The Evolution of an Online Poker Player

After a discussion in a different thread between Zachvac and Belgo, I realized that perhaps all online poker players that play seriously go through evolutionary stages. I present this theory of the "Evolution of an Online Poker Player" for your debate.

interesting, umm my evolution was actually different, 1-started with play chips, 2-played tiny cash games, lost it all 3-started playing sngs/mtts, break even barely made anything. 4-started making ft's in mtts/started making money 5-moved up to mid levels, still made mistakes but was a lot better 6-moved up to where im now, I play mid to high level mtts and mid to high sngs, I'm ok at 100nl and lower for cash games, and I do farily good at HU. Wouldn't call myself a pro but I'm getting there.

LOL. Very nice looking theory.

I skipped phase one and never went broke. But there was certainly a phase where I lost in cash what I was earning in SNGs. I guess I'm at phase 5 now, but I certainly make too many stupid mistakes to look anywhere close to a hero. In the end, it's only been a year since I started playing poker.

Also, very few people graduate to phase 6.

think im at stage 3 starting from this month lol however i do still play MTT's but only because i quite enjoy the big fields as it sets a huge challenge to beat say 3000 people ! however still have never done this haha

Chuckt's>Chuck Norris as proven

Looks like I've got along way to go. I am the baby monkey......

Lol well I think I went 3-1-bust-break-3-4 and now am a 6max spewmonkey.

i am proudly baby monkey but my aim is to be baby human. i love mtts. i never play cash games rarely sng. when i have enough money, i plan to play 2-3 mtt per week -buyins about 100 dolar-. so also i can manage poker as a hobby not a way of lifestyle.

I am in phase 3; I play frecuently SNG tournaments I like one table SNG; I keep profits from sng, but still I need more evolution in my play.

I'm glad people liked this ... and kudos to switch for recognizing the person in Phase 6!

lol it gave me a laugh hehe

I skipped phase 1 (I'm not much for MTTs) and I doubt I ever "progress" beyond phase 4.

How do you account for the likes of Irexes who manages to kick ass across all phases?

Who's the wino at the end? ..... Oh soz it's Chuck

Jagsti said:

Who's the wino at the end? ..... Oh soz it's Chuck

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HARDY HAR HAR

Icemonkey managed to forget the part about the 'pro' living in his mummy's house though...

And what's after drunk. I mean, stage 6?

Haha, I'm glad that ChuckTs celebrity shot at the end got a pop reaction. ChuckTs, I think you live with your mom because you want to live with your mom, not because you have to. And that's a good thing. Plus in the movie "The Grand" doesn't the calculating on-line pro ... live with his mom?? Yup.

I think i b stuck on about 3.5. Single table cash game. Fixed limit.

I went 2 (played S&Gs first, sucked at them and eventually got better), 5 (6 tabled 25NL 6max and crushed it for awhile), 4 (currently playing 12-14 tables of 50NL FR). I think FR is still more profitable at microlimits (hourly winrate) since u can play so many more tables than 6max.