Re: Not!
Not everyone gets off on a challange. I have a lot of respect for someone who says "I have no need to do anything, except be true to myself and take care of my family ".
Personally, I play poker because It's fun and I like making the money. If I can keep getting better at it ie; making more money, then I'm happy. I don't feel a need to prove myself to other players or even myself for that matter.
I've never been a particularly competitive person. This might sound odd but to me poker is about playing the best game I can. It's not so much about beating the other players as it is staying on top of my game. In order to make money I have to beat other players. That's just how the game works. I get my enjoyment from winning the money not beating another player. That may make sense to some, not to others.
As long as I'm having a good time and making cash I'm good. I'll either get better at the game or I won't, in which case I'll play only occasionally for fun.
If I'd won 4 million dollars winning the wsop I wouldn't feel the need to play a 50k buy in just "for the challenge" or to prove how good I am.
Anyhow there's a luck factor involved. In the Morongo 400k tourney, superstars of poker I think it's called, I saw Doyle Brunson with two pair AQ get knocked out by a set of 9s caught on the river. Does that mean the guy that beat him is a better player? To me it doesn't necissarily mean he's better. It means he got lucky on the river.
The Plaza tourney is one tourney. If someone doesn't feel like playing in it then that's all I take from it.
Just my plain old humble opinion.
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