Quote Originally Posted by Ripptyde

Launching a 'pro' career is only one big buy in tourney away and dont you forget it my friend....life is not a rehearsal. Never be a 'grinder'......we ALL have 'the game'.....its just a question of balls with the buy in and the luck of the cards when it counts
what you said about Michael Gracz is so true, he even admitted in an interview that he was basically "in the right place at the right time" for 3 of his big tournament wins this past year.

When James Vogl took down 1st at a $2500 WSOP main event in 2004, a 24 year old Backgammon player who had only played Hold'em maybe 2 years, he said something like "I feel like I don't even deserve this, there were so many other great players like David Chu, Phil ivey, and Howard Lederer in this tourney"