Just how young (and why) are the top players online?

[heater]

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"2 - young people have more time/energy to devote to the game"

This is IMO #1 by far. You simply dont have any responsibilities compared to a married guy in his 30's with kids and a house, etc.

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It's not just time and energy. It's also a lack of financial responsibility. Most of these kids can burn through their bottom dollar without any real consequence.

[fees]

old people are stupid, ldo

[Turn Prophet]

How old is tuff_fish?

[2461Badugi]

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1 - i think multitabling is a more difficult skill than people around here give it credit; look at how much trouble tuff_fish had playing 2 tables. you only get to nosebleed stakes by multi-tabling (or being phil ivey).


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From the hideously old age of 28, I have to concur with this. I can play two tables pretty comfortably, but more than that is just too much for my eyes and my arm. Don't expect to massively multitable forever. You may not get there as early as I did, but you'll eventually get there.

[Ansky]

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old people stupid

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[Daliman]

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it'd be hard to dedicate enough time to be super successful at poker if you have a full time job. So most 25+yr olds already had jobs by the time poker had it's big boom. Also, wives + kids wreck your dreams.

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I hate you.

[Bavid Denyamine]

shouldn't PA be on that list?

i'd assume a lot of older players don't do well online because of the pace of it. it's a lot easier to tilt when you are seeing a lot more hands per hour, and a lot easier to burn through a lot of money faster. the speed transition between live/online can't be ignored.

[Benedict]

I often see a lot of parallels between poker and the stock market, and I think the successful players in both are under 25 because of younger people are better able to cope with the stress of making snap-second decisions for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[KLJ]

older (35+) people aren't good at thinking quickly for whatever reason, especially using electronics

[Ron Burgundy]

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Also, wives + kids wreck your dreams.

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This needs to be repeated about 1000x.