[pegboy]

I'm only familiar with the big names. I think the player who wins this thing is going to do it in one of two ways...

...have the deck hit him in a sick and unbelievable way like it hit Gold last year. Hitting flops with a variety of holdings and a growing stack against several players who really aren't that good. But this years final 4 tables seem stronger to me as there are some solid pros and the action I've read seems like better poker. That is of course just my guess from afar.

...the other way to overcome this field will be to Man it up and gamble well. As people I felt that Hachem, Dannenman, Raymer, Williams, and Moneymaker were all non-pros who found in themselves the ability to put aside the hugeness of the situation and play it out with few mistakes. So I think our winner will be a player who has the ability to stay calm and remain tenacious in his decision making. Clearly pros like Scotty Nguyen will have this ability. Clearly there are several players who will now lose a lot of sleep and decide to coin toss situations because they are tired and overwhelmed and so deep in the money.

The exciting thing about watching the Main Event champion prevail is seeing this players depth of character defeat the depth of character of his peers.

Who has what it takes to Man it up?