Any old guys around?
- Thread starter Dopple
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Look out!!
I'll be 58 on Wednesday. Blackjack became pretty automatic for me, so not much problem there. But for the last year I've been trying to learn poker, and I'm catching on to it much more slowly than I thought I would.
For all you younger guys out there, learn everything you can while you're young. It's a lot easier then.
Any day now. :laugh:Dopple said:
I'll be 58 on Wednesday. Blackjack became pretty automatic for me, so not much problem there. But for the last year I've been trying to learn poker, and I'm catching on to it much more slowly than I thought I would.
For all you younger guys out there, learn everything you can while you're young. It's a lot easier then.
UK-21
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I agree totally . . . the game sucks - poker that is !Canceler said:Any day now. :laugh:
I'll be 58 on Wednesday. Blackjack became pretty automatic for me, so not much problem there. But for the last year I've been trying to learn poker, and I'm catching on to it much more slowly than I thought I would.
For all you younger guys out there, learn everything you can while you're young. It's a lot easier then.
StandardDeviant
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I don't think that "older" guys can play this game well, but then again, I don't think "older" is a proper term for someone under 80.
creeping panther
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Dopple
CP
I am 59. I do not have the stamina to play for extended periods as I once did and I do not consider myself the "machine" I once was.Dopple said:
CP
Automatic Monkey
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Yes, but what about at the blackjack table? :laugh:creeping panther said:
Automatic Monkey
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Most of what you lose with age is ambition, rather than ability. Some of the things that I've discovered I "can't" do are actually just things I don't want to do, and/or now realize would be foolish to attempt.
StandardDeviant
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Very true, very true.Automatic Monkey said:
zengrifter
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And 60 is the new 40. zgQFIT said:
sagefr0g
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dont trust anyone under the big six 0
well, if CP isn't the machine he once was it's scary to think how awesome he once was.:yikes::laugh:
and it's like the automonk says ambition is a whole nuther story in the 'golden years'.
Canceler i'm soon gonna try and at least learn the rules of poker, lmao, that and this excel blackjack simulator thingamajimmy (splits suck :whip and gonna go back to college starting winter quarter for a probability course.
learning new stuff isn't so hard at sixty, it's more the ambition thing automonk points out and the stamina thing CP and daddy pointed out. like i try and jog every other day forty five years of smoking or not, but i can no longer make the three mile stretch i used to do, just two miles now and that's with the last mile doing walk jog intervals.
but if i find something interesting, stamina be dammed i'm gonna learn it or do it and just simply wont give up, lol. one thing happens with age and experience is you lose your appetite for kool aid like sophomoric stuff that looks good on paper but doesn't stand up in the real world in a pragmatic sense.
there are differences when it comes to risk between the age groups unless financial positions equalize the equation, but pretty much generally those differences hold sway. like what, the younger guy probably has a long time to lose his money and us older guys might not have quite as long, lol.
and it might just be an illusion but money means different things to different folks, like consider a guy who hardly worked a lick in his life and a guy who busted his a$$ trying to make a buck for thirty years or so, lol.
so maybe utility is a larger factor for the age groups, sorta thing. i know one thing utility is complex as hell from my perspective and how i handle the tables.
like maybe i'll be at the tables and i might end up asking myself, would i pay this much for this? or maybe i'd ask myself damm, i'm getting paid for this, hmm, kewl. what ever, seems for me and i think it's age as i never gambled the first ninety percent of my life, is that the gamble has more of an appeal for me as long as the pay off is large relative to the risk, sort of thing and as long as there is at least a potential advantage.
so what ever, i think i guess age makes me a different sort of AP at the tables than the orthodox stuff calls for.
well, if CP isn't the machine he once was it's scary to think how awesome he once was.:yikes:
:laugh:and it's like the automonk says ambition is a whole nuther story in the 'golden years'.
Canceler i'm soon gonna try and at least learn the rules of poker, lmao, that and this excel blackjack simulator thingamajimmy (splits suck :whip
and gonna go back to college starting winter quarter for a probability course. learning new stuff isn't so hard at sixty, it's more the ambition thing automonk points out and the stamina thing CP and daddy pointed out. like i try and jog every other day forty five years of smoking or not, but i can no longer make the three mile stretch i used to do, just two miles now and that's with the last mile doing walk jog intervals.
but if i find something interesting, stamina be dammed i'm gonna learn it or do it and just simply wont give up, lol. one thing happens with age and experience is you lose your appetite for kool aid like sophomoric stuff that looks good on paper but doesn't stand up in the real world in a pragmatic sense.
there are differences when it comes to risk between the age groups unless financial positions equalize the equation, but pretty much generally those differences hold sway. like what, the younger guy probably has a long time to lose his money and us older guys might not have quite as long, lol.
and it might just be an illusion but money means different things to different folks, like consider a guy who hardly worked a lick in his life and a guy who busted his a$$ trying to make a buck for thirty years or so, lol.
so maybe utility is a larger factor for the age groups, sorta thing. i know one thing utility is complex as hell from my perspective and how i handle the tables.
like maybe i'll be at the tables and i might end up asking myself, would i pay this much for this? or maybe i'd ask myself damm, i'm getting paid for this, hmm, kewl. what ever, seems for me and i think it's age as i never gambled the first ninety percent of my life, is that the gamble has more of an appeal for me as long as the pay off is large relative to the risk, sort of thing and as long as there is at least a potential advantage.
so what ever, i think i guess age makes me a different sort of AP at the tables than the orthodox stuff calls for.
Automatic Monkey
Banned
When I was a kid I used to take road trips, driving 24 hours or longer straight through. Seemed like a good idea at the time, back when gas was $1 a gallon and plane fares and motel rooms were basically what they cost now. Now with all the current research on how unhealthy it is to miss sleep, it would take a lot more than saving a plane fare or a night in a motel to make me stay up for 24 hours. Maybe a 2:1 BJ promotion.daddybo said:CP said it. You don't lose the mental part, it's physical part that that becomes more difficult. Don't do the 24 hour days much anymore.
How far would you drive to get laid? OK let's put it this way- when you were 18, how far would you drive to get laid? Pretty much anywhere, right? When you get older she has to come to you, and cook dinner too.
Poker is a different animal than BJ. You have to be an aggressive person by nature to excel in this game. Patience is also required and the ability to understand your opponents. Many people know what hands to play preflop, but there is a lot of strategy that takes place after the flop comes out. Knowing when to slow play, when to reraise, when to make a move, etc. In addition, being a good actor is also a good skill to have. These are all things that a good poker player has down pat. I make about $40-50/hr on average playing 1/2 NL so it does have the potential to be much more profitable than BJ for those of us who don't have $100,000+ bankrolls.