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What, the TV channel?. Maybe it attracts more players but I dont think the TV show is good for poker in the long term.
Everywhere now in poker, these "pros", who decide they can make more money teaching people how to play. They realise there is no longer much money actually player poker....can only hurt the game in the long term.
I say if you had all the answers, you would keep them to yourself.
I also think it is vastly over rated how many players read forums and again even more over rated how much information people who do read them take out of them. There's a gigantic difference between posting 'you should have folded pre' and applying it to your own game.
It's also being underestimated how the USP of Skypoker is connected to the historical roots of poker in this Country. Poker started in card schools, a small community who would play, banter and in some cases educate each other. That's why it is so appealing and why this is one of the few sites actually growing.
As far as the OP goes, people say stuff. They shouldn't, but they are people. Move on.
And isn't it telling that very few of the sites top players ever post in the clinic? Why would they want to improve anyone's game? Why would they want to reveal their thought process? I'd maybe even be tempted to post mis-information.
I see where RyRy's coming from too though. Not a black and white case IMHO.
Work hard=make money. Do you work hard and not make money? In that case work harder.
Besrt wishes. Shaun the Villa fan in Bham
There may be still some money in poker, but I dont think anyone can argue against the fact that there isnt near as much as there once was.
So yes, some regs may decide they are better off teaching others how to be "regs".
Rather than the amount of money in poker what I actually think is the point is it takes more work to become a winning player now. In the good old days all you needed was the most rudimentary knowledge and half a level of thinking to become a regular winner. A lot of regs from those days are annoyed with themselves that they didn't take advantage when they had the chance (myself included).
It takes a lot more graft now but there is still an unbelievable amount of money to be won. It just isn't as easy as it used to be.
Anyway, from my point of view I'm only helping a very few players anyway. There's probably only 30 or so regular posters in the clinic and I think there are more poker players out there than that. The thing is, I probably learn more than anyone else from my repsonses in the clinic. Explaining my own thoughts gives others the chance to challenge those thought processes and forces me to justify them to myself. This leads to my good habits being reinforced and my poor habits being redressed.
If anyone has learned from the vast amounts of hopeless drivvle I've posted in the clinic, it's got to be me. So AJS I would say that posting in the clinic and "helping" others has improved my profitability, not harmed it... that's if I ever bother to play the game again... which isn't looking likely. lol
Borin,im abit confused about you asking for advice to improve at the game but your thinking about not playing?
I don't generally post my own hands or ask advice from others but you learn alot when answering other peoples' questions. You open up your own methods to scrutiny.
I don't play much purely because I don't enjoy the game at the moment. Real life issues have taken the fun out of things but I still like thinking about the game. I'll get back to playing mega-volume again some day.