Who Are The Most Overrated Poker Players? (and Why?)

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I used to think Phil Laak and Antonio were overrated, but seeing them on HSP they're actually pretty good.

Overrated : pretty much anyone who's won a big tourney, since they'll get "rated" far more than they deserve for the win, which is 99% luck. Agree with Daniel N, Scotty, also Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen, Alan Goehring, Joe Hachem, etc.

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I don't get it, winning a tournament counts for nothing but watching them play a couple dozen hands at a cash game allows you to properly evaluate their performance?

In game with large variance factor (such as poker) I think it's a mistake to let any single performance influence your opinion of a player.