[elc]

Good for him. But I respect Chan’s and Brunson’s bracelets more. They both have a bit of variety to their poker play and have won events other than No Limit Hold Em. Not to mention Chan’s back-to-back Main Event wins.

Now the race is on for them to tie Hellmuth. There’s lots of poker left.

BTW, this probably is a bit of a spoiler to people who were planning on watching the coverage.

[jpl]

Good for him. But I respect Chan’s and Brunson’s bracelets more. They both have a bit of variety to their poker play and have won events other than No Limit Hold Em. Not to mention Chan’s back-to-back Main Event wins.

I hear what you're saying, and there is no denying that Brunson is an all-time poker legend.

But the flip side to your argument is that Brunson won a lot of his bracelets back in the era when the events had around 20 people playing in them.

Now you certainly can't blame the guy for being old, but I'm not sure that a bracelet won back in '79 really has the same value as a bracelet won today in a NLH event with well over 1,000 players.

[Phantom Lord]

Not to mention Chan’s back-to-back Main Event wins.

And he was going for 3 in a row when he finished 2nd to Helmuth.