[SIM SIMMA!]

Originally Posted by SpecC

^luck is such a big factor that you can't really judge based on a single tournament. gotta be a bunch of them by my standards

I completely agree and I still think players like Hansen, Raymer, Greenstein, and Cunningham - who were well into it before poker became such a big deal - are still leaps and bounds ahead of 90% of the playing field (in terms of experience).

Its just unfortunate that their chances of winning have gone down tremendously due to everyone and their momma wanting a bracelet. Even with good, calculated play, the odds aren't what they were 10 years ago, hell even 5 years ago.

But yeah, even if there's a different WSOP champion every year, you can almost always count on the real professionals playing consistently well.