Many players say the online games have gotten harder with better tools, study materials, and overall experience.

[Houbi37]

Do you think online poker is tougher now than a few years ago?
Or is it still beatable with the right strategy?

 

[Ruinkind]

Absolutely, just like anything competitive.

The new school always have a distinct advantage of a plethora of easily accessible information, building on the backs of giants.

Learning poker now compared to 20 years ago, hell, imagine 40 years ago where your source of information is the local card room, and people gated their knowledge and tricky lines pretty heavily.

Think about how the pros in common ring games have to level each other on their known habits, hard to keep any secrets with a camera on you.

 

[Houbi37]

Absolutely, just like anything competitive.

The new school always have a distinct advantage of a plethora of easily accessible information, building on the backs of giants.

Learning poker now compared to 20 years ago, hell, imagine 40 years ago where your source of information is the local card room, and people gated their knowledge and tricky lines pretty heavily.

Think about how the pros in common ring games have to level each other on their known habits, hard to keep any secrets with a camera on you.

Absolutely — the evolution of poker information is crazy when you think about it. Today’s players have access to solvers, videos, databases, training sites, Discord groups… everything is instantly available. Compared to 20 or 40 years ago, when most knowledge stayed inside card rooms and good players guarded their secrets, it’s a completely different world.

Back then, improving meant paying attention, watching regulars, and slowly picking up patterns. Now players can study ranges, run sims, and learn advanced concepts from home. And like you said, at the pro level it’s even harder to hide anything — with televised games and constant analysis, everyone knows everyone’s tendencies. The leveling war becomes a big part of the game.

 

[successlaw]

Poker is still beatable but for sure it's harden compared with years ago

 

[Poker Orifice]

There are still lots of people who are too lazy to study, think its unnecessary, think they're better at the game than they are, etc. etc.
I myself have become very lazy in the study dept. but am mostly just playing for fun these days (although it is MUCH more fun to win)

 

[moraeskvmi]

Online poker is definitely tougher than it was a few years ago. The use of analysis tools, training software, and advanced strategies has significantly raised the level of the game.

 

[wushibala]

Support software can help, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be beaten while using it — or the opposite. These tools are useful, but they’re not a guarantee of winning 100%. Nowadays you need to change your playing style more often so that opponents can’t easily adjust to you. Players who stick to a one-dimensional style usually suffer the most.

 

[machinm19]

For me it’s easier as I am more experienced but then again I rarely venture out of freerolls online anymore.

Whenever I have played decent sized buy ins the level of competition is no different to the freerolls which suprised me.

I think the new wave of call every hand streamers have bred am entire legion of players willing to donate all their chips to anybody half decent so it all depends how you look at it, good players have become better players and new players have a lot more access to strategy, solvers etc.

My personal experience it feels more like quantity than quality that gets you beat online. I find a lot of our forum members are way better players than most players I’ve met in $11-22 MTTs

 

[Baco]

Yes much more, today have a lot information free for improve your game.

 

[DarkSage]

Its rigged. Much more difficult than a legit game. lol

 

[Kasztor007]

I think it’s not only that the game got tougher, but the skill gap got smaller. Years ago there were many very weak and very strong players; now there are lots of decent, solid regs. That means smaller edges, so consistency, mental game, and bankroll management matter more than fancy tricks.

 

[moraeskvmi]

It's certainly more difficult now, but it's still possible to be profitable.

 

[amonlima]

Yes, not only online but also live, however, if you dedicate yourself and want to constantly improve, you will still have a large profit margin.

 

[odonob]

Seem to be more bad beats on the river, harder to get a run in a tournament. Almost impossible to quantify however.

 

[DarkSage]

Nah... Its just a very rigged game. That's all. 100% fake poker, no doubt about it.

 

[pep12343]

Hello, poker has clearly become more popular over time. This has attracted more players (especially online). This, in turn, generates more variability, making the game more challenging.

 

[KeyPatience]

Do you think online poker is tougher now than a few years ago?
Or is it still beatable with the right strategy?

It is indeed beatable but not with a right but a tough strategy! 😉

 

[Poker Orifice]

Nah... Its just a very rigged game. That's all. 100% fake poker, no doubt about it.

And you know this from playing?

 

[DarkSage]

And you know this from playing?

I know this because I'm not blind.

 

[diegovasques90]

Sometimes I wonder about the suitability of the sites as well. However, sometimes they are victims of the companies that today create robots to play GTO in rooms with humans. That does make the process too difficult.

There are several moves that suspect how someone could continue paying to the river, if it weren't just following the GTO

On the other hand, I believe that the exorbitant amount of tournaments makes many play as if it were really bingo. They don't value that opportunity and often take someone out of the championship who is fully invested in the correct game.

 

[NENMEMBA]

I don't know any tools. how do you play with tools? I would not have enough time in a game entering any datas in a tool beside playing(?)

 

[Gipsystripsy]

Poker is extremely similar to the real world. Our universe seems to follow certain universal rules: if you gain too much in one area, you lose something elsewhere. That’s why I believe that as people gain more education and more tools, they may lose abilities in other areas. For example, they often make more mistakes in moments where they need to stay calm but can’t, simply because they are overstimulated and distracted. Being a professional, in that sense, means learning to adapt precisely to those moments.

 

[Julpukka]

I started playing poker 2006. I think then poker was cleaner. I loved the site called pokerihuone.com as they had 5k euros freeroll each week. Im not sure did ppl use tools then, but im pretty sure they did. Nowadays I think many players use them.