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What if Everyone had Poker Manuals?
The sales of poker manuals worldwide are increasing annually. And more and more individuals are learning the secrets and techniques of a pro. Now what if everyone owns a poker manual, will the advantage gap between good and poor players shorten? Will the earnings good players significantly decrease once poor players learn the tactics that they pull off?
The answer I believe is still no, even though this seemed contrary to the obvious. But hear me out. I think the potential earnings of the good player would even increase proportionately as the distribution of poker manuals increase too. The paradox can be explained by understanding the nature of poker.
Because of increased knowledge of the game, the players and the game itself would change. First of all, it would dispel myths that haven't always worked profitably for the good players to control the game in becoming fast paced and high-stakes. Without the roadblocks toward playing what the good players want, more players would want to try their luck in fast-paced, high-stakes game, which would definitely increase the good players' profits.
But since many poor players now posses poker manuals would that improve their edge odds over good players? I think their edge odds would improve but not significantly to balance the scales. You see, all manuals of poker these days, teach tactics that depend heavily on control, behavior and disciple. Many poor players would find these three things as hard concepts to act on. So they are static and their play remains the same. Only a few poor players would actually put into action what they have learned. Consider this reason of why this is so. Poker techniques aren't street magic tricks that can be passed around secretly by a clandestine group.
Those who know poker techniques and use them profitably are those players who have put much time and effort into mastering their play. They already have control, discipline and proper mental attitude to play the game due largely in part in their diligence to try and try again. Most poor players have deeply entrenched habits that lack the proper ingredients of becoming a good player: they slack from discipline, thought and proper behavior. To succeed at poker, you have to have superior analytical skills that require some heavy mental effort, which many players avoid. In fact, poor players come up with excuses of not thinking enough during the game.
Some players get hooked with the concepts but eventually lose interest. They become alert of the good players' tactics and then it fades after a while all because it's all hard work. All the poker players in the world can in fact learn the techniques of winning, but very few would be capable of handling the sheer mental effort required to become pros.