Cream Continues to Rise to the Top (WSOP Results)

[Pat Southern]

I sure wish Gavin Griffin's cream would rise to the top, wow, that sounds really gay.

[boedeker]

costa used to be back by helmuth for years, but has been on his own since winning the aussie millions 2 years ago. great guy, and friend. worth rooting for.

[omahahahaha]

the problem with this reasoning is that Cunningham, fischman, ma, et. al. may not come in the top five of any wsop tourney for the next two or three years but there will always be a big "name" who comes in the top two or three or even more so, a couple "big names" who make final tables simultaneously. This does not mean that they are always there; IT IS THAT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY "BIG NAMES" OUT THERE NOW AWADAYS BECAUSE OF T.V. EXPOSURE.

...I kind of liken in to watching baseball tonight and seeing which homerun hitter happened to launch one this evening. While you I may initially say to myself, "wow that guy hits one every day it seems", the truth of the matter is that there are just so many big names in baseball.

[Pat Southern]

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I only count one personal shot (the "fish" one). Sorry if I made it personal.

On the other hand, it really is spelled "asinine" - not sure where you got the "e" from. You should check such things before posting, I guess.

Finally, I'll simply say that I disagree that we cannot put Mr. Werthmann into the "skilled" category based upon these two results. I did not imply that he is on par with any particular player (and thus did not employ a qualitative descriptor like "good") or range of players. I simply believe that if you cash in the ME and win a Bracelet within one calendar year, it is a small subset of people who are qualified to suggest that you do not have skills commensurate with those results (absent further evidence). Again, I default to the result until proven otherwise.

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If Erin Ness wins a bracelet, can she be considered a top player?

[Jax_Grinder]

Has nothing to do with "big names". It has to do with results. That is why I included $$ won, rather than just identifying the players. It has nothing to do with TV exposure.

Just how many players with their kind of recent success do you think were in that field of 2300+?