Alan Goerhing

[TStoneMBD]

i think my post sends off the wrong message to you. everyone has to come to their own conclusion about every topic in the universe that presents itself whether conscienciously or unconscienciously. as a result, discussion may ensue.

however, the problem i have is that i will often see someone with limited poker knowledge slander someone with a more extensive knowledge because he critiqued a player as not being as talented as the media suggests. in this case, the poster i replied to said that the people who would say alan goerhing isnt good only say that because they cant think outside of a 2p2 poker author mentality.

in many cases, thats ridiculous. ill often see someone who i respect as a knowledgeable poker player say that a professional poker pro isnt nearly as talented as the poker media suggests. you will then a see 100 post twoplustwo bash him and accuse them of saying such a thing out of sheer jealously. of course, this 100 post twoplustwoer might be a fantastic player but i assume that most of these people just base their opinions on how talented a famous player is based on a tournament hes won or whatever mike sexton said on tv.

my point is that alot of the players you see on television arent nearly as good as youre being told. there are alot of fantastic poker players in big buyin tournaments that weve never heard about because they havent been blessed with the same variance that alan has. i suspect most of these fantastic players are internet players. likewise, there are many sensational internet poker players who would be enormous favorites in these big buyin tournaments, yet they dont enter them regularly because they arent worth their time. they make more money killing the online games.

that is why when i see a random person bash a knowledgeable poker player for assessing his opinion saying that he just has cookie cutter thinking it bothers me. the poster i replied to here didnt direct his comments at any specific poster and so my post isnt directed specifically at him, but for those who ridicule others for critiquing a famous poker player's ability when those ridiculers arent as skilled as the ones critiquing. simply, his cookie cutter comment referring to 2p2 authors put a needle through my head.


i think its fine that you idolize professional poker players the way you do baseball players. thats great that youre a fan of the game. creating superstars out of poker players is making the game great for us professionals. i have no intention of tearing apart alan as again i know nothing about him, but i suspect neither does the aforementioned poster who preemptively insulted anyone who attemps to criticize alan in this thread. he seems to think alan is a world-class poker just because hes won some tournaments.

also, my opinion that there are alot of mediocre big buyin players is based on a few reasons. first, these tournaments are regularly getting over 500 players. most of these people are satellite winners. surely these 500 players are not all excellent players. i have personally done some spectating of 2 wpt events during day 1 and 2, and while i have not had the opportunity to play in them (i just turned 21), i would say that from what ive seen, there are alot of subpar players.