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The fact that both Varkonyi and Moneymaker won is what makes poker great. They are both world champions, and deserve to be treated as such.

If there were no luck in poker, the vast majority (99.9+%) of 2+2 posters would have absolutely no chance of ever winning any WSOP event let alone the Main Event. It would be akin to entering the World Chess championship--realistically, only the top few players in the world have any kind of chance of winning at all, and the #1 ranked player would be a prohibitive favorite.