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  1. 04-18-2008 03:15 PM #1
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    Default Phil Gordon interview NY Times

    decent read

    http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...-questions/?hp

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  2. 04-18-2008 03:25 PM #2
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    Ninety percent of the “professional players” I know have some serious “leaks” that affect their ability to hold on to their money.
    Very interesting

    Q: Who are better at cash games: the best live pros or the best online pros?

    A: Live.
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  3. 04-18-2008 03:53 PM #3
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    Except the online part, I agree with just about everything he said.

    Great example of a strong player finding the long-term gold in the poker boom.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvge-c2_Xg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Xz8aLuD7Y
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  4. 04-18-2008 04:21 PM #4
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    If I had to guess, I would say about 50 percent of the “name pros” you see on television on a regular basis have a negative net worth
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    (I’m guessing Negreanu is at the top of this list.)
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  6. 04-18-2008 05:36 PM #6
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    Good interview, ty Warpe.

    It's strange that he named the top five cash game players and 3 are internet players (and arguably PA too) and then to the very next question he answers that live players are better. WTF?
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    if it was internet players playing live against live players the internet players probably wouldn't have as big of an edge...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
    Except the online part, I agree with just about everything he said.

    Great example of a strong player finding the long-term gold in the poker boom.
    Problem with saying that live players are better than online is that it's like someone getting interviewed about sex, giving all these expert opinions, but at the end you find she is a virgin. It discounts everything else he says.
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  9. 04-18-2008 07:41 PM #9
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    If the online guys can not leak information and keep their discipline playing far fewer hands/hr, they're the stone cold nuts.

    Otherwise, all bets are off.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvge-c2_Xg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Xz8aLuD7Y
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  10. 04-18-2008 10:29 PM #10
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    i want to bone his nose
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  11. 04-18-2008 10:50 PM #11
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    Good find, Warpe.


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