The other 29% are inaccurate

Smart to play poker- really, 2 cards for each individual 5 for all to share not exactly rocket science. Get good cards or get lucky. I wouldn't put too much stock into the idea that when Grinder or Durrr or even God forbid, Ivey is staring blankly with mouths half open they are thinking much more than can i get this guy to fold or can i catch something to win if he doesn't. flame away

Who said anything about being smart!?

top of page, or do you just go to the last post of each topic!?

Ok sry, but I would like to say the same as in my last post to the post at the top of the page.

But you could quote him or his name when answering to only 1 post so irrelevant to the topic

Some factors that could contribute to Scandos having more elite(?) poker players than ROW :

- Probably the best internet coverage & computer skills for the average person(this is obviously not as important 2010 as in the early days of poker)

- People have a habit of really specializing(i.e nerding) in whatever their current area of interest in, as in when someone is getting into poker they'll dedicate a lot more time to it than an american would.

- Impossible to get "rich" by working or starting a company.
The EV of getting a good education and working your ass off is absolutely horrendous in Scandinavia compared to USA.
With rich I'm not talking about Buffet rich or something I'm talking about making 6-figures/year and having 1M+ net worth.

I could go on forever on the last point but don't want to politard this thread, let me just say that ironically social mobility is very hard in the socialist paradise.

90 % of swedes and fins are functional alcoholics (the other 10 % are hanging around outside systembolaget and alko), and when drunk you just tend to put more money in the pot.

You should be asking, why do Scandinavian players have such large penis'?

What?

If you take the size of the population into consideration, Norway has more (USD) millionaires than any other country in the world.

And most of them built their fortunes in the last couple of decades, so I have no idea where you're getting your information?

I can only speak for myself why I'm so much more "fearless" as a player.

In Finland association called RAY (Finland’s Slot Machine Association) has an exclusive right to operate slot machines and casino table games, and to run a casino. These machines are placed in every market and gas station around the country and people between the ages of 10 to 90 are playing these ****ers every day.

One of the most popular slot machine is a 5 card draw where your odds for winning in a long run are close to zero. If you get lucky enough and win something you have a option for double it up. Your odds for doubling it up are 46%, for getting your money back are 4% and losing are rest of the 50%.
Since winning any moenyz is so rare doubling up is the best option to hit a big score. Personally I have used all my candy moneyz to these machines from age of 7. In this light losing a xx$ coinflip online dosen't feel so bad when you have used to lose 20€ coinflips in age of 10 for these blood sucking machines.

Finland also has a long history for card games. 5 card draw, scandinavian stud and many non-money needed card games have been around for ages and as long as I remember my whole family and my friends have always played these games and slots.

The culture, in Iceland at least, is very focused around being strong/tough. People don't wanna be wimps and not show up for work even though they are sick, strongman competitions are popular compared to other countries (but that may be because it's one of the few sport Icelanders haven't historically sucked at) etc.
That may or may not have something to do with being nitty.
People might also be able to start playing earlier (compared to for example USA where it's harder to deposit) when going broke is not a big of a deal.
Social security etc. probably plays a part as well.

I figure Scandinavians are tough and aggressive but unemotional, which is probably good for poker. Vikings have to plot how to sack villages and so on and be fearless in carrying that out.

Southern Europeans tend to be emotional and that can effect your poker badly if you show your feelings or go on tilt after a bad beat or getting bluffed.

because they have alcohol running through their veins to keep from freezing (canadians do to, ldo!)

Maybe I should have specified that I was speaking about Sweden, **** the Norwegian arabs!

http://super-economy.blogspot.com/20...nd-sweden.html

Why do you get so upset and insult me?

pretty much this

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these are the points i was gonna type down. It is not even seen as "nerdy" anymore being into computergames in Sweden, most girls have had a boyfriend that played poker or wow or whatever. We were kinda "early" with cheap and v. fast internet compared to the rest of the world, along with a strong economy so most kids had their own computer with 10mbit+... -> games, e-gaming culture is pretty damn solid.... transition over to poker became for most ppl very natural when the idea of a steady income became interesting.

I once started university to become a teacher, but when i realized it is a 4,5 year long program to end up earning like $45,000 (after several years lol) i kinda went meh.. If i ever get a job I will end up in that proximity anyway, and if it is within a company I atleast have a chance of working my way up..

Durrrr has a little scandanavian in him.

Can you add a couple more rows that reflect the state of the Soviet army prior to the attack and the percentage of landmass and economy that Finland sacrificed in order to halt the hostilities.

ps does 3 months of fighting really count as a war? More of a battle, no?

mad russian

Every night I can see myself over and over again pillaging and ravaging through medieval Europe with a huge axe, a longboat and a dozen of my fellow Vikings. I enjoy every moment of it.

Every morning i wake up, ready to battle anyone brave enough to stand in our way. Suddenly, I remember what century it is and end up releasing all my anger at the poker table.

Everyone that says it's all related to our social system is way off imo. Even though there's a safety net, nobody want's to go broke. Loosing money is no more fun in Scandinavia than in the rest of the world.

I don't want to speculate to much over the reasons why scandies are fearless. I guess it's a complicated relationship between culture and genes, and maby the cold winters. In Scandinavia people are fearless, in Germany people are thight. That's just the way it is.

Except for American NVG-ers, I don't think anyone even think this is a debate. Finns and Scandinavians are (except the 5-8% of Finns that are Swedish-finns) different people.

Nobody said it was fun - just that it's a lot less painful than most other places in the world.