Do you think the pros are becoming obsolete?

This was partly inspired by a post in General Theory as to whether casino pros were dinosaurs and partly by D. N.'s latest blog entry where he detailed his disdain with his opponent after he was brought down to a short stack. It seems that the internet has created a new player mold that eclipses those old foheys which is why you have players like Giga and Takeover placing so deep in their first few big live tournies.

I don't know if it is the immense concentration or the number of hands they are seeing but it seems to me that the reign of the old pros has ended.

I would be interested to hear your opinions.

[istewart]

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Are some internet players pros?


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Yes.

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Are some internet players pros?


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Yes.

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And casino pros will always be around. Polltard.

ever consider that the internet pros and casino pros are the same people except for the pimple faced kids who can't yet buy beer.

[Niediam]

It's hard for internet players not to do well when you have some fields (such as WPT Aruba) where 95%+ of the participants won a satilite online.

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It's hard for internet players not to do well when you have some fields (such as WPT Aruba) where 95%+ of the participants won a satilite online.

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nh

[Copernicus]

Experienced casino pros will always have an advantage over strictly internet players. There are skills developed live that are not developed online. The impact of online play is to accelerate the learning curve tremendously, and online players will move much more quickly up the ranks of casino pros when they make the migration.

In 10 more years there will be no such thing as a pure casino pro.

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In 10 more years there will be no such thing as a pure casino pro.

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If certain pinhead Congresspersons have their way, in 10 years (or sooner) there won't be any online pros in the U.S.

[MicroBob]

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In 10 more years there will be no such thing as a pure casino pro.

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there are lots of people who prefer to play mid-high stakes live (sometimes against total drunks) then stay at home all night clicking buttons.

Sure you can get it more hands at home....but the profit potential from a good, live 80/160 game at Bellagio or Commerce or wherever is not to be ignored.

Also....I suspect that guys like Greenstein, Ivey and others will still be playing that $4k/$8k game (probably higher than that actually) for a long time to come.
I guess both play on the internet occasionally...but for them when they do play it doesn't really mean anything.

Kind of like when I play live 3/6 it doesn't really mean anything for me.

I can see how internet play has led to a spurt in the evolution of poker strategy, but until the legalities are cleared up, I wouldn't put money on the long-term health of on-line poker play.