Age and poker?

[Doobs]

to excel in poker you need to spend alot of time studying and devoting yourself to the game.

older (30-50) people dont have the luxury of having as much spare time. younger people are often students etc and have more time to devote and dont have families who get angry if they don't go to bed till 3am.

So how come I'm better than you met? 

Seriously though,  I think there are always those that just have the inner talent.  Can't see Phil Ivey spending too much time wondering what his 4 bet range should be to utg+1 slow deliberate push, followed by bleached blonde click raise splashed the chips in.  He just knows his 67 suited is plenty to make both fold. 

I'd guess someone like Sam Trickett just has very good instincts and hasnt spent half a lifetime studying either.  I don't really know him but he seems that way from what I have seen. 

True words up the thread.  I recognised more people not long after I first started than I do now. 

[david3103]

to excel in poker you need to spend alot of time studying and devoting yourself to the game.

older (30-50) people dont have the luxury of having as much spare time. younger people are often students etc and have more time to devote and dont have families who get angry if they don't go to bed till 3am.

Yes. This is 100% true

The guys I really admire are the ones that get the balance right, they still have a desire to improve and obviously have good negotiating tekkers at home. They still find the time even though they have mouths to feed and are married.

I had a similar situation the other night to Kinboshi. When discussing Denmarks chances of winning the euros some kid opposite me who looked no more than 9 years old kindly told me that they won it 1992. I told him I watched it and remember it well. He said he hadn't been born yet.! Sigh.....

sigh - I remember where I was when England won the World Cup

[MANTIS01]

Poker was a much more enjoyable game with an older crowd. So much entertainment from crazy characters. You'd get some mad Greek chip shop owner stand up and start banging the table in rage, somebody else would crack a joke about his wife, everybody would fall about laughing and onto the next hand. Now the kids play their hands in super slow motion like a robot, all actions very deliberate and very slowwww, if you ask them a question they stare at the felt in silence. Then next hand is dealt and everybody returns to their ipad screens in silence. Too much staring too much silence from the average kid imo. Think it's part of the act to convince themselves of their 'talent'.

[Woodsey]

Poker was a much more enjoyable game with an older crowd. So much entertainment from crazy characters. You'd get some mad Greek chip shop owner stand up and start banging the table in rage, somebody else would crack a joke about his wife, everybody would fall about laughing and onto the next hand. Now the kids play their hands in super slow motion like a robot, all actions very deliberate and very slowwww, if you ask them a question they stare at the felt in silence. Then next hand is dealt and everybody returns to their ipad screens in silence. Too much staring too much silence from the average kid imo. Think it's part of the act to convince themselves of their 'talent'.

Well I'm one of the I-pad crew, that is partly because of some peoples incessant desire to dissect every fricking hand after it has been played, I would honestly prefer the silence if I had the choice!

[MANTIS01]

Poker was a much more enjoyable game with an older crowd. So much entertainment from crazy characters. You'd get some mad Greek chip shop owner stand up and start banging the table in rage, somebody else would crack a joke about his wife, everybody would fall about laughing and onto the next hand. Now the kids play their hands in super slow motion like a robot, all actions very deliberate and very slowwww, if you ask them a question they stare at the felt in silence. Then next hand is dealt and everybody returns to their ipad screens in silence. Too much staring too much silence from the average kid imo. Think it's part of the act to convince themselves of their 'talent'.

Well I'm one of the I-pad crew, that is partly because of some peoples incessant desire to dissect every fricking hand after it has been played, I would honestly prefer the silence if I had the choice!

Makes me lol actually cos they stare in silence and move slowwwww, then dissect the hand and give everybody all the info about what they were thinking. If the social side of live poker goes missing better to stay home and play online imo.

[FUN4FRASER]

Poker was a much more enjoyable game with an older crowd. So much entertainment from crazy characters. You'd get some mad Greek chip shop owner stand up and start banging the table in rage, somebody else would crack a joke about his wife, everybody would fall about laughing and onto the next hand. Now the kids play their hands in super slow motion like a robot, all actions very deliberate and very slowwww, if you ask them a question they stare at the felt in silence. Then next hand is dealt and everybody returns to their ipad screens in silence. Too much staring too much silence from the average kid imo. Think it's part of the act to convince themselves of their 'talent'.

Couldnt agree more as this happens often

Obviously not in my twenties anymore , one thing that does makes me laugh is the disdain you are sometimes met with by certain younger players, when you dont play your cards in the same way as their poker ideology.

For example ......They 3 bet  so you put them all in ."That wasnt in the script" they think and their troubled face tells the story of how they were expecting to get a 5 bet through. So after ten minutes of theatre and stare downs they eventually fold whilst mumbling some profanity.

Dont get me wrong... there are really great young poker players out there, that have taught me a lot and of course not all act like zombies ,but I would say this  "There is certainly more than one way to skin a poker cat "

Good Luck to The " Older "  players      

[Jon MW]

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Obviously not in my twenties anymore , one thing that does makes me laugh is the disdain you are sometimes met with by certain younger players, when you dont play your cards in the same way as their poker ideology.

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To be fair you get that from older players as well - in particular they seem to get upset when you call them with any two cards in the big blind when they've just shoved their 3xBB stack in. 

[FUN4FRASER]

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Obviously not in my twenties anymore , one thing that does makes me laugh is the disdain you are sometimes met with by certain younger players, when you dont play your cards in the same way as their poker ideology.

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To be fair you get that from older players as well - in particular they seem to get upset when you call them with any two cards in the big blind when they've just shoved their 3xBB stack in. 

True True  

[kinboshi]

Saw a cracking tweet:

@GarryGates: New @WSOP rule:  If you're under 24, your betting motion must be executed as slow as physically possible w/ a paralyzed look on your face.

[FUN4FRASER]

Saw a cracking tweet:

@GarryGates: New @WSOP rule:  If you're under 24, your betting motion must be executed as slow as physically possible w/ a paralyzed look on your face.

Golden 

[outragous76]

Being one of the young guns myself ...............

Sigh

I Probably fall into the Jason Herbert category of age deluded!

[smashedagain]

Being one of the young guns myself ...............

Sigh

I Probably fall into the Jason Herbert category of age deluded!

Mid life crisis kid Just started wearing my kegs half way down my arse too.

[FUN4FRASER]

Being one of the young guns myself ...............

Sigh

I Probably fall into the Jason Herbert category of age deluded!

Mid life crisis kid Just started wearing my kegs half way down my arse too.

Thats because you cant pull them up over your arse   

[pleno1]

hm disagree with Ivey comments, if you ask any old school pro who works on their game the hardest they will all say Ivey.

[smashedagain]

Being one of the young guns myself ...............

Sigh

I Probably fall into the Jason Herbert category of age deluded!

Mid life crisis kid Just started wearing my kegs half way down my arse too.

Thats because you cant pull them up over your arse   

Lol