Lee Davy opines about the edge that the live stream can give to professional poker players, who use the information to adjust to their opponent’s tendencies.

A professional poker player once told me that people who pretend to be poker players are called Muggles. I laughed so hard, until I realized that he was referring to me. He was politely telling me that I was not part of the gang, I had not done enough to warrant membership.

The game/sport (cross out your own preference) of poker is unique in as much as professionals and non professionals compete in the same events. This is true both online and live. The only thing that sometimes separates the two is money, and even then the richest men and women in the world, who may or may not have a clue how to play poker, can take a seat amongst the elite.

This creates a problem, and not a secretive one either. In order for the two to co-exist the non professionals need to win their fair share of the money, otherwise they end up getting divorced because they have piled so much money onto the plastic that it’s melting.