This edition of My Fantasy No Limit Hold’em Tables includes me playing with actors who play poker, and, specifically, actors who play no limit hold’em.

Once again, skill aside, if I could choose an “actors” table in my fantasy life as a No Limit Texas Hold’em poker pro, I’d choose to play with these actors, in no particular order:

1. Don Cheadle
2. James Woods
3. Jennifer Tilly
4. Ray Romano
5. PokaPaloma
6. Tobey Maguire
7. Brad Garrett
8. Shannon Elizabeth
9. Jason Alexander
10. Gabe Kaplan

Once again, skill aside, if I could choose an all-female table in my fantasy life as a No Limit Texas Hold’em poker pro, I’d choose, these female poker pros, in no particular order:

1. Kathy Liebert
2. Vanessa Rousso
3. Jennifer Harman
4. Cyndy Viollette
5. PokaPaloma
6. Kristy Gazes
7. JJ Liu
8. Maria Ho
9. Marsha Waggoner
10. Annie Duke

I think about playing No Limit Texas Hold’em in a serious way most of the time…but what if I just wanted to play and enjoy myself (and my skill didn’t matter)? 

Who would be playing at my Funnest No Limit Texas Hold’em table?

1. Phil Laak
2. Juan Juanda
3. Scotty Nguyen
4. Daniel Negreanu
5. PokaPaloma
6. ________________
7. ________________
8. ________________
9. ________________

Four seats still available.  Who’d make us topple over with belly-jiggling laughter and snort beer?

So, if the universe shined on me for a day and put me at a table of experienced players, if this were the table, it would be my Nightmare No Limit Texas Hold’em table:

1. Mike Matusow
2. Phil Hellmuth
3. John-Robert Bellande
4. Tony G (Antanas Guoga)
5. PokaPaloma
6. Men “The Master” Nguyen
7. Freddy Deeb
8. Sean Sheikhan
9. ___________________

How about you? Who’d be at your Nightmare No Limit Texas Hold’em table?

So, if my skill didn’t matter and the universe shined on me for a day and I could pick all the players at my table… I’d choose (in no particular order):

1. Daniel Negreanu
2. Scotty Nguyen
3. Doyle Brunson
4. Jennifer Harman
5. PokaPaloma
6. Kathy Liebert
7. Chris Ferguson
8. Johnny Chan
9. Gus Hansen

I think I’ll have to revisit this and switch some out and others in. I had to leave off a number of players that I really would enjoy [in my dreams]. Phil Ivy, Allen Cunningham, Barry Greenstein, Cindy Violette, Ted Forrest, Howard Lederer… 

How about you? Who’d be at your Dream No Limit Texas Hold’em table?