This is an interesting read. He says a lot of things about the young players in the online poker (and live to a certain extent) world and what impact they’ll have on the future of poker. Some of it is kinda scary. Some is depressing. But it’s pretty truthful in a bunch of respects, so it’s worth a read.

Also, I’m honored to be mentioned by name as one of the good guys. It’s always nice to know that the people I respect also have respect for my work.

http://www.upforanything.net/poker/archives/002159.html

EDIT:

I received the following comment: “I can’t believe a little flattery was all it took to sell you on that drivel. ”

It actually didn’t have anything to do with it. Granted I was linked to the page because someone saw my name in it, but that isn’t why I think it’s partially true. Here’s the thing… I don’t really subscribe to the whole TL;DR stuff. Assholes on forums are nothing new and there’s nothing to indicate to me that it’s really a problem. Even just the whole culture of asshole/know-it-all youth isn’t really a huge deal because people are always like that and there’s nothing that can be done about it. I’m talking about a select group of people who are successful or have achieved success at some point in the last few years in the poker world. Some people are smart, some people are going down the tubes. I subscribe to the idea that the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Some of the wealth spread around among some people is doing way too much harm to their lives. And in turn, some of the things that are bound to happen as time goes on could really hurt the poker world. I’m not going to spell out what I think will happen or who it will happen to, but I think it should be obvious (no, I’m not talking about Ozzy). Anyway, I also worry about a bunch of people in those groups and on that level I agree with Brad’s blog post.

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