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June 8, 2004
Stupid Quote Of The Day
I found the most ridiculous poker quote ever written. Ready for it? Here it goes:
All in all then, Greg Raymer's victory demonstrates that he is, right now, the best no limit tournament poker player in the world.
This comes from someone named Ashley Adams who apparently wrote a book about entitled Winning 7-Card Stud. You really don’t have to examine the rest of this person’s circular and disconnected logic to realize right here that they are an idiot. What they are saying in just this simple statement is that winning one event makes you “the best no limit tournament poker player in the world”. What this means is that given a field of 2600 players, whoever is the best player will win 100% of the time, because if the best player did not win every single time then how could winning one event make Greg Raymer the best? It couldn’t. In fact, contrary to this idiot’s fallacious reasoning it didn't.
I am not even attempting to comment on Raymer’s skill, just that winning the event does not in any way indicate how good of a poker player he is. All it indicates is that he played in the event. He is however almost undoubtedly not the best no limit tournament poker player in the world by quite a wide margin. He beat a field largely comprised of people with no clue whatsoever, but even if the field consisted of 2500 pros (if that many existed) winning would still not make him the best. It may make him the wealthiest, but not the best.
Anyone who would ever say something like this obviously has no understanding of poker. They also have a poor mind for logic, because it takes quite a bit of confusion to come the conclusion that winning one event, even if it is the biggest in history, makes you the best. I am half tempted to get Winning 7-Card Stud, as I have a feeling that anybody dumb enough to make the above statement would produce a highly amusing book, given that they have no concept at all of how poker works. But since I make my living taking money from idiots rather than giving it to them, I think I will skip on purchasing this pile of rubbish.
Posted by themaroon at June 8, 2004 1:48 AM
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