{"id":10145,"date":"2018-07-14T02:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T02:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=10145"},"modified":"2018-07-14T16:00:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T16:00:40","slug":"michael-dyer-the-most-terrifying-person-ive-ever-played-poker-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/michael-dyer-the-most-terrifying-person-ive-ever-played-poker-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Dyer: \u201cThe Most Terrifying Person I\u2019ve Ever Played Poker Against\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael \u2018The Monster\u2019 Dyer<\/strong> is dominating the World Series of Poker Main Event<\/strong> final table. The nickname comes from his friends Tristan Sweet<\/strong> and a female friend who prefers to be called \u2018Mo.\u2019<\/strong> The pair has known Dyer since 2012 when they met grinding cash games in Las Vegas from the $1\/$2 level to where they collectively are now.<\/p>\n

Sweet is a poker dealer at a major property on the Vegas Strip, and Mo now lives in Colorado. Their vibe fits in with Dyer\u2019s mum table presence. Dyer asked his friends and parents when they arrive to not cheer during hands.<\/p>\n

Mo sits on the rail behind black wayfarer sunglasses and politely declined to share her name with USPoker.com<\/em> or the ESPN production team.<\/p>\n

Meet \u2018The Monster\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

The empirical observation of Dyer as an introvert is confirmed by how Sweet and Mo describe him.<\/p>\n

Dyer lives in Las Vegas,\u00a0NV<\/strong> and plays poker online. The time spent in the lab led to this moment, according to his friends. The aggressive style was cultivated through hours and hours of experimenting for a moment like the Main Event. Dyer played other tournaments this summer but did not cash. The variance now breaks his way at the best time.<\/p>\n

Since acquiring chips, Dyer has bulldozed opponents and won huge all-ins despite not having the best of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s the money at all,\u201d Mo said. \u201cIt\u2019s the performance. He wants to be able to see how his game stacks up against a massive field.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s worth pointing out that he\u2019s been working on his style for a decade, something like that,\u201d Sweet added. \u201cFor him, this is his moment to test it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Main Event is the final exam for all poker players and Dyer is flourishing. Per his friends, Dyer is playing with 100 percent of his own action<\/strong>. $6,000 of his tournament buy-in was accumulated through lammers won in sit-and-gos run at the Rio this summer.<\/p>\n

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        Dyer\u2019s table manner is consistent with how he is outside of the game. The leaning body and imposing eyes fill in with a profile emphasized by Sweet and Mo that they don\u2019t much about him outside of poker.<\/p>\n

        \u201cHe\u2019s the most terrifying person I\u2019ve ever played poker against,\u201d said Sweet. \u201cWhat you see here, he\u2019s that guy all the time. Playing $1\/$2, whatever it is, he\u2019s the most focused and fearless poker player I\u2019ve ever met. It\u2019s scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

        Sweet notes that what the public is seeing of Dyer is how he is on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

        \u201cThis isn\u2019t a different version of him. He\u2019s quiet and super calm guy and very, very intelligent.\u201d<\/p>\n

        Interviews have been tough to attain of Dyer through his Main Event run. Brief answers and an unwillingness to go into depth about his background prove the focus on achieving his goal.<\/p>\n

        \u201cHe\u2019s very shy and more comfortable articulating through text,\u201d Mo noted.<\/p>\n

        Sweet describes Dyer as, \u201cThe calmest human I\u2019ve ever met in any tight situation. He only cares about the quality of the decision in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

        Where does he go next?<\/span><\/h2>\n

        Before the second day of the final table, Dyer sent a piece of quoted wisdom to Mo before rolling over for another hour of sleep. In a text sent to her, Dyer said he had a dream about the final table, woke up and found a stream of thought from poet T.E. Lawrence.<\/p>\n

        \u201cAll men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        Dyer followed up the text by saying, \u201cI like that quote. I try so hard to shape reality into what I want with my decisions. It\u2019s difficult and something worth effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

        The now-famous balloon hoodie shoulder by Dyer comes from the dinosaur comic strip called Qwantz<\/strong>. Once released, balloons fly to a freedom only they know the destination of. The $8.8 million dream is not equal and Dyer isn\u2019t close to waking up yet.<\/p>\n

        \u201cHe will remain the same person. For him, this isn\u2019t at all about the publicity or the prestige. For him, it\u2019s the performance that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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