USPC on ESPN thread

[urnodaisy]

I think the discussion is not about winning with 2/3 of the chips but whether Gold is a talentless player. I am writing in his defense because it would be great to have a guy like Gold contribute to these MTT threads(not because I am in fact Gold or a relative of his). I think this MTT community misses out on a lot of good players contributing to this forum because of the ridiculous and irrelevant bashing. If you don't believe me look at the quote by Daniel Negreanu at this thread where a poster asks Daniel why he won't consider contributing his ideas to this site:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...rue#Post9204080

"Trust me, I wouldn't be welcome in a place like this. Posting in the strat forums here would be akin to me just banging my head against the wall, seriously.In my opinion, there are too many hateful posters in this newsgroup that aren't out to either listen or learn, but instead to look for fault in anything that I were to say or do. It's just not worth it to me. I have a forum that I post in regularly that's comfortable for me."

Now personally I thought he was overreacting until a poster on that same thread suggested that his mother smoke a spliff. He is going to read something like that and say to himself why bother posting here, and now the MTT community loses a very valuable contributor. Whether you like him personally or not, no one can deny the talent of Gold. I would like to try to encourage Gold and others with skill to contribute here. I think Sklansky and the other sponsors of this site would agree(and maybe could comment on this formally). Specifically addressing your comments on Gold:

1. If you think he is annoying then you must really hate guys like Tony G., Bernie King, and perhaps Matusow and Hellmuth. I find Tony G. incredibly annoying at the table(I like Matusow and Hellmuth) but that is part of their game, psychological warfare, and it is not illegal. Some of Gold's comments I think were rule violations which I think are improper but, then again, it is the player's resosibility at the table who is being disadvantaged to request a penalty and I saw no one do that so that is their problem, and Gold is goign to push the envelope until someone does request a penalty;
2. "He thinks he is better than he is" and he is a "scumbag" are inane subjective comments and ad hominem remarks requiring no response;
3. We personally do not know the deal he had with Leyser.
4. To say that the winner of the Main Event is "not that good" and speculating whether he will make a final table in the future is absurd.

Mr. Gold-How about contributing to some of the strategy threads? I am sure there are plenty of individuals here who would welcome your thoughts and ideas.