Date: 08/03/1999
From: Jim Geary
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Subject: Re: What a bunch of drivel!
On 3 Aug 1999, Don Bogsonio wrote: > I am losing my mind. Yes. Perhaps. You lost a lot of exclams there, but much of what you say can be defended. However.. > am tired of this crap! I want to start playing tournaments so I can be > considered a GREAT player! I will never be great poker player, lauded on RGP > and in Card Player Magazine until I win many poker tournaments. (Isn't this > what everyone thinks?) I dispute this notion. I know many very strong players who earn my respect who have not had their pictures in Card Player. I have also seen multiple photos of persons who will not garner my respect (as a good player at least) during this universe's lifetime. I similarly dispute the notion that everyone believes this. Most good players do not. And there's no point worrying about what the people who are wrong think. I agree with what you said about the social pressure of tourney toking. The system should be such that players can toke without that pressure, tho this probably wouldn't serve the interest of those running the tournaments.
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