Card Player Article: The End Is Coming - Page 2

Newt_Buggs · #11 09-01-2005, 05:02 AM

I also wanted to mention that he overestimates the ability to learn. Sure, there's a ton of poker advice out there, but how much of it is good? Just drop by the cardplayer forum and see some of the poker "advice" that is getting spewed out there. I looked at it a couple of weeks ago and there was a two page thread on whether freeroll tournaments were harder than real money touranaments (with most of the players saying that freerolls were harder).

#12 09-01-2005, 05:09 AM

I don't see chinese characters as an issue. Look at all the websites out there now where you can choose your language.

el_dusto · #13 09-01-2005, 05:11 AM

if the implication is that it'll be like the "old days" again, and that poker rooms are going to close.... i say no freakin' way. live poker will remain more popular than it's been in the past as long as they show tournaments on TV. and they will continue to show the WSOP and other events on TV as long as people continue to show an interest in poker.

the only thing I can see seriously damaging the massiveness of internet poker is a sudden government interest in either taxing (or shutting down) all the money changing hands that people might not be claiming.

remember the wise words of p.t. barnum.... "there's a sucker born every minute."

#14 09-01-2005, 05:16 AM

There is truth to this but internet gambling IMO is not as much fun as spending time in a live casino and therefore does not have the same staying power. Sure hope I'm wrong though.

Macint0sh · #15 09-01-2005, 08:11 AM

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There is truth to this but internet gambling IMO is not as much fun as spending time in a live casino and therefore does not have the same staying power. Sure hope I'm wrong though.

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But it's way more accesible. That counters a lot of the "fun" part for most people.

-Skeme- · #16 09-01-2005, 08:37 AM

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Yeah, it really would be a crime if we were all forced to become productive parts of society that contribute something with real jobs.

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I'm a consumer. Me buying things contributes to society.

#17 09-01-2005, 08:41 AM

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Yeah, it really would be a crime if we were all forced to become productive parts of society that contribute something with real jobs.

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I'm a consumer. Me buying things contributes to society.

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The people that you took the money from would've also.

jon462 · #18 09-01-2005, 08:41 AM

obviously he's right. In june i played 600 sngs averaging 35% Roi, including 150 50s near the end of the month with 40% Roi. In august i had 500 with about a 15% ROI total. obviously they are getting much harder!!!!!

#19 09-01-2005, 08:42 AM

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obviously he's right. In june i played 600 sngs averaging 35% Roi, including 150 50s near the end of the month with 40% Roi. In august i had 500 with about a 15% ROI total. obviously they are getting much harder!!!!!

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You clearly have a large enough sample to represent the millions of SnGs played on PP in that time period.

fnord_too · #20 09-01-2005, 08:51 AM

I only skimmed the article, but I think he is being way too pessimistic here. Casino's are being build as fast as politicians can be bought off to aprove them. Those suckers have neither learned nor dwindled.

Also, the real gloom he is predicting is not for the say 2 or 3% or the top players, who can adapt and learn better than most. I would not say I am a great poker player at this point, but I do rate my ability to learn and improve pretty highly. I am not too worried about the games getting too tough, because, and this is a point I have made often as have others, the qualities needed to beat the tough games are also the qualities that can typically make you more money in the real world.