[George Rice]

Shhhh. You're giving away a big secret. The reason why many of us have been reading these forums (and 2+2 books) for years is that the sponsors and many of the regular posters are more concerned about being right than being liked, looking cool or feeding their egos in other visible ways.

Another big secret is that one of the main reasons that poker is so lucrative is that it draws these big ego types, most of whom can't back it up but will dump thousands trying. And when they fade away there are more to take up the slack. Now that poker is in the public eye like never before it draws these types like flies to honey.