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Originally Posted by blatantlyrigged
Looks like I just wasted my time with my last post to you. How would you know about the play of a decade ago?
Well, you know, I've got eyes and ears in my head. I pay attention to the world I live in. I listen to people that talk sense. I wasn't alive in 1945, but I know who won the war, ldo.
Just last night, I was watching a Chris Moneymaker interview during the PCA tournament. He said that winning the PCA would mean more to him than winning the WSOP, because players are so much better these days. He said his game is so much better than it was in 2003, but that he finds tournaments much harder to win in 2011. (He hasn't won a major in 8 years, despite being a world champion. Maybe the games are rigged!)
On the same show, Daniel Negreanu talked about how he "invented" the smallball min-raise play (instead of 3x-ing) in tournaments. It's partly how he became the biggest winner in history. Now every decent player uses the same tournament strategy, Negreanu's lucky if he cashes.
I
wish I'd been playing in 2003, before the Moneymaker effect kicked in, but I wasn't. I have to do my best against the tougher players of today.