The Life Cycle of a Poker Player (and my thoughts on live vs online)

[VitoT]

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I think this anecdote about Viffer kind of proves the point of how futile it is to seriously rank poker players.

If Viffer were able to talk his way into a HU game with that Mexican guy who is now the richest man in the world and win $200 M, would that make Viffer the greatest poker player of all time?

Poker is just not a game that lends itself to objective ranking... even cash game $ winnings is a very weak proxy for poker skill.

Another example - if one could imagine a duplicate David Benjamine who was 20% more game selective, that person would have far higher career winnings than DB. Would he be a far greater poker player just because he avoids HSNL hu matches with better players?


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very good post, and true.