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I did not follow the PLO scene (still don't know much about it really), so I am hoping you LP PLO players can help me figure out a mystery. Who were considered the best online headsup PLO players in the world a few years ago? like say 2009-2013.
Although I'd still be curious about the full list, the person I'm looking for isn't famous outside of online play (so nobody like Ivey, Antonius, etc.)
Thanks for your assistance
~N
*EDIT
Current best guess: Xblink (but there are some things that don't add up). Have any of you guys met him in person or played against him?
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Daut   United States. Aug 28 2015 13:47. Posts 8955 | | |
sauce, ben86, ravenswood, cts, dang brothers in 2012-2013. 2009-2010 probably galfond, benyamine, the other live pros. |
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traxamillion   United States. Aug 28 2015 15:35. Posts 10468 | | |
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Thanks for the responses guys. Still haven't found who I'm looking for; went through all the people you guys listed pre-2013. Maybe it was even earlier. Possibly 2010-2011
I am looking for someone who is Canadian, and is currently under 24 years old (21-24). So when they were at their peak a few years ago they were still too young to gamble in the USA. Possibly not top tier, but 2nd tier player? I think played extremely aggro |
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Also, was someone who made no posts on any forums or any coaching videos. I'm not sure if he was a huge winner overall or not. Possible that almost everybody refused to play him heads-up, but maybe wasn't amazing at ring games. |
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fira   United States. Aug 28 2015 22:07. Posts 6345 | | |
Mister E... would be a cool movie name ;p |
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traa   Netherlands. Aug 29 2015 16:01. Posts 8 | | |
ICallSoWhat |
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bigredhoss   Cook Islands. Aug 29 2015 17:47. Posts 8649 | | |
wasnt he dutch?
i can think of a few canadien players who were very good highstakes winners and never (or almost never) posted on forums/coaching sites, but the age part ruins it. actually it's possible some played underage as well but it would've been back in 2005 or earlier and they'd be over 24 now. |
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Alrighty, tighter constraint. He is actually 22 years old or younger now. |
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jvilla777   Australia. Aug 30 2015 02:57. Posts 1348 | | |
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longple: ur missing the point! this is an attempt to get away from the bumhuntmentality! | |
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| On August 30 2015 01:57 jvilla777 wrote:
xblink or xwink |
This could actually be it... There are a couple things not lining up, but I think the person I'm looking for might actually be from Vancouver. Does anybody happen to know Xblinks or Xwinks handle on Pokerstars? brb, reading up about this guy.
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From 2011 article:
http://www.parttimepoker.com/from-xbl...wink-anatomy-of-a-high-stakes-prodigy
"It turns out, apparently the 20 year old from Vancouver did have some saving skills, after all, as he told the 2+2 forum lurkers that he ahd actually cashed out almost exactly "
I didn't think this person has ever posted on 2+2 at all, but maybe he did once. Also 4 years ago he should have been younger than 20, but that said this is awfully close. Prodigy PLO player with bad bankroll management, near radio-silent, heads-up monster from Vancouver Canada and was at their peak before they were 21 ... There can't be too many of those |
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XBLINK: ya i know
XBLINK: i was repping ace right?
UAREPILEOUS: fk
XBLINK: to get off a king
XBLINK: and u repot...
XBLINK: u repping jack or nothing
XBLINK: and i put u to the test
XBLINK: repping full house now
XBLINK: hehe XD
UAREPILEOUS: well done
XBLINK: did u have
XBLINK: a jack?
XBLINK: u had to have a jack
XBLINK: or air..... or a ace
UAREPILEOUS: so sick
XBLINK: wat did u have
XBLINK: jack rite?
This writing also sounds exactly like the guy I'm looking for
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Trav94   Canada. Aug 30 2015 04:44. Posts 1789 | | |
Why are you looking for this guy? |
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I'm just trying to figure out who someone I know might be. |
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Daut   United States. Aug 31 2015 04:55. Posts 8955 | | |
omg i completely forgot harrington10. he was probably #1. won a shitload on a bunch of different accounts: longerpig for instance. |
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tomson   Poland. Aug 31 2015 15:17. Posts 1982 | | |
Harrington10 is still multiaccounting nowadays allegedly.
Back in 2009 I almost took a shot on 200/400 on UB, because XBLINK was playing. I'm glad I didn't. He played extremely fishy (limped, minbet donked, min-raised), but kept winning in the coming months against the best HU specialists (here are his results on UB http://scr.hu/5oii/vieyg
- bear in mind that he was playing the absolute best there at the time). Some time after he lost half of it on FTP then completely quit playing. Pretty suspect, but who knows... |
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Guy I'm looking for definitely isn't harrington; I'm looking someone younger from Canada, I think Asian.
Many of these people I've never heard of.
So you think Xblink was a super user, or just had a skillset others weren't used to? Also, Xwink and Xblink are allegedly the same person, right?
*EDIT I didn't know he played NLH for such high-stakes. He was PLO specialist, right? |
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tomson   Poland. Aug 31 2015 15:39. Posts 1982 | | |
| On August 31 2015 14:28 HungarianGOD wrote:
So you think Xblink was a super user, or just had a skillset others weren't used to? Also, Xwink and Xblink are allegedly the same person, right?
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I don't know if he was a superuser (from what I remember this was a while after the UB superuser scandals were exposed). I don't know if he trojaned the people he was playing or was a top pro who was trying to look like a fish. He went from playing small stakes to playing some of the best players in the world at 50/100+ in a week (?). And as you can see from the screenshot I posted he was a clear winner after 100k hands at 50/100-200/400 HU while playing pretty fishy from what I could tell. You'd be crazy not to find it suspicious.
He played everything - LHE, NLHE, PLO, mostly HU if I recall correctly.
They're allegedly the same person, yes. |
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traxamillion   United States. Sep 01 2015 02:07. Posts 10468 | | |
xblink/xwink actually played pretty well on FTP; he may have lost initially but I know for a fact he had some big winning sessions against Galfond type dudes. He may have quit slightly down on ftp but the cheating thing was mostly debunked i think. He may have started his bankroll with a BBJ jackpot on UB i dont exactly remember but he ran it up more than once i think.
I assumed he just started grinding new accounts since his IRL name was never released was it
Kid played differently but well. Would go for insane bluffs vs regs who were capable of folding |
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