is daniel negreanu right or is he a right muppet

[boldie]

excellent post again snoops..as it was the first time

stop encouraging him. I don't want to have to read it a 3rd time

so you went through the whole thing again as well? I just had to re-read it as I though there might be a subtle change to it...then again..no need to change what is already perfect

[steeveg]

excellent post snoopy i agree, i think poker itself would be taking a big step backwards trying to make conditions of entry for main event out of reach to all the everyday poker players around the world.after all the storys of uknowns playing for millions and winning against  the big names in poker has been a big reason for the poker boom. so now they want to make the tournament like anyother big poker pro tournament just for a select few who can afford it. putting the dream of playing in the main event out of reach to millions of everyday poker players, bit selfish when you come to think about it ,i think a lot of the usa pros think the world is  in awe of them sometimes, good point about when a pro wins he must of did it through skill and not luck, anyone whos ever won the main event has to have a bit of luck somewhere, i thought scotty ngoyen was the biggest self distruct ive saw in years  at this years wsop and he is 1 of the biggest pros in the world ,if he would of sucked out a few times i imagine the pros would of called it skill, i love to follow main event on the web following the updates and shouting on a few fav players and all the brits, dont think wsop would be the same if just top pros,it wouldnt  be special ,to me the main event is not about finding the best poker player in the world its about the most exciting poker tournament in the world

[Longy]

I can't recall what year it was, but even when there were a minuscule amount of players, a complete random can still win. Des Wilson recalled a chap who was absolutely clueless, but still won the Main Event when numbers were small, and subsequently disappeared. If this guy had won in the modern day game, people would soon be jumping on the bandwagon and saying what a lottery it is. Not true in my book. Yes, the numbers are tougher, but poker is a game where luck is always going to be prevalent, whatever the field. If a pro won the Main Event, is it not possible that he was lucky rather than just skilled in victory?

Hal Flower is the guy your thinking of Snoops the 1979 wsop me winner. What a weird story that is, my favourite chapter in Ghosts at the table.