What's up with Swedish/Norweigen players???

[Tom Bayes]

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The European players we are exposed to just play better poker. They don't pull donk moves, and they make +EV plays all the time.

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While I agree with the basic premise that the elite Scandanavian players seem to be doing disproportionately well in the big tourneys and high-stakes online games, there are plenty of Swedish/Norwegian donks as well. I've played many low-stakes tourneys at 24hPoker, where almost all of the players are Scandanavian. The €5 buy-in Swedish players are just as donkish as the $5 buy-in American players at Stars and Party. I've played Omaha H/L and 2-7 Triple Draw games at 24h where half the players don't even understand the rules of the game-not understanding that the low takes half the pot in a H/L game or not knowing that deuce-to-seven is a lowball game.