I've noticed that quite a few poker players either are or used to
be active chess players , does any1 else notice this ?
I used to be quite an active chess player (online and cc ) but gave it
a break and started playing poker, I must say I find poker to be much
easier than chess ..... (probably some who disaggree on that) .
I wonder how many on this forum are/were chess players ??

Yeah, I used to play chess back in the day. I was pretty into it and borrowed chess books from the library. But it got too boring. I enjoy the luck factor in poker. Also, I'm a pretty good player in Magic The Gathering, which combines chess and poker imo.

Yeah, I was president of Chess club back in high school...

Backgammon is another big poker producing game.

fps = first person shooter?

yes lol , I also play some pc games fps and stratergy games zero hour etc...but only about
once a month , I play the pc poker daily .... and I've started playing CM10 000 chess game too
at least 1 game a day (at work of course ) ha ha ha

I haven't tried Backgammon yet , I thought it was luck (dice throwing) but I have
been told there's some stratergy to it ....
I think poker may well "fit" my character since my chess isn't that "solid" , I play well (chess)
in the beginning and when things start to go bad I usually go into "suicide" mode and some
highly charged and dynamic positions usually result ..
NLholdem seems very similar to me ..viz the 1st 15 or so levels (pc game poker) are
usually steady affairs for me , then from this point on comes a very tense affair with a lot
of huge bets and general all-ins as I pass level 21 / 22 etc... seems to work though ...
I'm still waiting for more consistent results before I decide on my "normal" stratergy ....

Originally Posted by bobg3

Yeah, I was president of Chess club back in high school...

Oh, you are sooo excellence ! Given you the

Originally Posted by ninjax

yes lol , I also play some pc games fps and stratergy games zero hour etc...but only about
once a month , I play the pc poker daily .... and I've started playing CM10 000 chess game too
at least 1 game a day (at work of course ) ha ha ha

Sometimes, I will play pc games, I found the Chinese Chess Game is so hard to learn and play.