After reading many articles, tournament updates and rankings on this site and seeing young person after young person featured with their multiple wins, it got me wondering does anyone 30 or over have any success in online poker? I'd like to hear some stories from people 30 and over that are overall winners in online poker. What levels do you play and how much per week do you play? Please don't list the obvious like Lederer,Fergueson,Helmuth or other older pros. The only one I ever recall seeing a story about on this site was Gator something or other. I think his name is Frank. Is online poker today just a game for the youth or are their successful older people winning at this venue?

parttime/smalltime grinder here at 45. abi just under $9 with a 32% roi over 4100 games. been profitable since early '06, still playing off my initial $50 depo on FT. years of experience doesnt go away just cause we had back to back youngest ever ME champs.

I'm 82 years old and I love pwning you young whippersnappers!!!

I'm 43 with an ABI of $17 and 34k profits over the last 3 years. I play mostly $ 5-12 MTT's but I do move up some according to my available bankroll. Have made most of my decent scores in the $ 8.80 or 11 rebuys. I play mostly late evenings after the family has gone to bed or the odd morning that my shift doesn't start until the afternoon.
I believe you can be profitable against the typically much younger players but you have to be aware of the advantages they have when playing against you. While you were working to support your family they were catching up on the sleep you both lost from going deep the previous evening. When you were picking up your kids from the daycare and dropping them off at girl guides, scouts, swimming lesson, birthday parties, etc., they were watching poker videos on a training site and absorbing the information needed to improve their game. While you were thinking about your household bills, mortgage, wife's birthday, and upcoming christmas expenses, they were thinking about the line they took against you in a big pot yesterday. Being young affords you a clarity of mind and singularity of purpose that we can not match, but experience does have value. It allows us to better handle downswings/variance and take bad beats with the maturity to not tilt off our bankroll. Also, in your 30's and 40's, drinking and getting laid are no longer major life issues.

GL to all of us " elderly " players.

Im sure there are quite a few.

As was mentined Bax and i think sheets is 30+ and moneymaker won the wednesday 1/4m last night

Im 33 and only got into poker a couple of years ago but had a one 6 figure score live last year and am around $34k up in MTT's for 09 on my first real year playing volume on stars with ABI of $45 however going to be upping the ABI pretty soon , and making a bit in cash games too.

I just think generally the 18-30 bracket have more hunger and stamina for massively grinding so theyre more likely to be the ones in the top 100 etc

Old people FTW!

 

Originally Posted by Gags30

a lot of full time online grinders play more hands in one or two months than most "experienced" older live players have played in their lives.

true...but. in a rare moment of lucidity Lederer mentioned that just because you play all these hands doesn't alone make you more experienced. you still have to assimilate the information and that happens in real time.

JohnnyBax?

I am old, (45+) and meet your criteria af "overall winner" ($100,000K+) The thing is, I suck at poker, so I can't really make a decent living at it. The $ I have won is over 5+ years.

I play low buyin sngs mostly, as I suck and can't beat good players. As far as how much per week I play, I really don't have the health or stamina to play as much as I would like/need to make a living.

I also suck at life, and and shopping around for a good bridge to jump off of. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

I am probably one of the oldest players registered here (59). I made 2 deposits (both $100) about 4 years ago...and have made nothing but withdrawals since.

Not a huge winner, but a fairly consistant winner.

You really become more conservative (on the whole) as you get older, and that probably reflects on how you play the game. There are many things that I did when I was in my teens and early twenties, that I would not ever consider doing now.

Also, when you are under 30, you have many years to recover from going bust and can afford to take more chances. Play very agressive, put all your $$$ on the line. If you go broke...so what....you still have many years to recover. I had no money more than once when I was young...but I never really worried about it.

Not sure what I would do today if I had no money and my age...I really don't want to find out...so...I play within my roll...take the odd chance....learn from the young guns and have fun. I really don't want to be 20 again...I like my place in life now. I have worked too hard to piss it away at the poker table.

 

Originally Posted by Gags30

just because you're old doesn't mean you're more experienced. a lot of full time online grinders play more hands in one or two months than most "experienced" older live players have played in their lives.

I believe he is referring to life experience not poker.

 

Originally Posted by Reech

true...but. in a rare moment of lucidity Lederer mentioned that just because you play all these hands doesn't alone make you more experienced. you still have to assimilate the information and that happens in real time.

perhaps, but online players have many more tools to analyze the hands like pokerstove and other programs, not to mention the ability to go over hand histories that you've played an replay the hands like in a hh replayer. this is a HUGE advantage that a live player simply doesn't have.

I feel like I'm over 30.

there are some of us over 30 who grind pretty consistently...i'm 35 and play 30-40 mid-high $$$ MTTs a week, been doing so for over 3 years now and carved out a nice little profit. i'd love to see a PLB leaderboard for us old timers but i can't figure it out...i can't even figure out how to work the damn VCR!!!

 

Originally Posted by Gags30

just because you're old doesn't mean you're more experienced. a lot of full time online grinders play more hands in one or two months than most "experienced" older live players have played in their lives.

How many of those hands are just cruise control though?

 

Originally Posted by Devil42

I'm 41, deposited $50 once in 2005 and have withdrawn >$100k so far.

Nice job shipping the Daily $80k on Pstars Twice with in a week. So Sick. Pls teach me poker