Susie Isaacs made an interesting comment in an interview she gave yesterday to PokerNews.

She said that she enjoys playing in the Seniors Event at the World Series of Poker because it feels like old timey poker.

She said that it isnt a bunch of kids going all-in, all-in, all-in all the time.

That statement got me to thinking about my own poker playing and my playing preferences. I tend to play a lot more Limit poker than most people around my age and have always enjoyed the game.

No-Limit games do have their share of players that overuse the all-in weapon, and the constant aggression in the game does make me wonder if the overuse of aggression in No-Limit Holdem has killed the game of poker.

When I ask this, I am not talking about poker at the highest levels or among the best players in the game. I am talking your standard games that you find in your casino and at online poker sites.

It does seem that most No-Limit games have become virtual shovefests. The player that is the most aggressive and avoids getting unlucky or running into traps the longest tends to be the player that wins.

No, that is not always the case. Solid players can still do decent with the old time style, but when the solid players are not running well, this can lead to some lean times.

The constant aggression of players has in many games made the actual cards next to irrelevant.

Granted, that is the goal of poker players at higher levels, but at lower levels, players want to play cards. They want to play a game of poker.

Most are not interested in the psychology, metagame, or any type of game theory that goes into No-Limit Holdem. Those things are great for the higher limits, but for the everyday Joe that plays the game, he wants to play cards.

So to a degree, the evolution of Holdem players has somewhat killed the actual card game for many. However, many people just getting into the game in recent years dont know the difference and, eventually, nobody will care.

Thats sad in a way, but then again, thats poker.

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