I believe it. I personally witnessed one of the guys I referred to before beat three guys one after the other with established ratings in the mid 700s in the same night playing even...guy has ZERO games in the fargorate system.
Crazy to think how many players there may still be out there who play that strong and are completely off the fargorate radar.
I have a friend that can play with most anyone rated at 760ish and below and beat their brains out if he catches a gear.
He's never once (that I know of) played in a tournament, not once. He does however "go and watch" one ever now and then.
Some people ask "why wouldn't a person that can play with low to mid-level pros... even-up on most any day and game "not" want to run their legs off chasing tournaments and trying to drum up private matches"???
Well, I can tell you what I "know" to be a fact:
Some, like myself....... dont give a chit about tournaments, who wins them or who beat who.
They also don't have a desire to try to take anyone's money which leads to the reason why people dont see or hear about them matching up for cash and the reasons are:
Some just dont need anymore, they have plenty due to doing something that is almost unheard of in some circles...... it's called having a job/career and not needing a gambler's money...... nor...... give any of their money to them.
I'm no world beater by any means but I know for a fact that there are "unknowns" out there that can give all but the elite a run for their money.
There will always be people that thinks just because of social media etc...etc.. that all the super strong players are well known. Well, this is what I have to say to them:
A fool and their money will soon part. That my friend is a fact.
