[theman]

As the original poster of this thread, I thought I'd make some concluding remarks having read everyone's comments.

First, I would like to take back my "overrated" status for Antonio Esfandiari. I do think he is a good player and will be competitive in the game for years to come. I originally felt he was over-marketed for having only been on poker a few years, but I do agree he's very talented.

This leads me to my second point, which is that people seemed to have misread my post. I did in fact suggest some criteria for who is overrated. They are basically people who are over-hyped and over-marketed by the media based on their actual skill level or amount of time spent in the game. This does allow for some objective comparisons of players and their image with respect to their skills and longevity in the game. In my opinion, Evelyn Ng and Tuan Le still fit that overrated category, whereas Antonio is a bit more objectively "good" after second thoughts.

As for the other players people listed, I think it's RIDICULOUS to say that there are overrated guys:

Daniel Negreanu (UHH...)
Gus Hansen (crazy, but good)
Phil Ivey (HELLO???....)
David Williams (he's good)
Eli Elezra (who's overrating him to begin with?)
Annie Duke (she simply hasn't been playing, but when she does, she's good. ...nasty personality, but still good)

That's my 2cents for now,
-TheMan