Past 4 WSOP Champions- respect the most?

[TheRailbirds]

[ QUOTE ]
Simple question that has many facets for discussion... the past 4 champions were all unknowns before their WSOP win. In what order do you respect the four as poker players given what we have seen of each, and why?

[/ QUOTE ]

By far, these are my favorite posts... clearing my throat... Personally, I'll give my most respect to the guy with the most money, at least Hachem's is whom I would butt kiss given the choice... he does have plenty of money to party with.

mike
TheRailbirds

[Nuke it]

He has not had much success at all at PSI. Although the heats are all listed, these are 6 person tables. A bunch of 5th and 6th place finishes doesn't say much for his progress. Anybody can win ONE given a good run of cards.

[dumbndumb]

[ QUOTE ]
And I think it needs to be noted the gap between Hachem and then Rob/Money is a lot bigger than any gap on the list.

[/ QUOTE ]

Agreed based on the little I have seen on tv

[Arbitrage]

[ QUOTE ]
I think it's pretty much a toss-up between him [Moneymaker] and raymer (in terms of success since their wins)

[/ QUOTE ]

What are you, [censored] retarded?

[TheRock69]

1. Hachem
2. Moneymaker
3. Raymer
4. Varkoni

I can not respect someone that wears those sunglasses and Varkoni is just a dork that married a mail order Russian bride. Moneymaker I respect second because he admits he was very fortunate to win the title. Finally I respect Hachem the most, because he is the most fit one of them all and actually looks "normal" which gives a better image to poker players.

[Prodigy54321]

[ QUOTE ]
Raymer- As good as anyone in a big torny.
Hachem- Way above average
Moneymaker- Pretty sure he wouldnt be huge favourite against anyone that posts here
Varkonyi- I had to look up for the spelling of this guys name, i think that sums it up

[/ QUOTE ]

[Ray Zee]

there arent enough toruneys played by most people to give a real good answer because you start from a big win and go forward. it needs to be who is still winning after a whole bunch of years both in tourney and cash games. i think greg is the only one of the bunch who will be able to say that.

[ImsaKidd]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Raymer is clearly by far and away the winner. The other three are about the same, and way far behind.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hachem has come damn close to winning both a WSOP Circuit ring and a WSOP bracelet in a huge Hold-em field less than a year after winning the Main Event in the largest field ever.



[/ QUOTE ]

Hachem took horrendous beats to not win those events also. KK<JT and AQ<Ax. He's got game, no doubt.

[Rick305]

How was the 2+2 reaction when Raymer won it?

[Yuv]

[ QUOTE ]
How was the 2+2 reaction when Raymer won it?

[/ QUOTE ]

I was actually wondering about this as well. Was there an "*official* ZOMG ZOMG RAYMER WSOP FT SWEAT THREAD"? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]