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Here's what I think.

I think people are more than happy to knock players that aren't around, famous or not. But when they show their faces around here, a lot of people start feeling obligated to defend them.

Annie can defend herself perfectly well if she so chooses, by reading up on assinine posts we have made or by pointing out that she makes more playing cards every week than most of us do in a year. She may feel she is taking the high road by not doing this, and she may be right, as a lot of you would think she was being arrogant. I would think she was perfectly correct to start busting heads if she felt so inclined though. Or challenging people to heads-up matches.

People attack other posters for what they view as really out of line comments or actions. Why should Annie Duke be any exception? I for one haven't really taken issue with her public behavior or cardplaying ability, but some people do, as is their right.

NT