who is the best NL hold'em player?

[gobboboy]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Whose better at his trade , somebody who cashes a lot or somebdoy with a single "lucky win" (or 2nd place for that matter). Obvious answer is somebody who cashes a lot.

True of most professions. Just because a guy got winner once in the stock market and made a HUGE bundle doesn't make him the best in his trade. However, someone who consistently outperforms: cashes higher, and more often: than everyone else, in the long term, could be considered best at their trade.

A name on your list may turn out to be that guy, but, I didn't think this was a prognostication (go look it up) contest.

[/ QUOTE ]

The amount of condescension in your post is ridiculous. I'm 20, not an idiot. If you actually knew anything about actually playing poker whatsoever, you'd know that in tournaments, the results of any tournaments you play in don't matter when determining how good you are. These people I chose make the best decisions to winning the tournament, which is the most +EV way to play them. In the long run, it's much better to have a 'lucky win' than tons of cashes, and it takes much more skill to win a tournament than to cash it repeatedly. You won't believe that this is true, but it is.

It's interesting how amazingly correct you think you are when you probably have no experience whatsoever playing high stakes tournament poker. An armchair professional does not get my respect.

[/ QUOTE ]

"The amount of condescension in your post is ridiculous"
--I found that line funny coming from Gobbo, who is one of the most condescending posters on 2+2 (and did anyone see his Aussie Millions interview????). Gobbo is a very good player, but he is not humble, nor is he particularly charitable towards anyone who doesnt play his style of poker.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm not afraid to say what's on my mind and I don't care what people think of me. Most people are terrible at poker. OMGClayAiken/Jman/Phil Galfond wrote an awesome article on this topic in a recent Bluff.

I'm not condescending, I just don't mind defending myself against people who take shots at me and I speak out against people who think they're awesome and have no clue what they're doing. I have respect for very good poker players but they are few and far between. I try to associate myself with good players in an attempt to improve myself, so when I come into a conversation where people spout garbage and think they're the best in the universe I don't want to hear it.