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Originally Posted by streityboy
If a player is the GOATsurely that makes everyone else a lesser player? Why would the GOAT not play inferior players? I thought everyone was inferior to omybike? This makes me very very confused. I thought everything in this thread was correct?
I will explain it to you. Poker (cash games) is nto a zero sum game. every time you play a pot the site takes $ from that pot. So if the GOAT plays a other very good player his skill edge must be that much higher then this very strong player to win more then the site takes.
on the other hand even if the goat can be +ev vs a certain player who is also very strong the rake will make his $ per hour (if you dont play very high) not very high and so it $ wise way better for the GOAT to just not battle people who are close the same skill. (or there must be value in having the tables but there is close to non there because it all 6 max anyway and no hu tables)
You talk about the GOAT as onmybike, yes this is a briljant player but he did not claimed to be the GOAT in cash games but only the best MTT player. But he is in cash games also one of best in world
no reason to be confused i think