Re: A brave new world for poker pros? Yeah right.
Robin,
A really good player knows how to play in any game condition. The fact of the matter is that the games are much easier to beat now than they were even 2 years ago. I really don't think its possible to argue otherwise. Did your friends forget how to play? Nah, they just never knew *how* to play in any type of game other than a tight passive one.
So they have trouble beating the real good games because of this. And when the games are bad, they run into new players (attracted by the preponderance of good games) who are much better than they are. They could do well with little variance as the best or 2nd best player in a bad game. That was the staple of many Vegas pros. They literally beat up on the same 20 or so people day in day out for years. Now when the games are bad, they are the 4th best at the table, and a significant problem arises.
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