Respecting Your Elders

[2Tone]

Jackpot Jay over at ESPN.com has another mailbag column up. I’m not a big fan of his columns, though I’m glad to see poker getting mainstream coverage. Anyway, in writing about my pick for the world’s best player, Dan Harrington, he says “And, by his own admission, at 58, he's past his physical and intellectual peak.”



I think Harrington is being falsely modest, letting people underestimate him and his fellow older players all day long. Personally, I’ve found the cliché of older players being rocks to be accurate – they grind out a good earn rate and rarely go on tilt. And there’s no way their game is suffering until they reach an age where they can’t see the cards on the board.

What do you all think?

[Jackass_man]

Always beware of the old timers, they've seen it all and done it all.

[Penguinfan]

You don't get to that age playing poker and not be aby good and I seriously doubt you lose that much of your game due to age, experience counts.

[Jackass_man]

I have also noticed alot of older people trying out poker for the first time, it's not just the kids learning a new game. I guess they saw moneymaker win and thought this might be more fun than slots and lotto tickets.