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01-17-2016 , 01:56 AM

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that_pope

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Originally Posted by er7eman

Burt Boutin, I never seem to know where he's at.

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01-19-2016 , 07:29 PM

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Joe Tall

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is this sarcasm?

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01-19-2016 , 10:32 PM

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Funny thread. The question in the title is different from the question in the OP which is different from the question many people are answering.

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01-24-2016 , 12:31 AM

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KrunkThirty

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I think this depends on the situation. Sometimes age gives you the edge.

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01-24-2016 , 01:02 AM

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Ray Zee

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here is where old age gives you an edge. if i am playing in a new place i can bluff the better tighter players there easily as they figure an old guy has the nuts when he moves in. i pick my spots for it when it will be big pots so as to not give it away cheaply.

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01-25-2016 , 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Texas Boredem

My cash game has transformed with age..Even with less energy and less brain cells, I'm better now at 50 than I was at 25..

I feel like I peaked at around 30 years of age for tournament poker..Cash games are a different story..I know I'm more effective now than Ive ever been..

The idea that your tournament game peaked in 1996 is wild.

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01-25-2016 , 06:19 AM

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ohmyrage

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It just looks like younger players are better. They got to play millions of hands and play catch up quick with the older guys.

Also motivation is a bigger factor, being single with no kids you can grind and study all day with no side businesses or other distractions. Even the guys who make a ton of money in their 20s-30s will get distracted by side ventures and not be as good 20 years from now relative to now, but will be making more money doing other things

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01-26-2016 , 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Zee

and when i move in on you, try putting me on a tight hand range like you do online with robot players. that doesnt work so well playing very deep with experienced players.
the older players that are good players will know whether you are ready to call or want to fold and bet accordingly.

if it's a lot harder to put you on a range in a given spot compared to, say, an average 500NLz reg, it's probably because you're making much bigger mistakes and will bleed money in the long run to anyone with a pulse anyway.

to be fair it's fine since nobody in your games probably has a pulse...but in that case, what's your point? that you're able to beat other lololds who have a demented and archaic approach to poker where they think things like psychology and "putting a man to the test for all his chips" mean something?

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01-26-2016 , 05:09 AM

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Bighurt52235

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I guess no one has ever put you to a test for all your chips before!

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01-26-2016 , 05:33 AM

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cookies4u

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i'm still waiting to encounter someone old and experienced enough that they would deign to make such a play

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01-26-2016 , 07:19 PM

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grdred944

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All I know is when I think about guys getting older and playing at the same level I think about Chip Reese. His entire adult life (albeit way too short) he adapted to changes in the poker world and was almost always at the top of the game.

There are only a handful of players that could play well at 25 and at 55. Chip was one of them.

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