He isn't all that great of a player, but he is still WAAAY better than the majority of people give him credit for. You cannot win a tournament of that size with just luck. Many early hands in the tournament that go unseen tell the tale as to how those still left accumalated their chips so the whole story is not available. Is he as good as the people we are familiar with, no and not close, but is he better than a high majority of players in that thing? Ofcousre he is.
ClubmanCoop said:
This is WHY he's the greatest thing to happen to poker!!
People saw this amateur win and said "Hey, if he can win, I can too!" and started playing themselves. The huge poker wave started primarily after the 2003 World Series was televised and brought in the huge influx of fish, which is what makes the game so profitable now. Anyone who plays online poker professionally or even as a profitable hobby owes part of their success to Moneymaker.
