If the WSOP events this year have showed nothing else, the lines between the live and online players have all but disappeared. The big argument has raged on the forums for years about who the better players were...now we see little difference between the two.
A few short years ago, the online players slipped out from their comfy homes and ventured into the casinos to play some of the big money tournaments and made a big splash. By the time many of them could even play in the WSOP they had already been playing for big money online and reaping big money results. Many of the live players, mostly older, were not playing online or were just tipping their toes into those waters......fast forward four or five years and now we see the formerly live only players being competitive online and the online guys playing more and more live and having to fight harder than they did early on.
While the age and style of play of the "old guys" was being trashed, the really good ones have been paying attention and have learned new trick from the youngsters and are giving them a run for their money.....literally. This year during the WSOP, Bobby's Room has been buzzing and the high stakes games have been juicy. The Internet kids have brought their money and they seem to be enjoying the live play action more and more. Many of this kids have been playing each other for years just like the live players were playing each other for year but face to face adds a new dimension for them as well...then they mesh each group with the other and now you got some games.......
See......you can teach an old dog new tricks.......and just remember who wrote those books you all cut your teeth on and just remember the old adage....the cream always rises to the top.......same in poker...players will go where the money and great competition is......great players adapt.......and these lines being blurred if not erased altogether makes the poker world more interesting every day.
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