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Curtis Mayfield III

Curtis Mayfield III is a freelance poker writer with several years of online and live experience.

He is also the son of R&B superstar Curtis Mayfield. As a player Curtis excels in all forms of poker and prefers No Limit Deep Stacks tournaments.

Curtis is author of the Do or Die Poker blog

He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and 2 daughters.

Favorite Quote: “In order to live, you must be willing to die!” –Amir Vahedi

New Age Poker?

I was just reading an article in Bluff Magazine about how the game has changed. The players have become more savvy and knowledge is literally everywhere a web page can be found. The only way to not know how to play the game of poker is to close your ears and eyes because it surrounds us every day. Even the new players have a fairly good understanding of the game now. Before all of the TV came along it seemed like most people were in the dark. I mean that literally.

Were we better off before the poker boom? Would bankrolls be fatter had Chris Moneymaker never won the main event?

I doubt it. Eventually something or someone would ignite the game and catapult it to where it is today one way or the other. Things happen for a reason. Yes, it is a little tougher to make that nightly profit after your session but there is still plenty of dead money to be had. The real question is are you making the necessary changes to keep pace with today's game. If not, then you are probably going to continue to watch your bankroll dwindle into nothingness while those of us that have adjusted to the new more aggressive style of play continue to grind it out. It's the new age of poker now. Are you ready for that?

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