jasonHoldEm
05-22-2004, 10:24 PM
Something I was thinking about concerning the luck vs. skill debate on the WSOP.
I think people are forgetting two important factors regarding tournament poker. First, the luck factor in a tournement is controlled by the escalation of blinds & antes. Cards can run good or bad but they will even out over time...just like a ring-game. Although the variance is clearly higher for a tournment player, skilled players CLEARLY have an edge as long as the blind/ante escalation is reasonable.
Second, the WSOP is a very LONG event. The professional players have been here before, know what to expect, have conditioned their bodies and minds to continue to preform optiminally even on day three or four when you've been playing for 10-15 hours a day. Who do you think is more likely to make a mistake at this point in the tournement a seasoned pro or Joe Blow?
Anyways, I just wanted to sound off. I think if you asked the top 100 "name" pros playing in the WSOP main event how they felt about the size of the field they would all tell you they were [censored] ecstatic. Clearly the WSOP is not a crapshoot.
J
I think people are forgetting two important factors regarding tournament poker. First, the luck factor in a tournement is controlled by the escalation of blinds & antes. Cards can run good or bad but they will even out over time...just like a ring-game. Although the variance is clearly higher for a tournment player, skilled players CLEARLY have an edge as long as the blind/ante escalation is reasonable.
Second, the WSOP is a very LONG event. The professional players have been here before, know what to expect, have conditioned their bodies and minds to continue to preform optiminally even on day three or four when you've been playing for 10-15 hours a day. Who do you think is more likely to make a mistake at this point in the tournement a seasoned pro or Joe Blow?
Anyways, I just wanted to sound off. I think if you asked the top 100 "name" pros playing in the WSOP main event how they felt about the size of the field they would all tell you they were [censored] ecstatic. Clearly the WSOP is not a crapshoot.
J