you also see this phenomenon in professional pool.

I feel so bad for Allison Fischer who is so F***in good at 8-ball, and works her ass off for three days to win $7,000 in a TV-televised tournament... OMG WOW

Someone just randomly won 7k on a PokerStars tourney while I was typing this message... and they did not dedicate anywhere near the same time and effort to their craft as Fischer...

Games of absolute skill do not attract much speculation.

Poor Phil Hellmuth!