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As an example, I spoke with one pro, just prior to the WSOP; about a particular site and how he could NOT beat it. If I tell you what this player did during the WSOP, it may give it away and I‘m not sure if he would want me to mention it. Suffice to say, that he had a great WSOP. The point is, I know many good pro‘s that struggle to beat online. But irrespective of the reasons why some players cannot win online, its seem clear that online poker cannot help but increase player‘s frustrations. The thing is though, all we can do is simply accept it because……THAT”S POKER!
Whenever I hear this, I think of the flight of the bumble bee.
Specifically, the popular myth that it is aerodynamically impossible for it to fly, and that the laws of physics say something with a body so large in proportion to it's tiny wings cannot stay in the air.
It was supposedly begun by some dodgy math, scribbled on the back of a napkin at a cocktail party. It was such a popular idea though, nature defying science etc, that it was quickly accepted as fact, even by some of the world's prominent academics.
Now if anyone was in any doubt, they should probably look at the empirical evidence. If they see a bumblebee, and if that bumblebee is buzzing through the air from flower to flower without buying an Easyjet ticket or anything like that, chances are that it is probably possible for a bumble bee to fly after all.
Similarly, if you look at the empirical evidence in online poker, and all the wizz-kids amassing the megabucks. Year on year the same people doing very well and clicking home the bacon. Chances are that it is probably possible to overcome the luck factor and crush the online game.
Now meaning no disrespect to the talented (more talented than I'll ever be) players who are having difficulty winning at internet poker, but if they aren't beating it, and others are, one could reasonably summise that they aren't doing it properly.
I'm not going to list the dozens and dozens of differences between the live game and poker on the computer, we all know it's a completely different kettle of fish. It could be no coincidence that the best online players today are the youngsters who do not have decades of experience playing in casinos. Perhaps said experience can actually make it more difficult to get to grips with internet poker and start raking in the bucks month in, month out.
So I'd tell any kick ass poker player who is having difficulty winning online to try to forget everything they know about poker, watch Rocky 3 or something.
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