interesting(ish) poker article on salon.com

[cmyr]

by Robert Burton. Nothing particularly new, and neither the worst nor the best bit of poker-related mainstream journalism I've seen.

linky

[sdfsdf]

i skimmed over it and the writer sounds like a retard

"Given that tournament poker is a zero-sum game (all the money comes from the entrants), and the casinos take 6 to 10 percent (or more) for hosting the events, the likelihood of being a long-term consistent winner is quite low."

lol

"Like the other winners in the past four years, he was a relative novice who honed his successful aggressive style by playing online poker."

didnt another article say that yang has never played online

[pokergrader]

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A generation of young kids is being seduced into believing in the easy life. Many drop out of school to pursue a misrepresented dream. In the process, they ignore productive careers in order to chase a mirage, an illusion that is in the process of unraveling. Meanwhile, cloistered in their virtual worlds, they are becoming social misfits.


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This is where the article derails for me. He is giving his readers life advice when he doesn't know what he is talking about.

[MrTimCaum]

best comment ever

[FatalError]

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A generation of young kids is being seduced into believing in the easy life. Many drop out of school to pursue a misrepresented dream. In the process, they ignore productive careers in order to chase a mirage, an illusion that is in the process of unraveling. Meanwhile, cloistered in their virtual worlds, they are becoming social misfits.


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This is where the article derails for me. He is giving his readers life advice when he doesn't know what he is talking about.

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jealous much?

[questions]

Not well-written, but I like the Matthau quote. There are a lot of disgusting things about our way of life - what's that quote about capitalism sucking bad, but sucks less bad than any other system that's been tried. It's all about money. That's nobody's fault, it's just the way it is. I don't know what the author's problem is. Is he socialist or something???

[holyfield5]

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A generation of young kids is being seduced into believing in the easy life. Many drop out of school to pursue a misrepresented dream. In the process, they ignore productive careers in order to chase a mirage, an illusion that is in the process of unraveling. Meanwhile, cloistered in their virtual worlds, they are becoming social misfits.


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This is where the article derails for me. He is giving his readers life advice when he doesn't know what he is talking about.

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they reads my soul [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

poker will ruin your life then unravel and leave you with no social skills, true story

[NinaWilliams]

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In a description of Yang's recent WSOP victory, an online poker site commentator indicated that Yang raised about one-third of his hands. Given the small number of good hands that you get in Texas Hold'em, it's apparent Yang is well versed in proper betting strategies according to game theory. Yang's knowing exactly when to raise or fold was less important than his knowing that he needed to do so a certain percentage of the time. What looks like utter magic is game theory unveiled.

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I found this amusing.

[Lyric]

This guy is a great example of why poker will be around forever. He's a smart guy who thinks he knows a lot about the game and knows just about absolutely nothing.

[bryan4967]

i, for one, am shocked that a magazine called salon could misrepresent what poker has become.