Re: Unknown holds all the cards to win WSOP
 

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Greg Raymer, a patent attorney from Connecticut, qualified on PokerStars and caught the cards to win the prestigious 2004 World Series of Poker.

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Wow. I guess I should be lucky when I catch a T8 and push all-in with it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Unknown holds all the cards to win WSOP
 

Jedi made me laugh
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Re: Unknown holds all the cards to win WSOP
 

Just be thankful he didn't try it on Annie Duke [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Unknown holds all the cards to win WSOP
 

Greg Raymer noted that he only got 2 bad beats the whole tournament. Maybe he's diminishing the actual number in the name of humility, but that's pretty amazing to me after 6 days of playing. Both a testament to his luck and his skill. (I must be doing something wrong, I get like 2 beats on average in a 2-hour ring game session!)

I always wonder what the variance of the luck factor is at different stages of the tournament. Based on my own experience, it seems to be a much bigger portion near the end of a tournament, as the beginning levels play more like a standard ring game, and you don't have to take as many chances.

Re: Unknown holds all the cards to win WSOP
 

Skill means having a 1/100 chance of winning it, luck is hitting that 1% (or .01% for a fish).

Looks to me like luck is more important.

Craig

Re: Unknown holds all the cards to win WSOP
 

Of course he was an unknown. He hadn't written a poker book, nor was he on TV before. He was not a famous name in the poker world. He's an attorney, not a professional poker player. While it plays as a better story with him being an unknown, it's also accurate.