Top 10 Favourite Poker Players

If you're a fan of professional poker you've probably heard of, or been following the Andy Beal saga. Beal is a Texan billionaire who over the past few years has been testing his poker skills heads up against a group of the worlds best known as "the Corporation". The most recent sessions had Beal up about 10 million. That was until this past week. Beal returned to Vegas for another round, this time his competitor being Phil Ivey. In 3 days Ivey won back the 10 million and managed to put the Corporation up an additional 6.5. That's 16.5 million dollars in 3 days. Did I mention Ivey is the freaking man? Well he is. Now, here's my current top 10 list,

Favourite Players

10. Joe Cassidy
9. Johnny Chan
8. Jennifer Harman
7. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi
6. Doyle Brunson
5. Gavin Smith
4. Daniel Negreanu
3. Barry Greenstein
2. Ted Forrest
1. Phil Ivey

Olympic Fever

With only a day and a half left in the 2006 Winter Olympics, I'm not feeling the sadness I thought I would with the impending ending, but rather increased excitement for 2010. The Canadian athletes have performed exceedingly well, and look like they've set themselves up for a fantastic 2010 in Vancouver. Obviously the major dissapointment was the Mens Hockey, but we shouldn't let that failure over shadow the great accomplishments of so many. I'm not entirely convinced that speed skater Cindy Klassen isn't an android. Honestly, she's scooped up 5 medals. 5! 1 Gold, 2 Silver, and 2 Bronze. It's the best single Olympic performance ever by a Canadian. By the way, she's only 23 so expect more big things in 4 years. Cindy has the potential to put the all time medal count by a Canadian way out of reach. I for one can't wait.