Hi Shirley,
Since I wanted to be sure about what I actually said before responding, I'll quote it here below:
"If you were to say take all of the bracelet winners in the world, whose mom is most likely to win a bracelet, I would not have taken a 59 year old man. I mean, I don't know how old Mrs Bonyadi actually is, obviously she qualifies as a super senior, but Farzhad himself almost qualifies for the super seniors at 59.
You would expect maybe someone a bit younger who had like a 23-year-old grinder son who taught him [sic] and she's in her mid-40s or something like that and wins the ladies' event or something...that's sort of what you would expect, it's most likely that. Not to be sexist, but let's look at the most likely, you know, 1 out of 20 events is won by a woman, but the ladies event is always won by a woman so that's ... it seems like the most likely. And that's sort of who enters those tournaments, like if you had a 25-year-old son who enters those tournaments and has taken the time to teach you, you could take down the ladies' event, you could take down an open event of course, it's just obviously a little easier to win the ladies event."
So now to respond to your comments: My last statement is inaccurate. It's not easier to win the ladies event than (most) open events. The ladies event in 2017 got 718 runners which made it the 36th most popular event out of 74. Since I'm a strong believer the most dominant factor in how hard it is to win a tournament is how many people enter, I'd say that there are at least 30 events that are "easier to win".
What I *should* have said was, "one might expect that the first mother of a bracelet winner would win the ladies event, given that that particular tournament would have the highest number and proportion of people who qualify (that is, mothers of bracelet winners)." Indeed, it would be hard to find many qualifying mothers in the 50k player's championship, the 1M One Drop, or the 10k NL 2-7. Even if those tournaments are, in a sense, easier to win.
So I regret my inaccurate/imprecise statement and apologize if offence was taken. It's the nature of live(ish) conversational style podcasts that we as hosts often say things imprecisely or do a poor job of explaining concepts. I probably do it every week, many times a week.
On a personal note I've played with David many times at the tables and always found him pleasant. I look forward to seeing you become the *second* mother/son bracelet holders after the Bonyadis.
Last edited by TChan; 06-29-2018 at 07:55 PM.