Re: who is the best NL hold\'em player?
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To follow-up with something I thought of after I posted...
I think part of the reason we are having such a heated discussion is because poker tournament play has very little in the way of stat tracking in a manner analoguous to other professional sports. In baseball, we have the much argued-about home run record chase by Barry Bonds, and arguments about what his place is in baseball history with the cloud of possible "juicing". But at least there's a wealth of statistical data that can be referenced when talking about players relative achevements, even if they've played on objectively lousy teams. Poker doesn't really have anything to go on except wins, money won, etc. Just food for thought.
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I agree completely.
If poker continues to be a mainstream TV "sport," at some point, a chief governing body should step in, maintain records, have players register, and start keeping relevant statistics (win %, in the money %, and profit, not just gross earnings), at a minimum for $10,000 or bigger buy-in events.
Impossible under current conditions, but would be another great step in legitimizing tournament poker as a skill-based competition.
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