Max Steinberg: I doubt he had played with whoever [inaudible 00:21:47.08] I don't know about it, but I do enjoy when people just go with their reads like that. Carl C.: Yeah. It's, definitely, one of the most interesting that I've ever read about. Max Steinberg: Yeah, yeah. It's interesting, but debating it is, sort of, strange because, obviously, if you don't have the read and information he has, there's no way anyone can make that fold.
If you have that much confidence, then, maybe you can-I don't know. Carl C.: Jims from FTR asked; "What's the consensus amongst higher stakes online and live players, as far as online poker and the possibility of a second boom? Do you feel online is dead, long term?" Max Steinberg: I don't know what the consensus is among high stakes players, I know what my opinion is. I don't think there's going to be another boom unless something really incredible happens. I'm, kind of, cheering for someone to step up and become the Tiger Woods of poker. I think that would be really good for the game. Someone who'd just win three or four World Series events in one year, who's a respectable pro and a big name. I think that would bring excitement back to poker that we haven't had in while. Saying it's dead is also I think is an overstatement. I definitely think there's going to be legal U.S. online poker, at some point. Also, another thing is that I feel like poker is, sort of, a young person's game and every year, there's a new generation of people turning 21. That's thousands of people who are going to be playing poker. I think 20 years from now, there's going to be just a massive, massive player pool of players because there's going to be so many young guys, who are now old who are going to be 40-year-olds, like me playing hot-shot 20-year-olds. The 40-year-olds are still going to be around, so I think it'll get bigger and bigger. I just don't think the quality of play will ever be as poor as it once was. Carl C.: Right. If you could go back to 2005 with a $500 bankroll, with what you know now, back in the Party Poker days, you'd be doing pretty good. Max Steinberg: Yeah. I think about that a lot, I think; "Why didn't I start earlier?" Instead of 17, I think I could make pretty good money. That being said, the people who were making good money then, were ahead of their time. They didn't have card runners, they didn't have a ... They taught a few, select people. They had to come up with everything on their own, so that's pretty impressive in itself. I mean, I've had help to get where I am today. I would wonder if I put in enough hours, how well could have done pre-2006. Carl C.: Right, yeah. You're still doing pretty good right now. You can't really complain too much. Max Steinberg: No, I can't complain. Also, if you're looking for bad players, maybe you should start playing some of the other games. Maybe, not PLO, but my friend is really into Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, and he seems to find some pretty good games in Hi-Lo. Maybe, switching to a different game could help find fishes, for other people. Carl C.: Have you played any of the mixed games? Are you mainly just sticking to Hold-Em? Max Steinberg: I, mainly, was just playing the Hold-Em. I won at some tournament that was a PLO, Hold-Em Mix. I wouldn't really classify that as playing a mixed game. My friend, who's actually staying with me, he's my roommate this summer, taught me some PLO 8.
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