Re: Interview with \"Fossilman\"
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And then finally, I think Chris actually is an extremely good player. I’ve played cash games with him on several occasions and I can’t recall ever seeing him play a big pot when we’ve played these live cash games of No Limit Hold ‘Em where he played a big pot and he had gotten his money in with the worst hand. So he’s obviously doing something right if he’s always getting in with the best hand.
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Greg,
Do you really believe that you are playing optimally if you always get your money in good? Or was this statement:
a) playing to an uninformed audience
b) misqoted
c) a political way of saying that moneymaker is a nit/luckbox
d) other?
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It was a spoken quote, and unsurprisingly, not inclusive of every term and condition. By that I mean, while the statement isn't 100% true as stated, it carries the "gist" of what I wanted to convey.
And the important thing is that I said he always got his money in good in the big pots. While even there you might be playing closer to optimal if you sometimes play a big pot without having the best hand, it is obvious that you should have the best hand the large majority of the time you're in a big pot. By the way, this statement is less correct for online poker than it is for live, due to the absence of tells.
Thanks, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)
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