Is Fossilman a Professional!

[Vincent Lepore]

Fossilman plays poker. Fossilman plays tournaments. Fossilman won gobs of cash playing tournaments. Fossilman hasn't won as much playing live. Fossilman has played more live hours than he has played tournament hours. Fossilman has won only ONE (THE ONE) big buy-in tournament. Fossilman has finished in the money in a few other big-buy in tournaments. Fossilman is out of touch right now and can't respond here. I know this, that is why I'm posting this thread.

Fossilman was a lwayer. Is a lawyer? Is not working as a Lawyer right now. Fossilman is now a proffessional poker player. Or is he? What makes Fossilman a professional poker player? Winning the WSOP? If so does that mean Chris Ferguson, Varkonyi and Moneymaker are professional poker players?

Does it matter? Are you jealous? Do you want to win the WSOP so you too can be considered a Professional Poker Player...by some?

It's so confusing. I hope Fossilman is a professional poker player. I like him.

Vince

[Moovyz]

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What makes Fossilman a professional poker player?

His bankroll! He doesn't have to work at another job, probably, for the rest of his life. So his primary source of income is from poker. Seriuosly though...

Greg will continue to play, and post wins throughout his career. He played pretty much P/T before his win. Now he'll play far more often. And you'll see his name again, and again for years to come. He's always been a winning player.

As far as the others... I think the key to being a "professional poker player" and remaining one is to continue making a decent living at it. Ferguson, definately!. Varkoni, questionable. Moneymaker, time will tell.

Yes, I'm jealous, who wouldn't be. I'll get there too! Just gonna take a bit longer to build that bankroll.

[Vincent Lepore]

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Yes, I'm jealous, who wouldn't be.

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Yeah, me too!

Vince

[BarronVangorToth]

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Fossilman hasn't won as much playing live.

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I wondering where this came from, as one of the main places Greg at least used to play at is Foxwoods, and that's the casino I regularly play at, and over the last few years even before he won WSOP, I saw him playing in the bigger games AND doing well. When you play at a place long enough you know who the great players are - he certainly was (and is) considered one of them.

Barron Vangor Toth
www.BarronVangorToth.com

[blaze666]

yeah, i don't think fossilman is a lucky amatuer. he is good at poker. big on theory though. as in he's closer to sklansky than hansen.

[niwotyalpi]

My problem with this thread is...

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What makes Fossilman a professional poker player? Winning the WSOP? If so does that mean Chris Ferguson, Varkonyi and Moneymaker are professional poker players?


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Why are you mentioning Jesus in the same breath as Varkonyi and Moneymaker? I think most will agree that he outclasses either one of these guys in any game any time. Gees show the man some respect. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Nottom]

Well Greg has posted in the past thats hes giving the Poker Pro thing a chance this year (a lot of it as a result of being free-rolled by Stars for quite a few events). I think he claimed he wanted to make $300/hour and if he couldn't achieve that result or something close he would go back to doing something else and playing poker on the side.

Post was from a long time ago, a month or two after the WSOP I think so I don't really feel like finding it.

As for poker pro status, I in the camp where if playing poker is your primary source of income, you are a poker pro. If you have other income streams and just happen to play high stakes poker (Lyle Berman, El Diablo, your good buddy Paul Phillip) then I tend to think of you as more of a semi-pro player. Note my definition of pro, had very little to do with skill (except to have the skill needed to beat whatever game you are playing)

[MeanGreenTT]

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Fossilman is out of touch right now and can't respond here. I know this, that is why I'm posting this thread.

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???

[KDawgCometh]

I wouldn't doubt that the nice paycheck that he's getting from stars right now will allow him to not have a 9-5 job for a while

[OrangeKing]

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As for poker pro status, I in the camp where if playing poker is your primary source of income, you are a poker pro.

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I think this is the only definition that makes any sense.