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Understanding Where Poker Came From
According to Justin Bonomo, writer for Bluff Magazine, poker is an ever-evolving game that poker players are still discovering, learning, and teaching with every hand that is played. He suggests players like Doyle Brunson have evolved more than other players and share what they have learned with the world.
Bonomo claims poker has been through four significant shifts since the 1940s, when the first rounders increased their skill while roaming around Texas, supporting themselves by playing poker. This era was the first shift. The second shift came about in the disco days, the 1970s. At this time in the United States, tournaments were becoming popular, and the World Series of Poker was established. This era also saw Brunson’s Super System, which also added to this poker shift.
Later, in the late eighties and early nineties, another shift came about as other strategy books came out, such as the Theory of Poker and Hold ‘em Poker for Advanced Players. These books were published by 2+2, one of the first big poker book publishers. Bonomo sees the 4th and most recent shift arising in the early years of the 21st century, more specifically, 2003 and 2004. He attributes this shift to the Internet, which led to satellite tournaments that could bring any player to a live event. In addition, televised events became trendy and fun to watch, as players’ hole cards could be shown to viewers watching at home. Television, along with the Internet, which allowed for a lot more means of online communication and educational instruction, not to mention the instant availability for anyone to play, there was a great increase in the skill of players, on the whole.
Bonomo states that even from 2004 to 2006, the game of poker has become tougher. This is not to say that the game of every player has improved, or that every pro is flawless. In fact, even the pros make mistakes constantly, and some even blog their mistakes (Daniel Negreanu, Brian Townsend, and Patrik Antonius). So, Bonomo has made some predictions that he is confident will come true. He believes that poker will become tougher over the next four years, as it has been steadily doing in recent past years. Another presumption he makes is that it will be necessary for good players to learn and play in different styles. They will not be able to play the same every game.
Also, he predicts that the trend of aggressive play that has developed online will become apparent in live play, as well. He states that in live high stakes cash games, players tend to play very passively, which the opposite is true online. As more online players start playing on live tables, the knowledge that has amassed online for poker players will come with them. Finally, Bonomo suggests that players will become more reliant on math and computer software programs. These types of assistances will eventually become more widely used and accepted and become “more necessary, rather than simply being beneficial.” An interesting example presented is that if the top ten poker players in the world dropped out of the poker realm for five years then returned to the game, they would be the underdogs, facing much more advanced players than themselves.
What Bonomo is saying, as a poker player, is that the game of poker will undoubtedly see even more shifts in the level of play by its players, who may not ever conquer the infinite complexity of the game.
RESOURCES:
Bonomo, Justin. “The Evolution of Poker.” Bluff Magazine March 2008March 2008 20 Jun 2008 <http://www.bluffmagazine.com/magazine/The%2DEvolution%2Dof%2DPoker%2DJustin%2DBonomo-1252.htm>.
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October 4th, 2008
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As I researched further into the topic of the previous post (poker over the last 70 years or so), I found some more interesting info on the subject. First of all, I discovered that Texans actually started the the WSOP and Texans won 8 of the first 9 main event titles. What is ironic is that the game of poker has been for the most part illegal in the Lone Star State. Therefore, the big names in poker, aka the “Texas Road Gamblers” were outlaws and virtually on-the-run, as they moved around playing the game. The lifestyle of the Texas Road Gamblers, who had their run from the 1950s to the 1980s, was that of a nomad, as they drove the Texas country roads from one game to another, dodging raids and shooting cheaters.
Like some players today, poker was their job, but unlike all players today, they didn’t play on television and they didn’t misbehave at the table. Poker was a dangerous and lonely occupation, not a leisurely and social past time.
By the 1950s and 60s, poker had become a somewhat organized crime. Each town had its own “boss gambler,” who decided who got to play poker and where they’d play. Why did he get to choose? Because he paid off the law. Since poker was legal if a charitable cause backed the event, many poker houses used charitable fronts to get away with housing poker establishments. Part of the house rake went to charity, part went to overhead, and part went to paying off officials, and the rest was pocketed.
The games essentially consisted of locals, the professionals, and the fat-pocketed amateurs, who the rounders loved to take advantage of. After the game, the Texas gamblers would analyze every hand and every card played, much like poker is analyzed today. It’s no wonder that when players like Doyle Brunson finally got to Vegas, they were, for a while, unbeatable. We can now thank these veterans of poker for bringing poker to the mainstream. Whether they really meant to, or not, these guys were just doing their job, and these Americans truly loved their jobs.
Resources:
Wilson, Des. “Ghosts at the Table.” Poker Pro Magazine June 08June 2008 20 Jun 2008 <http://www.thepokerpromagazine.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=646&Itemid=2>.
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June 21st, 2008
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May 16th, 2008
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May 16th, 2008
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There are some sites that offer true freerolls, that is, they don’t even require $0.01 buy-in or any player points, but they do yield real-money cash payouts. There are two that we have found, three if you count NLOP.com, but technically you still must spend your NLOP points to get into their tournaments.
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March 5th, 2008
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February 21st, 2008
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February 21st, 2008
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