Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Konstantin Konrad
Poker Expert

Threads of the Week: Head Start for Gamers...or Not?

We've heard many stories of former gamers becoming successful poker players. Did those games really help them in poker and if so, which ones helped the most? Led by justkyle88, PokerStrategists have embarked on a discussion on this matter, determined to analyse it thoroughly.

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1. Games to improve your recognition of patterns

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is a former StarCraft player, so are many other notable faces in the poker world. There are also Magic the Gathering players such as David Williams and an entire list of his buddies who are equally successful in poker.

Does a portion of their success in poker lie in the fact they've played some of these games prior to discovering poker? justkyle88 opened a thread this week on the topic of games improving your recognition of patterns - and generally being beneficial to your poker career.

So do games help you enter the poker world and build your career? Join the discussion on the forum and share your thoughts on this matter.

Games to improve your recognition of patterns

2. Poker is the best roller coaster... ever.

Poker is the best roller coaster... ever - period. Nicely put by one of the newer PokerStrategists yoonsi, poker indeed seems to be one of the craziest roller coasters you can find yourself on. Even though his poker story has just begun, he has already tasted a bit of swingy flavour poker has and shared his first graph with us.

If you are not all that into rollercoaster riding, a side-debate has evolved in his thread on the eternal warfare between short and big stackers, so if that pleases your heart, don't hesitate to jump on board of that one.

Poker is the best roller coaster... ever.

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