robwhufc
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
Another conspiracy theory post alert!!!!!!
Just played an $1 18 player SnG on Stars - 2 Americans, 16 non-Americans. I came 4th, the 2 Americans ended up H2H after blundering their way through (calling all-ins with A 10, going all in with 1/10 odds UTG with 99 etc, then being dealt monster after monster when short-handed).
I always used to think non-Americans tended to do a bit better (at low levels) than Americans - there isn't the same cultural or social attachment to poker outside the US, if you're not American and are playing, you have made a conscious decision to learn and play the game (I don't think there are a lot of Non-American housewifes, retired people and kids, playing for the social interaction).
The CC games at pokerstars have also had a noticeable shift away from the Europeans/ Canadians to the Americans in recent weeks as well. It used to be the case that the top 4 or 5 players would be European / Canadians 75% of the time, but this no longer holds true.
Is it a coincidence that this shift appears to coincide with the ban on Poker in the US - If American's lose their roll, they are going to find it difficult to replace it now?
Discuss........
o )
Just played an $1 18 player SnG on Stars - 2 Americans, 16 non-Americans. I came 4th, the 2 Americans ended up H2H after blundering their way through (calling all-ins with A 10, going all in with 1/10 odds UTG with 99 etc, then being dealt monster after monster when short-handed).
I always used to think non-Americans tended to do a bit better (at low levels) than Americans - there isn't the same cultural or social attachment to poker outside the US, if you're not American and are playing, you have made a conscious decision to learn and play the game (I don't think there are a lot of Non-American housewifes, retired people and kids, playing for the social interaction).
The CC games at pokerstars have also had a noticeable shift away from the Europeans/ Canadians to the Americans in recent weeks as well. It used to be the case that the top 4 or 5 players would be European / Canadians 75% of the time, but this no longer holds true.
Is it a coincidence that this shift appears to coincide with the ban on Poker in the US - If American's lose their roll, they are going to find it difficult to replace it now?
Discuss........
o )