[PropMike]

Bemoaning coin flips in Tournament poker because 'that's not how it was done in the old days' is pretty silly. Unless tournament structures have altered greatly (and maybe that is the case with the increased numbers of players, I'm not sure) the nature of the blind structures in tournaments necessitate a lot of big all in moves. Perhaps it took a long time for people to catch on to this fact, but it's not the fault of maladjusted internet players that tourneys are all-in fests these days... players have become more aggressive because that's the style more likely to win the money, and in a competitive pursuit for money it's unrealistic to expect people to avoid making all-in plays because it isn't in the spirit of the game or whatever.

In short, don't blame the internet kids for killing the mystique of the game, blame the format of tournament poker for not being rich/complex enough to sustain that mystique. A lot of the old guys who 'flew by the seat of their pants' and took a more passive approach that would accomodate postflop play and tough decisions based on reading abilities etc, would today get steamrolled by the competant tourney pros who apply endless pressure and won't let them in for cheap flops etc. That's not the fault of the aggro players, though, it's systematic of the fact that short stack poker, which is for the most part what tournament poker is, just isn't that complex a game.

If the author had taken a closer look at cash games a lot of his article would have become redundant.

All in my humble opinion, of course.