Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

I think Brunson made 6 as well in that period.

Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

two of ther most aggressive poodles ever to grace Binions though

Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

The reason I'm only including Raymer and Harrington is:
1. Record number of players, anywhere from 6 to 60 times the field size of when Johnny Chan or Doyle won back to back.
2. Last year, Norman Chad declared Dan Harrington's back to back final tables as the greatest achievement in ME history.

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2. Last year, Norman Chad declared Dan Harrington's back to back final tables as the greatest achievement in ME history.

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Norman Chad is always a good reason.

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Who, in your opinion had a better back to back performance at the WSOP ME

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Johny Chan...



wait, he isn't in the poll? gay

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Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

Don't forget harringtons WSOP ME bracelet!

Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

If we're ignoring Harrington's win in 95 I think its Raymer by a nose. His 1st place out of 2500+ and his 25th place finish out of 5600+ are just slightly more impressive to me than Harrington's consecutive final tables. No disrespect to Harrington but I gotta give this one to Fossilman.

Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

I can't believe this thread is 7 hours old and nobody has worked out the probabilities.

If the performances were picked out of a hat, for a given player to achieve Harrington's finishes or better would be 1 in 166666, Raymer's would be 1 in 560000.

Of course, since the finishes were not picked out of a hat, the argument would then be whether Harrington's fields were sufficiently more difficult to overcome difference in likelihood.

Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

I voted for Raymer originally, but now I remember seeing a picture of Raymer at the table with a McDonalds soft drink cup, and noted at the time this is -EV compared to getting soft drinks in bulk. I feel this tarnishes Raymer's accomplishment, as Harrington would never make such a -EV play.

And this theory is just as silly as trying to debate this issue, especially with Chan not included, which would make it even sillier trying to figure out if making it heads up 3 years in a row in a smaller field is a bigger accomplishment than final tabling in a vast field.

Re: Harrington or Raymer?
 

Who cares I would not want to be either of them