[Joey Joe Joe]

"the point is it doesnt matter if he was on the "lucky" or "unlucky" side this is a game of skill, he would still be phil ivey."

His name might still be Phil Ivey, but is it certain that he'd be thought of as one of the greats? If he'd been in the .1 percentile in terms of luck, nobody on earth would be talking about Phil Ivey being the greatest poker player.

"no no true poker player would think anything if someone was up 52k over a billion flips.......ever hear players say variance?"

Depends on your definition of true poker player, but I'm guessing that at least 95% of players would be pretty sure the guy up 52k is the best player.