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Young vs Old"er"by PokerBurro | Published Jan 21, 2011 
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In Daniel Negreanu's recent blog he again talks, briefly, about how the new generation young 20 somethings are dominating the poker scene. Being a stats guy, I wonder if he or other players have really stopped to consider the truth behind such statements? It's my gut feeling that it is more a numbers thing - there are simply dozens of players per 1 old guy/gal that you can find playing this game of poker. As such, you would expect young players to dominate, in numbers, representation at final tables.
It would be fun to see age brackets like in road races so that people could see how they stack up against their peers. Of course, there would still be an overall standings but it would be nice to see just what % of old guys is making it to final tables and is that an over or under on the % of entrants in that age bracket. In other words, %-wise are the youngsters really dominating or is just an illusion created by the horde of young players out there?
Of course, I would also wager that the young players on the live circuit are probably among the creme de la creme of online players because otherwise what youngster could afford to be on the live circuit? Probably more older guys out there that can jump into a tournament just because they have money from other sources or savings from earlier in life (so, the field of older peeps should be inherently weaker).
Any of you not familiar with the concept of age brackets should sign up for a local 5K foot race :-)
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Comments
npte80
over 2 years ago
I don't know buddy. I'm young 22yr player myself, but I think the younger players are dominating all levels of poker. Even at my local casino the other night when I was playing my Wednesday night low buy in tourney;it was me and 3 other guys under 25 who made the final table. Cash games at that place are now being dominated by young players. By the way I would have to say from my experience playing live, that's including cash games and tourneys. We are not out numbering the 30-50 age group of players by any close margin. In Florida there is probably one 18-25 yr old for every ten 25+ year old player.
I believe that my generation are better analytical thinkers, and are minds work more efficiently. This is due to the strong reinforcement of standardized tests over the last 15yrs, and there requirements for dissecting pieces of information very fast. These skills translate very easy into playing poker.I believe its a analytical thought process that really helps my game. We are just better at seeing all the angles of a play, very fast.
Well this is just my BS theory.lol
PokerBurro
over 2 years ago
Your local area profile of players might be skewed...Florida still is the retirement capital of the US, yes? Bodes well for you!
npte80
over 2 years ago
Yes very true. I am from the land of the old people. lol
WPS22
over 2 years ago
I think you have to break poker down into smaller segments to get a correct answer. NLH has evolved so much over the past 5 years, favoring younger players. That is because millions of NLH hands are played everyday online by young players. You could also throw PLO into that category.
I don't think the same holds true for stud and most other limit games, including hold'em. Those games have never been very popular online, thus haven't changed much over the past five years and are still dominated by older players.
I think a lot of times people just say poker, and really mean no limit hold'em. As far as NLH goes, I don't think there is much debate that its dominated by younger players.
PokerBurro
over 2 years ago
I haven't played much NLH online or live lately mainly because the few last sessions were complete bore-fests. Too many nits. That drove me to playing the other games where there seems to be much more action. Did I just run a bad sample size or has NLH gotten real nitty?
trentbridge
over 2 years ago
Older wins! A 68-year-old grandfather wins Aussie Millions!