's pretty handy at limit games too!

Here is a thought for you.....the unknown poker player!!!!!

There are many on line players that dont play many live tournaments and concentrate on on-line and live cash games, they play the occasional tourney and not always in the U/K. I know of several 2/4 - 3/6-5/10 nlh players who are making a very good living( over £150k pa)and never appear in any forum or magazine.

Before the WSOP there where many grifters who made a good living out of poker,today there equivilant are on the net. I am sure that poker will continue to be judged by rankings in tournies and quite right too. I do however believe that many of Europes top players are not even noticed through there own choice of using multiple on line names at differeent sites. So I believe the best players today are those that have earned a steady income and are likely to continue to do so.

My vote goes to one of those players.

I already voted for him first - at the top of page 2!!!  :D

Modest as ever Matt....LOL

 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Mateyboy always seems to do rather well.

 ;iagree; Makes questionable calls, but seems to accumulate chips on a regular basis.

Nem's back

my top 2 ram ,without a doubt

dave colclough ,the best reader ov cards by far.

Everybody needs good neighhhhhhhhhbours

Never played against Ram.  No idea who Nae Ram is.

Mickey Wernick is the best in the UK according to rankings.  Matt Tyler (don't get a big head Matt), Paul Jackson and Marc Goodwin are right up there IMO.