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Most top players today are like athletes. They eat, exercise, and study the game like pros. Being a sick drug addict and winning tournaments was just raw abili
by INGELRII 7y ago
Most top players today are like athletes. They eat, exercise, and study the game like pros. Being a sick drug addict and winning tournaments was just raw ability.
The level of the game was lower at the time. Ungar would be high level player even today's standards, but his game would not look as spectacular.
- psv1 7y ago> Being a sick drug addict and winning tournaments was just raw ability. And lots of luck. The variance in low sample sizes is ridiculously high, especially in tournaments.
- ramblerman 7y agoI’d argue in those days the edges were much much bigger as well. A good player like Stu would not have experienced that much variance against a weak field like back then
- mattmaroon 7y agoThat's not certain. A lot of the old guard foundered after computer analysis became a part of poker. They were all people skills and no math skills, to greatly simplify it. Computers changed the game and some were unable to adapt. I was playing professionally back then. A lot of the people you used to not want to see at your table suddenly became soft spots.