Young Players!!!?????

[reckdaman]

I have been playing online poker for about 2 years, Alot of people know me from playing online. I am 21 years old and barely old enough to play at a casino. Thing is, when I do go to a casino, I feel like most of my opponents (anywhere from 2/4 to 15/30) treat me like I am an amature. While this is good for me, I keep hearing about how most young players (who look like they're in their low 20's) are total fish. I would think that most players my age, who have the balls to play poker at a casino, know what they're doing. any comments or stories?

[TheLoser]

I am 20 years old and have been living off of poker for almost 2 years now, I love the lack of respect I get from the old men who have been "playing cards longer then I have been alive" yet in all those years they haven't realised that QT is not a powerhouse

[Dynasty]

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I am 20 years old and have been living off of poker for almost 2 years now, I love the lack of respect I get from the old men who have been "playing cards longer then I have been alive" yet in all those years they haven't realised that QT is not a powerhouse

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Perhaps they lack respect for you because you don't know some basic stuff- such as it is unlikely they were playing hold 'em 20+ years ago. They were playing stud, lowball, or maybe some other draw game.

Most young poker players do play poorly.

[stripsqueez]

i'm 36 so i probably stopped being young fairly recently

i have been playing on and off since i was in my teens and would agree that generally young players are poorly regarded

i think young players can be very good and sometimes are - the primary reason poker appeals to me is that it is an experienced based skill - all the science in the world will not explain or replace 10 years experience of playing the game

[scrub]

i'm 23 and look 17.

in my experience, good players are fooled by my looks for about two button rounds. terrible players call me down with losing hands all night.

i would imagine this would happen even if i were 45--some people pay attention to the way that you play and carry yourself, but most don't.

[Dentist]

Entertaining thread.

I'm 25, but I'm also a Dr.

Here are some of the reactions I get.
When I go casual in a ballcap and shorts and if I'm playing with people I haven't seen I get no respect until one of the few dealers who know me says "Hey Doc" and then the questions start coming and they realize i'm not the standard young dumass.

When I go after work and am in a shirt and loosened tie I tend to get more immediate respect and then it goes even further up when a dealer says hi to me.....

So I can go on a roller coaster ride of respect and it's interesting to deal with those changes in regards to your game.

The regulars that recognize me realize that underneath the ballcap, there's a solid player... which is a bad rep.

[trillig]

Well you are fish to them because you could only have so much experience, like on your job resume, it's not likely very impressive. [haven't earned it yet..]

The real reason though is because you are young and really don't know jack squat about life in general. [which is true by the way [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] you'll realize this when you hit 30's. 8)]

I live in vegas and if I want to feel young, I can go play locals poker too...

And yes some people never learn, that is what messes up good players vs. junk players sometimes too though, damn QT playing geezers!

I was in a NLH tourney recently and I could just tell this OLDER GUY (65+) was MAD when I beat him on a pot, even though the old fart had 15x more chips then me, I think he gave me his best death stare when I raised him that hand, let alone when I took it down.

Note the calling station re-tireez at your table, and burn them every chance ya get. 22339 board and calls river with QT? Damn it, I was in with bluff...
[img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [never happened! LOL!]

-t [mid-30's with baby face]

[RydenStoompala]

Join the club and enjoy membership while you can. Anyone wants to bully or play over you due to your age or appearance deserves the severe thumping that you will deliver. A 24-year-old who works for me likes to play hold'em when we visit cities that have good game. We're lucky there are a bunch of them. Nobody was stupid enough to play over the guy (he looks like he's 18) after a few hands and after a few hours, they were asking for advice. Forget the age factor, it only matters when you're surrounded by idiots and that is basically a winning lottery ticket.

[1800GAMBLER]

I get this at the local casino when it holds it tournments, 100+ players.

'You know these tournments only finish at 2am so if you make it to the final table (smirk) you better phone your teachers and tell them you'll be too tired for school in the morning.'

.. I made the final table.

[RollaJ]

Its ironic, I give a lot mor respect to younger players who are playing mid/high limits, than I do to the older guys. I think on average its a lot harder for a young person to get together enough money to play 15-30 than for an older person. Of course this is not always the case but I think it is true 80% of the time. When I see young players (especially the ones I see every weekend), I figure ther is a good chance they are winning players to bring all that money down every weekend