Rookie of the Year: John Gale

[shaniac]

What an incredible year this guy had, especially considering the PCA win appears to have been his first-ever live tourney cash. He came ridiculously close to winning the 5K PL WSOP bracelet, too.

I'm sure someone is just dying to comment that he's a lucky LAG who plays every tournament, but I think Gale definitely has the stuff it takes to win these events. He's also an extremely affable guy.

Definitely, Rookie of The Year.

[Aceshigh7]

Don't know why anyone would say he was a lucky LAG. He seemed to be to play a very aggressive, solid game. He seems like an extremely good guy too.

[Sponger15SB]

He is a lucky LAG who plays every tournament.



Also, congrats to him for this finish...

19-Sep-05 England £ 50 No Limit Hold'em
Fahrenheit Festival, Southend-on-Sea 7th £ 300

[NLfool]

didn't he get bad beated for ton of chips heads up in the 5k PL HE. Should have WSOP title to his name

[Kyo Souma II]

I've heard a lot of good things about the dude. Seems to enjoy playing the game for the game's sake, and has very good card/people sense.

[daryn]

not to take anything away from a guy regarding skill, BUT

what part of his success do you think is due solely to the fact that he won a WPT, thus had a ton of extra poker money to go buy into a crazy # of tournaments and play LAG in?

[gobboboy]

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not to take anything away from a guy regarding skill, BUT

what part of his success do you think is due solely to the fact that he won a WPT, thus had a ton of extra poker money to go buy into a crazy # of tournaments and play LAG in?

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He sucks because he won a big tournament. Nice.

I get what you mean, but being able to not care about money doesn't take away from his skill. It can just ADD to the respect some low stakes people should get if they don't care about the money at stake.

Gale definitely took some terrible beats heads up for a WSOP bracelet and deserved it much more than his opponent.

[daryn]

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He sucks because he won a big tournament. Nice.

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you are dumb. nice.

reread my post. i didn't say anything about his skill, i even said NOT to take away from his skill specifically

i just asked, what percentage of his success do you think is based on the fact that he has the money to play a lot of the tournaments?

not caring about the money DOES help you believe it or not. it can make you play more aggressively and without fear. also, having the money to follow the pro circuit and buy into every meaningful tournament out there helps your results i'm sure

[gobboboy]

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He sucks because he won a big tournament. Nice.

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you are dumb. nice.

reread my post. i didn't say anything about his skill, i even said NOT to take away from his skill specifically

i just asked, what percentage of his success do you think is based on the fact that he has the money to play a lot of the tournaments?

not caring about the money DOES help you believe it or not. it can make you play more aggressively and without fear. also, having the money to follow the pro circuit and buy into every meaningful tournament out there helps your results i'm sure

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I never disagreed with you. I re-enforced your point. The only time where I even referenced your quote was for my first statement, and I wasn't insulting your thoughts at all. Don't assume I'm trying to discredit your thoughts because I'm not.

John Gale's play on the WPT was horrible.