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An earlier thread here talking about moneymaker yet again bashing him about not being "great".

In there, they compare him to Seed as a hot flash.

So why does MM take so much abuse on these boards, compared to the guys i mentioned above??

He won the WSOP, a dream cometrue for anyone here, and is now using some of his $$$$ for entries into other bigger tourneys now.......what is wrong with that....any of you would do the same......

And he is getting results, as an individual about as many as many other well known pros.

In fact, more so than say....Seed, mortenson, rick hamilton, etc etc....

fact is, a bet there are more ex-champions out there still struggling to make a buck than there are continuing successful former champions.


And wasnt the best player ever, Stu Ungar, also going broke time after time? Does that make him a 'hot' flash.....the best player ever.

People should stop critiquing players for winning, its a great thing, and it could happen to any of us with the right mix of cards and some luck (cuz i assume anyone on this board already has the basic skillset)

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The problem with this post is this, Huck Seed and Tom McEvoy have 4 WSOP bracelets each. Varkonyi and MM have only won Major tournament win each.

So, to summarize my point Seed and McEvoy are not even close to comparable to MM or Varkonyi. There are only 23 people that have won 4 WSOP bracelets or more and for the record seed's bracelets were won in 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2003, while McEvoy's were 1983 (two), 1986 and 1992.

That defeuses the HOT FLASH theory for those two players, I believe and I don't think we've had enough time to determine if MM just went through a great Flash or if he may be around for the long-term.

I don't think we'll ever hear much more about Varkonyi in the future.