Poker Digest: Top 50 Movers & Shapers

...not to utilize this site.


I have to say that when you add the library of poker titles to the DAILY valuable information one can cull from the forum(s)...


Ding Ding! We have us a winner!


Oh, yeah. That is, of course, unless you need a huge dose of totally juvenile in-fighting and accusing and sometimes even abject lunacy.


In which case the other place has this beat hands-down.


Sorry, guys!

I have to admit, I have learned a ton from following along in here, and reading the 2+2 books. The thing I really like about this forum is the same thing I always liked about discussions after reading in college. It gives the oppertunity to explore the concepts we have read about, and it also helps really see them applied. Many of the more experienced posters here remind me of one of my current bosses. We are all techies, so we sometimes deal with very complex ideas and theories. This guy helps you really understand things and put them into action, and that is the mark of a good teacher.


It's hard to believe I found this place from an off hand remark by a guy I was playing 3/6 with almost 2 years ago. If I knew his name, I'd thank him. lol


Fitz

I was on RGP for a short while - when I was trying to learn as much as possible online using online resources.


Big waste of time....this forum is much better and less spam, griping - I hope those RGP's never come over here and do to this forum what they've done to that one.


I'm not positive expectation yet, but with your help, (and your latest 3 books on poker essays) - I'll get there soon. I owe you guys one myself.


RB

r.g.p. used to be a lot better, back in the days when people like Paul Pudaite, Michael Hall, and Andy Morton were around and posting. (Andy died in a motorcycle crash; whatever happened to Paul and Mike?)


Don't sneer too much at r.g.p.ers, a bunch of them post regularly here. (Hi, Lee!)

Michael Hall = Abdul, no?

Mason writes...


Now I can't prove it, but I believe that we have more traffic than RGP, and certainly the quality of serious poker discussion is better.


1. As to the traffic, I claim that it's possible to reasonably estimate the amount of traffic on r.g.p. and 2+2. For instance, a metric such as the average number of readers per post. I will bet any one person $500 (even money) that the number for r.g.p. is higher (my offhand guess is that it's something like an order of magnitude higher).


2. Quality of discussion? The S/N ratio is an order of magnitude higher here. Though balt9999 is having a deleterious effect on that.


Regards, Lee

But how do you get the figure for number of readers per post on rgp?


I wouldn't be surprised if there were more posts here, though maybe Russ G has changed that. [img]/images/ohwell.gif[/img]

"2. Quality of discussion? "


Well there certainly is a lot more noise on RGP. And 2+2 is THE PLACE to discuss hands. But one good thing about RGP is discussions can last weeks or even months. An interesting discusion on 2+2 gets buried within days, never to be seen again. I think that's one big problem with some of 2+2's best posts/topics.

I have even seen David Sklansky post on RGP.

some points:


1. RGP really is bottom of the barrel. So many of those "Newgca" posts--who is that?


2. 2 + 2 is the best for discussion and humor (balt999 notwithstanding). The posts are eduacational and often funny.


3. Lee, can we exile balt999 to RGP?