Comments on: Can Everyone Learn Poker?

By: gtycoon

gtycoon — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:39:00 +0000

The basics of poker knowledge are the maximum that some will attain in "poker skills" and that is all that they'll be able to "learn".

Other's can pick up the game easy and learn the tips, technique and strategy it takes to win.

Can everyone learn?

Can everyone learn to be a brain surgeon?

NOPE!

By: CC

CC — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:13:00 +0000

Can it be unlearned?

By: HighOnPoker

HighOnPoker — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:40:00 +0000

No doubt that it is great to have players who don’t ‘get it’ at your table. But as poker bloggers who each strive to become great players, are some of us fated to fail because we do not have the necessary innate skills? That’s what really intrigues me.

By: RaisingCayne

RaisingCayne — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:58:00 +0000

Very true. I think there’s a lot of people out there that just “get it,” and a lot that just “don’t get it.”

I’ve got a friend of mine that’s a complete donkey tool when it comes to poker decisions, and yet for some reason he honestly believes he’s a decent player, (albeit with no evidence to prove the theory.) All my poker conversations with him increase my faith in the game as a very profitable hobby, as I know there’s players out there like him, that JUST don’t GET IT. It’s definitely these players we want at our tables!

By: WillWonka

WillWonka — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:11:00 +0000

I don’t have the answer and I do also like the question.

In my humble opinion, there are lots of guys that don’t ‘get’ it and if I find that it is a lot of the time an ‘ego’ thing because they think they get it.

Some people don’t want to get and just play for the entertainment knowing they are going to lose in the long run.

Anyway, we need these people to play and should always encourage them