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The future of online poker
BigBluster
Member Posts: 1,075
I've noticed a few trends in the last couple of years.
1. The players have changed. Most now have at least some sort of idea how to play the game; many of those around in the early days have simply given up playing. They were good days!
2. The game has changed. You just can't push people around as easily as before, the game is much more aggressive.
3. Poker has changed. Modern poker seems to be less about building pots, saving bets and making subtle moves to squeeze that extra bit of money out of people. Now, it's more about putting people on a range and getting your chips in ahead.
So what's the future? In the not too distant future, I can see no-limit hold 'em dying off. The whole game will be about folding or shoving based on ranges and will be too variable. Tournaments are going this way already. Limit will then make a big comeback (already, the very biggest cash games are all limit). This is probably a good thing as limit requires more subtlety and more skill.
Unfortunately, there will only be good limit players playing each other, passing the same money around. As the house takes its rake, the amount of money swilling around will diminish and the poker craze will be over.
The only way to keep it going will be to introduce new games and attract new blood. But what new blood will enter a small pool of sharks, and how long will they stick around?
1. The players have changed. Most now have at least some sort of idea how to play the game; many of those around in the early days have simply given up playing. They were good days!
2. The game has changed. You just can't push people around as easily as before, the game is much more aggressive.
3. Poker has changed. Modern poker seems to be less about building pots, saving bets and making subtle moves to squeeze that extra bit of money out of people. Now, it's more about putting people on a range and getting your chips in ahead.
So what's the future? In the not too distant future, I can see no-limit hold 'em dying off. The whole game will be about folding or shoving based on ranges and will be too variable. Tournaments are going this way already. Limit will then make a big comeback (already, the very biggest cash games are all limit). This is probably a good thing as limit requires more subtlety and more skill.
Unfortunately, there will only be good limit players playing each other, passing the same money around. As the house takes its rake, the amount of money swilling around will diminish and the poker craze will be over.
The only way to keep it going will be to introduce new games and attract new blood. But what new blood will enter a small pool of sharks, and how long will they stick around?
Comments
I personally think there will be a slow move away from NL holdem to Omaha and Raz and others you only really see on H.O.R.S.E events
The pro`s will always look for value and if it`s not in hold em then they move to another
Doyle and Todd Brunson probably play more Omaha than hold em
Gary
I just might buy a few books to learn how to play it.
RAZZ
now that is a fun game .....
Pot Limit Omagh,class