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Originally Posted by Comey
It was a ladies event, and she's dating Phil Laak. I've seen her play a lot of events before...so it's not that far-fetched.
Some pros also say Affleck is "world class". I don't know if he's there, not having played with him...but he did win the California Poker Championships, or whatever it was...it was a pretty decent tournament.
So, in short, I don't understand your basis for your comments at all.
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If poker is a world class competition requiring special talent and skills to compete in then Hollywood stars coming in and winning cheapens it and proves otherwise. To me someone like Affleck winning one of these would be like Kevin Costner or Garth Brooks coming in for one of their Spring training flings and actually making the team. Maybe I'll eventually get over this, but clearly poker is a competition where the drop off from the pros to the amateurs is not as great as golf or even bowling. I want to respect and admire the skills of folks like Brunson, Lederer, and Negraneu, but this makes it a lot harder.