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Originally posted by lauralaylin
I think it shows that if you have enough money, you *can* eventually win a major tournament. Just like Phil Gordon and Paul Philips. They have enough money to pour into the tournaments, hoping to get lucky. Even though poker is a skill game, there is some luck involved. I think this is good for poker though. The more celebrities involved, the more regular people get involved, the more fish out there whose money I can take!
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um . . .you're falling into the fallacy of the 'grinder' . . . gordon, as overexposed as he is, has a pretty solid track record. His knowledge of the game, furthermore, is top-tier - while he's not exactly the Doyle, I'd put his actual game ahead of pure theorists like Malmuth.
Paul Philips, for being a huge douche, well . . . he's put together some serious WPT events . . . I guess I might put more stock into that than others.
Anyway, don't let those two's money cloud your vision of their game - esp w/ Gordon. He's put in his time.
Now, why does no one ever hold this against barry greenstein, who is nearly as wealthy?
(also - Rudey, good point on the coaching, but apparently it's paying off . . . )