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[jasonHoldEm]

In general I'd say that Europeans are better at big bet games where americans excell at limit games...but the gap is closing.

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[KaiShin]

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Aww, man, cut the PC crap. Stereotypes have truth in them - that's how they got started in the first place.

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Trust me I am far from being PC.

Stereotypes get started because of observed perceptions yes, but applying them in practice to a specific individual in a specific situation is a mistake, from a tactical and moral point of view.

Edited cause I screwed up all the UBB [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Snow]

According to Noam Lanir CEO of Empire poker Swedish players are winning the most according to their statistics [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]


Pressrelease here (in swedish)

Regards Snow

[goodguy_1]

yes hate to admit it but Nordic countries seem to have the best players relative to their population base.

[gasoltub]

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I'm European, we are bloody better


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You better believe it [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Oh! By the way, better at what?

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Better pokar gamblors of course [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[crazy canuck]

yes hate to admit it but Nordic countries seem to have the best players relative to their population base

Swedish yes. Norwegians are not so good.

In general tho Europeans copared to yanks suck at limit, while they are better in PL. So sometimes they are LAGs while playing in limit.

[Schneids]

I'd much rather play in a limit game with a table of Europeans than a table of Americans.

[EliteNinja]

I have no idea.
I AM Canadian.

Nice avatar, Schneids.

[47outs]

I would be interested in having it translated into english. Can anyone translate it pleasE?

outs

[BigBlind]

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I would be interested in having it translated into english. Can anyone translate it pleasE?

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Ok. I'll make a try translating the link above. Spare me the 2 cents comments about the grammar.

Swedes best in the world when it comes to online poker.

Swedes playing poker online wins more than players from other countries. This is shown in statistics from Empirepoker - one of the biggest sites for onlinepoker. Swedes are fast learners, most disciplined and spend the most time playing online.

- According to our statistics swedes wins more than others at internetpoker, says Naom Lanir, CEO at Empirepoker.

- Poker is a game of skill and swedes wins because they are disciplined, knows the rules, show patience and keep their heads cool, Noam Lanir continues.

In Sweden a total of about 50.000 people play internetpoker and Empirepoker is expecting this number to grow to 150.000 by the end of 2005. If you also count the tens of thousands only playing for playmoney the numbers are even higher.

About 10.000 swedish players wins on a regular basis. On average about 10% of the playerbase are regular winners, but in Sweden this number is about 20%.

(some text about empire poker academy)

Those playing online are most often males between 20 and 40 years old. In several other countries like USA, GBR and Canada about 90% of the players are male. In Sweden though almost one third of the players are female.

(Some info about Empirepoker and EmpirePoker Academy)