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 Phil Hellmuth: "The Sky is Falling", flintsword, 2. Jun 2003 15:47 | ||
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| You have all been amused by the article "The Sky is Falling" that Phil wrote for cardplayer (www.cardplayer.com/?sec=afeature&art_id=13265) where a number of the recent champions of poker are lumped together with the guys that have been struck by lightning twice and mongo, the two-headed boy. Freaks and flukes? This subject is interesting with respect to Chris Moneymaker (here is a local Tennessee paper's article on him, www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_1993641,00.html) because since the WSOP was made longer, with better time controls, and better level changes, the general consensus was that these changes would make it EASIER for the stronger players to skill-saw the amateurs, ... and yet they didn't. Could Phil be right and these are flukes? Could Phil be right and this new wave of players are revolutionizing how poker is played? Could the fact that these guys seem to bluff more often be the key (see articles on Moneymaker in UPF)? One thing seems clear, if indeed the poker sky seems to be falling, ... we now know who is the chicken running around screaming that the sky is falling ... and we know how that fable ended. flintsword | ||
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| Re: Phil Hellmuth: "The Sky is Falling", timmer, 2. Jun 2003 18:08 | ||
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| on 2. Jun 2003 15:47 flintsword wrote: we now know who is the chicken running around screaming that the sky is falling ... > flintsword is it chicken little or the little red hen . I seem to forgot my 1st grade literary studies | ||
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| Re: Phil Hellmuth: "The Sky is Falling", Easy E, 2. Jun 2003 18:16 | ||
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| Chicken Little. The little red hen baked the bread and didn't share it with the lazy farm animals, correct? | ||
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| Re: Phil Hellmuth: "The Sky is Falling", Paul Stine, 3. Jun 2003 07:28 | ||
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| on 2. Jun 2003 15:47 flintsword wrote: > You have all been amused by the article "The Sky is Falling" that Phil wrote for > cardplayer (www.cardplayer.com/?sec=afeature&art_id=13265) where a number of the > recent champions of poker are lumped together with the guys that have been > struck by lightning twice and mongo, the two-headed boy. Freaks and flukes? This > subject is interesting with respect to Chris Moneymaker (here is a local > Tennessee paper's article on him, > www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_1993641,00.html) because > since the WSOP was made longer, with better time controls, and better level > changes, the general consensus was that these changes would make it EASIER for > the stronger players to skill-saw the amateurs, ... and yet they didn't. > > Could Phil be right and these are flukes? > Could Phil be right and this new wave of players are revolutionizing how poker > is played? > Could the fact that these guys seem to bluff more often be the key (see > articles on Moneymaker in UPF)? > > One thing seems clear, if indeed the poker sky seems to be falling, ... we now > know who is the chicken running around screaming that the sky is falling ... and > we know how that fable ended. > > flintsword Obviously Phil doesn't spend enough time playing on his own site. Every one of the plays he mentioned are common place; they happen several times a day, every day. Paul Stine College Station, TX | ||
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