Re: Prop bet thread
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ZJ: i think im one of the 10 best live tourney players on the planet...
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almost certainly not true but unfalsifiable (unverifiable might be more accurate) at any rate.
tournament poker is not chess, the signal to noise ratio is very very low and there isn't much of a mechanism to rank players. furthermore, there isn't a system in place to ensure that the cream rises to the top (chess success just requires smarts, tournament poker requires smarts + very large bankroll). some of the best tournament players in the world are very likely unknowns. once again, you can't just play a few tournaments, get a 2600+ rating then play Kramnik, beat him and instantly earn the respect of the community.
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