Talk:Chip Reese

message: The Negrenau blog isn't a cite that should be used for long. But Lou Kreiger and others in the poker community have confirmed the death. I'll put in a better reference as soon as Lou publishes it. PhGustaf 19:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's on the front page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal right now. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ 20:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks. "betted" bugged me too, and I fixed it. There's more copy editing to be done, but that's for later. PhGustaf (talk) 05:54, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Keep the suggestions coming. Sorry about the page being protected, but it was suffering steady vandalism. PhGustaf (talk) 18:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can also create an account and contribute directly - that would be even better! ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ 19:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Semi-protection affects newly registered user as much as IPs... KTC (talk) 10:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: I took a very quick cut at moving stuff ouy of the intro section. I'll leave the infobox up for its poster to remove if he sees fit. The article does need copy editing. PhGustaf (talk) 18:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro too long 

message: Chip Reese has been regarded as the greatest cash game player that ever lived. Both ESPN and NYTimes said this. This title was bestow upon him while he was still alive. Doyle Brunson and others said he was the greatest player that ever lived out of respect on the day of his death. Suggesting that he was a great person which im sure he was. Doyle Brunson, Mike Sexton, and many professional poker players have also regarded Stu Ungar as the greatest all around player. There are citation for that as well. 63.76.234.250 (talk) 17:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article now says some players regarded him as the greatest cash game player. That's fine. Saying he was the greatest isn't going to happen, and going on and on about it isn't either. He's certainly not the greatest tournament player by any measure, and he lost millions to Archie Karas playing heads up, and quit playing him. So while we can make the point that he has immense respect as an all around player, labeling him the best of all time is non-encyclopedic and way over the top considering all the facts. 2005 (talk) 21:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Sexton's articles made it clear Karas beat Reese out of millions. He did not "lose it back." Chip, and everybody else, quit playing Karas. Karas lost his millions at craps. As for calling people dorks, please move on. the article already mentions Reese is regarded by many as the greatest cash game player ever. The article says that. No sensible person calls him the greatest tournament player ever. many peope consider him the best overall player (meaning razz, stud, hold 'em, etc, not ring games and tournaments. The praise/reputation comment could be expanded at the end of the article, not the lead, if the quotes are properly sourced. You continually adding stuff that violates the encyclopedias policies and guidelines is not helpful, and actually hurts your apparent mission here. 2005 (talk) 04:27, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

text: If you didn't know a ring game is a cash game you probably shouldn't be editing poker articles. And then, losing 2 million of 7 million is not "losing it back". That's silly. No one disputes Karas got way the best of everybody back in the day. But if you take a step back you'll see none of that matters. This is an encyclopedia, not a fanboy site. We are not going to say Reese was a better player than Little Man Popwell, or Johnny Moss in his day, or Wild Bill Hickock for that matter. We will say that some players said some things about him. Which we do in the article, citing three sources to that effect. This is an encyclopedia article, not an entire website or book. We don't just go on and on repeating the same thing. Facts are the focus, plus a lesser amount of appropriate opinion that can be cited. And we follow article structures and policies. if you can't be bothered to learn them, fine, but then your contributions won't be included. Unsourced quotations attributed to living persons should be removed on sight. That's the starting point. Afer that, the lead of an article needs to follow guidelines for a lead. That then leaves the possibility of including more opinion about Chip's skills at the end of the article. There could be a sourced quote or two that is both in moderation and has an encyclopedic context, meaning we will never say he WAS the best ever. that is unknowable. We will only include quotes of others, and a general summary of such sentiments. At this point, we do that, so there is no need for more. but if a sensible amount of "more" is added at the end of the article, it just needs to be sourced according to the encyclopedia's polcies. 2005 (talk) 06:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Sorry, but I don't think I'll discuss your fan or TV interests. My post stated that people regard Chip as the best all around player when talking about games like razz and stud, not one in discussing poker tournaments versus ring games, nor head up poker. If you'll read the articles, you'll see ring games are games played for cash in casinos. Perhaps that will clear up your confusion. In any case this is not a fansite. The encyclopedia has style guidelines and policies involving verifiability and attributing direct quotes, which these articles will follow. 2005 (talk) 08:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Please see WP:TALK everyone. This talk page is not for discussing Reese but for the Reese article. One more irrelevant comment and I might just archive the entire conversation as off-topic. Again, if you want to describe Reese in some way, get a source. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 20:22, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chip Reese greatest cash game player

message: As someone famous once said, "I ain't readin' all that ****."Ykral (talk) 09:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Need some Cliffsnotes for the above section

message: I removed a sentence fragment regarding Chip's playing bridge - " one of his regular bridge partners was Jim Ryan".  This is meaningless if we don't know who Jim Ryan was.  PKT(alk) 17:34, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor text removal 

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message: Could someone take a look at this and consider reassessing as at least mid-importance? This player was one of only three inducted into the hall of fame while still living, and was the youngest-ever inductee. I was surprised to see it assessed as low-importance within the field of gambling, but I don't know enough about the overall topic to be able to assess it myself. Thanks! 2605:A000:C7C0:FC00:6856:F9B8:DE5B:96AE (talk) 14:02, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Low-importance?