05-06-2002, 12:30 PM
Tom Simonson is one of the props at the Oaks Club in Emeryville, California, who keeps the $15-$30 hold'em game going there.
Not too terribly long ago, Tom started asking this question at the table, as a conversation starter:
Can you name a poker player who is a *better player* than he or she thinks he or she is?
(It's a terrific question, a real gear-stripper. During my week at the Horseshoe, at a talky satellite where people were asking the who's-the-best question, I posed Tom's question. One wag cracked the table up by immediately answering, "Phil Hellmuth!")
Not too terribly long ago, Tom started asking this question at the table, as a conversation starter:
Can you name a poker player who is a *better player* than he or she thinks he or she is?
(It's a terrific question, a real gear-stripper. During my week at the Horseshoe, at a talky satellite where people were asking the who's-the-best question, I posed Tom's question. One wag cracked the table up by immediately answering, "Phil Hellmuth!")