Re: Seed vs. MM vs. VArkonyi vs. MCEvoy
The best players aren't those that make the best plays, they are those who make the fewest mistakes. Anyone can trap someone for a few extra chips. It's the greats that skillfully avoid those traps by judging when a hand isn't best.
Moneymaker knows all there is to know about pot odds and semi bluffing and anything TPFAP could tell you, and all the fundamentals, but I don't believe he has +EV in any major tourney.
Fossilman, in his TT vs. AA and AT vs. AK hands, could afford to gamble with his monster stack - he was never all in with way the worst of it the way MM was.
The best players just don't get all in with the worst of it often enough to suck out.
Moneymaker knows what he's doing but he's not anywhere near the calibre of Seed or most of the name players.
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