What is it with Magic and Holdem?

Toddy · #1 11-13-2005, 01:54 PM

I find it odd that a lot of former magicians are now top ranked holdem players. I don't know how the 2 go together

gabbahh · #2 11-13-2005, 02:16 PM

Both are card games with a lot of strategy.

Sykes · #3 11-13-2005, 02:59 PM

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Both are card games with a lot of strategy.

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Exactly. Both require stategy, thinking many turns ahead, bluffing, and thinking what your opponet might hold and the odds that you're going to get a winning card (outs).

It's no surprise that top magic/chess/backgammon players are also very good at poker. To them, poker is a step down to the games they use to play.

#4 11-13-2005, 03:36 PM

He's talking about card trick kind of "magic" and not MTG.

No one who plays MTG refers to themselves as a magician so either this guy is clueless or hes talking about magicians like Antonio Esfandiari

Kaeser · #5 11-13-2005, 04:18 PM

No I think OP's talking about MTG here. That is unless I missed a wave of street magicians taking over the tables.

gabbahh · #6 11-13-2005, 05:51 PM

Klepton · #7 11-13-2005, 06:16 PM

stop being a budget boy.

snoopdarr · #8 11-13-2005, 11:24 PM

If he means MTG, maybe it's because the kind of person who does well sitting at the computer for 8 hours a day playing poker is the same kind of internet geek who would be drawn to playing MTG.

If he's talking about magicians... I don't know where he's coming from?

JonPKibble · #9 11-13-2005, 11:50 PM

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If he means MTG, maybe it's because the kind of person who does well sitting at the computer for 8 hours a day playing poker is the same kind of internet geek who would be drawn to playing MTG.

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Nevermind the large element of strategy involved in MTG, there can't possibly be a link.