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lol @ best player of all time. The guy ran good against small feilds plain and simple. so many internet tourney players today that are much better than him.

[/ QUOTE ]I said the best "tournament" player of all time. This isn't even an argument. Those fields he went against? Are you implying that Jaime Gold is better, because he faced more people?

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Stu was the first person who just played like a complete lag. He was a fish in the cash games but it worked in tournaments because no one could adapt against him. This is going on hearsay of course, but a ton of sources say the same thing. Years ago, people did not raise from middle position with nearly the wide range of hands you would do so today. Stu was the first one to really go after the antes and blinds as much as people do today. That's why he was successful. As a straight up NL holdem player he wasn't even near the best.