Just how young (and why) are the top players online?
sbrugby mentioned in his blog a while ago how he is one of the older guys who are beating the biggest games online. Here are the top 10 biggest winners at NL on Full tilt this year, with their ages (please help me fill in the rest):
sbrugby: 25
pr1nnyraid: 23
durrr: 20
Phil Ivey: 31 (old geezer)
jinsokkp:
mjorgenson13: 20
traheho: 21?
Genius28: 20?
whitelime: 23
Lots of other top winners who are even under 21 (CTS, Stinger, Ozzy).
Why are players so young? Is the overall demographic of online poker players now really that heavily concentrated in the 18-24 year old range, or are the younger players simply the ones dedicating the most time and energy into becoming the best?
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