But a less technical proof has been displayed throughout the duration of the 2009 WSOP wherein the top notch players of the game have been winning in the tournaments and not only winning one but multiple tournaments in that matter.

One player you may want to look at is Jeff Lisandro – the present king of Stud. He won a bracelet for each kind of Stud poker at the WSOP including 7-Card-Stud, Razz and 7-Card-Stud-Hi/Lo.

But Lisandro is not the only one who managed to achieve the feat. There Thang Luu who finished in 2nd place the 2007 $2500 Omaha 8 tournament, then winning the 2008 $1500 Omaha 8 tournament and then preserve his title this year.

Seeing as the size of poker tournaments are getting larger each year it is rather unattainable for a poker player to win those events much less multiple ones if he or she has no edge over the entire participants.

And the story did not end with those two players.

Phil Ivey who managed to grab his 6th and 7th bracelets. John Brock Parker who triumph in the 6-Max Limit and 6-Max No Limit events. Roland De Wolfe for completing his quest for gaining the Triple Crown by winning a WSOP event after his WPT and EPT wins. Greg Mueller, former hockey player turned poker pro, who won the $10k Limit Hold ‘Em event as well as the Limit Hold ‘Em shootout. Cashing seven events during the tournament by two famous poker pro Daniel Negreanu and Barry Greenstein.

All this happened before the Main Event- the most sought after tournament in poker-take place. A poker professional who has won in the WSOP events has built a kindly reputation of their own.

The 2009 WSOP is the year of the professional poker players no matter what the Main Event results will be. As soon as the poker war started you can lift your chin and say “On any given day, anyone can win.”

Keep in mind that this is the time when top players play side by side with amateurs. They demonstrate how the amateurs may come on top while they are hiding their bracelets loaded arm behind their back.

If someone has doubts in classifying poker then they need to look at the 2009 WSOP events to give them proofs that poker is extremely a game of skill.

Enemy or Friend?

Don’t ever try befriending a bookworm because they are not the friendly sort. They assume that they know a bunch about the game and they boast it to others by teaching them the right way according to their standards. They will try to persuade you to do this and that. They have also a bad trait of criticizing and laughing on other player’s mistake which is kind of rude. The other player might be tempted to leave the game for a better table or will do finer on the next round. There is no doubt that the bookworm knows the basic of poker but don’t be scared on that, but the way they treat other people must be watch.

Aggressiveness and Selectivity

The bookworm is usually tight during pre flop. But their game play crushes during the post flop. This is because they have read a lot of books which causes all those ideas to rumble into their heads. You see, the authors of those books have justified all their mistakes in poker and write it out. As a result the bookworm will stack all those ideas and will cause his play to be too loose and too aggressive during post-flop.

The strength of a starting hand is what almost all poker players agree with and this is the only part that the bookworm absolutely understands.

The type of play of the bookworm will fall in a partially aggressive manner. They are willing to bet but if someone plays along with them they will just call and call unless they are holding a the best hand in town.

Predictability

The bookworms are very knowledgeable, no question on that. They know how to play but they are not deceptive players. They are very predictable because they use the same style every time. You will predict their hand at the moment by checking out what kind of move they made.

Poker IQ

This sort of poker personalities have low poker IQ even though they might actually have memorizes the poker books they are reading. This is due to the fact that given a change in the gaming situation, the bookworm will not know how to adjust his game because their knowledge is only base on the books they have read and not on their own personal experiences. But they are not aware or ignore to be aware that the authors who wrote those books have written their advice under the general conditions and because situations vary in every play those general advice will not be really as effective. But then bookworms treat those books with reverie and will follow each steps like its the most important thing in poker.

“Hey, BOOKWORMS You’re playing poker not building a desk, you can’t just follow instructions!”

They think that all people should follow what they think is right. They are ignorant of the motives behind the moves of other players. They are really like narrow minded folks of the worst kind. That’s why they tend to criticize and laugh on other people’s mistakes and teach them what they think is the right way.

Adjustments

Defeating a bookworm is quiet easy. You only need to befriend them and try to converse with them and because they like to brag about what they know they will eventually boast about it and will gradually give away their game play at once.

But if ever they strike out your effort in befriending them then its time to put up your aggressiveness into play. Stay aggressive and don’t be afraid to bet against them if they will.