Poker From The Rail

Over $4 million

Over $1 million

Andy has a few more years on the circuit than young Jordan Morgan, so it’s only natural he has a big lead in this category. Give Morgan a few more years and the margin should be quite a bit smaller. Until then, this one goes to the Mad Monk of poker – Black leads 1-0.

Morgan does have a WSOP-C victory under his belt, but that really shouldn’t count as a “major” title. Then again, it’s about as close as we’re gonna get here. Round two goes to Morgan, the score is tied at one apiece.

Excellent tourney player (when he’s on his game).

Both online and live, Jordan knows how to take down a donkament.

This one’s a pretty close call. On one hand, Black has a long history of impressive tourney runs, including making the final table of the 2005 WSOP Main Event. But Morgan is no slouch himself, having done quite well in both live and online donkaments. At the end of the day, though, this category has to belong to Black (at least for the moment). He now leads by a score of 2-1.

Not known as a cash game specialist, but I’m sure he’s rocked more than a few ring games in his time.

Also known more as a tourney player than a cash game grinder, Morgan is nonetheless a threat at any table he sits down at.

Hmm, another tough call. Neither of these guys really qualifies as a cash game player, but I’m sure they both play their fair share at the side games. I’m going to give this one to Morgan as he’s probably done enough grinding in the online ring games to qualify FTW here. The score is tied up once again.

I’m not certain on this one, so when in doubt it’s time to go with good old NLHE.

My first thought was NLHE, but then a read something where he said his specialty is HU Limit O/8. Whatever floats your boat Jordan…

I think we can skip the pretext here, you know where I’m going with this one. HU Limit O/8 is all well in good if you like sticking needles in your eye, but for us mere humans it just won’t do. Any game where you’re talking about getting halved and quartered on a regular basis just isn’t for me. Once again, it’s NLHE to the rescue. Andy now leads by a score of 3-2.

Irate Irish

American Assault

Andy uses a pretty aggressive style for someone who’s more or less “old school.” Jordan comes from the online school of thought where the manifesto reads “attack, attack, kill, kill!” Guess which way I’m going here (get ready for a shocker). You just have to love the all out aggression of those online guys, and so do I. Morgan takes this one down and ties the score (one more time) at three apiece.

The Mad Monk

OK, I might have to rule this one as “no contest” right away. I mean, The Mad Monk might just be the coolest nickname in poker. Besides, do you really want your nickname to declare that you’re a luck box (not that Morgan is one, but his name does seem to imply it)? This category belongs to Black, enough said. He retakes the lead heading down the home stretch.

After poker thoroughly destroyed his soul the first time around, Andy became a monk for a while in order to regain his composure and come back to the game stronger than ever before.

Not much. Jordan pretty much went straight from school to playing poker for a living. Although, unlike a lot of the young and successful online pros, he’s actually settled down and married instead of out partying every night. So he’s got that going for him (sigh).

I do envy these kids who went straight from school to becoming online pros for a living. It must be nice making your own hours and not having some maniacal boss tracking your every move each day. Except for my boss, of course, he’s the greatest. But Andy’s tale really is one for the ages, a life lesson for all of us so-called born losers out there. It just goes to show that you have to keep it all in perspective and if you become too obsessed with poker it will ruin your life. Except playing on Full Tilt Poker. Do that as much as possible, otherwise I won’t be able to afford adding a second story to my house. At any rate, Black takes down this category and effectively seals a victory in the match (hooray for anti-climaxes!).

Playing Aces in PLO

Big-Stack Play

Both of these are excellent, insightful tips, but I have to go Morgan’s Big-Stack Play on this one. Maybe it’s because he’s talking about the only game I really know and love, or maybe it’s because even after reading Black’s PLO tip I still can never manage to win with Aces in that damned game. Whatever it is, this one belongs to the lucky one.