The Best Online Tournament Players - Part V - Stud Hi
Jeff Henry
March 3rd 2006
Naming the best online Stud Hi multi-table tournament player is a bit more difficult than the Stud Hi-Lo selection. I play a bit less Stud Hi, partly because there are few higher buy in tournaments. For this game, there is no clear choice in my mind.
Any good stud player has to measure up well to the following. He or she would have a good idea of the competition, know when he is ahead and behind and when it makes sense to play a draw, play aggressively when it is wise, and patiently when patience is called for.
CookieMaker has been doing quite well recently, but I don’t believe his long term record is established. Another player of similar ilk is foxplayer. TigerScream, pbtoau, and mickbt23 all have solid records of success, with some quality recent wins, but not a long track record. If I were going to back someone in a Stud tournament, these choices would come to mind quickly.
The best player, though, in my opinion, is Castor. Stud, it seems, is his specialty, as opposed to many other players for whom Stud is one of many games they play regularly. He seems to have played more Stud than anyone else, and has had more success over a long period of time than anyone. As long as I’ve been playing Stud, he has been there high on the board. He hasn’t been tearing it up with huge wins, especially recently, but his long track record of quality Stud play and making it into the money makes him the choice. Check him out sometime.
