In a few days will go on sale magazine Times with an article by Dan Kadlec called “plot” Attack of the brats of mathematics .
Although the title seems to refer to bad horror movie,
the text recovers the classic dispute between two different approaches to poker: the mathematician, characteristic of the players online and is based on the famous readings and tells .
To represent the first approach, Kadlec as an example to
Jason ‘jaspuduf’ Lee, Justin Bonomo, Isaac Haxton , while representatives of the old school are Phil Hellmuth, Mike Caro and Doyle Brunson , who gives some interesting views on the current scene of poker.

“The reason why I won eleven bracelets was for my ability to read people. The new players are only focused on mathematics and they are changing everything,” said Hellmuth in the opening paragraphs of the article. For Phil to blame for that has had its first year of losses in 2009 are “math nerds, those who use databases of millions of hands to master the game.”
According to Kadlec, traditional poker players were taken by surprise by the new generation and are still searching how to adapt to the young. However, despite having taken the poker scene by assault, the new players still have not earned all the respect.
Mike Caro, author of several books on poker, says that, despite knowing more math, “young people are easier to read in a live game” and Doyle Brunson settles the issue and states that ” current tournaments have become a lottery “and therefore only play Holdem 10% of their sessions.
Again left open the famous debate live online vs. .
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