Re: The Life Cycle of a Poker Player (and my thoughts on live vs onlin
Nice post.
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I think that online poker is much more processing-intensive than live poker and depends much less on accumulated knowledge (about behavioral tendencies, for example). It’s not surprising that the top online players tend to be much younger than the top live players. My guess is that the expected peak for a serious online player would be 24 or so, and the expected peak for a live player would be around 33. I would further expect the skills of the live player to fall off more slowly after the peak than the skills of the online player.
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I think young players success online is mainly due to demographic issues. I started playing online poker before I could set foot in a casino. A lot of people in older generations don't trust playing online or can't mechanically download the software, create an account, etc. I also think online players have a lot more knowledge in certain facets of the game because they play more hands. I think this is enough of a concern to reconsider whether live poker is more knowledge intensive.
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