Re: PHIL GORDON!!!!!!!!!!
Here's the real scoop on the guy: Gordon is just one of a whole host of players who were independently wealthy and just happened to be playing a whole bunch of poker tournaments (and thus going deep in at least some poker tournaments) right when the poker boom started (2001-2003). If I had to guess, I'd have to say that he probably was -EV in the tourneys he was playing in at the time, and was only playing as a hobby because he loved the game, but people found him engaging, and he had a (by poker standards) pretty face, so of course those who produced Poker TV shows were fixated.
There's nothing wrong with this, but it definitely explains why he gets so much attention when his game is so clearly average.
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