Fossilman continues to get respect

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Steve Rosenbloom mailbag:

From blantrip: "I was looking over the 2006 WSOP schedule and it looks crazy. The main event is so long, you have to be rich just to play in it for two weeks! Why don't they raise the entry fee and limit the field of nonprofessionals? If this where to happen, it seems like it would make it a little more exclusive.''


Who says an exclusive main event is good? <font color="blue">Like they say, anyone can enter and anyone can win. And when anyone such as Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer indeed do win, then the game grows, and I think that's a good thing."</font>

More and more I realize how lucky Greg must have been to win in, being an average schmoe like everyone else playing... Fossilman, when you get some real playing ability, do make sure to let everyone know. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[TimsterToo]

Somehow I get the feeling that there is a whole history leading up to this post...but

didn't Greg Raymer get pretty far too this year?

I'm really not a good enough (MTT) player to give a constructive opinion wether he has real playing ability or not but it seems he's not doing too shabby.

Either way it's fine with me, just wondered how you got all fanatic about this [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Quicksilvre]

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I'm really not a good enough (MTT) player to give a constructive opinion wether he has real playing ability or not but it seems he's not doing too shabby.

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Fossilman typically played the Foxwoods games from about 30/60 to 300/600--before he won. It would be a lot more accurate to describe him as a semi-pro than an amateur.

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http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/sear...eve+Rosenbloom

[Easy E]

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well done

[Colonel Kataffy]

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I'm really not a good enough (MTT) player to give a constructive opinion wether he has real playing ability or not but it seems he's not doing too shabby.

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Fossilman typically played the Foxwoods games from about 30/60 to 300/600--before he won. It would be a lot more accurate to describe him as an American Bad Ass.

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FYP

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Don't forget that he made it to the final 2 tables in the ME in (I think) '98.

Note: yes, I am being too lazy to look it up [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[critikal]

Raising the buy-in is only gonna knock out the poor "professionals", the rich guys will still be there.

[Quicksilvre]

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Raising the buy-in is only gonna knock out the poor "professionals", the rich guys will still be there.

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Bingo.

[ECDub]

I suppose Moneymaker and Raymer will never really get much credit for being anything but really lucky guys, no matter what they do. I guess having million$ of dollars help them cope. I wonder if Raymer cashed more in the WSOP than Steve Rosenbloom made all of 2005?