Does age matter in Hold’em? I don’t think age matters unless there’s a bunch of experience behind that age. If a 65-year-old player that just learned the game sat down with a bunch of pros he would get destroyed, but if that same player has been playing poker for 40 years then it’s very different.

An older person may be able to get better reads off of players, but nothing can replace game experience. Becoming a top poker player is about playing the game and learning new edges as time goes by, slowly plugging leaks in your game.

Without paying your dues you leave everything up to luck, and that’s not where you want to be against the professionals. Even these young guns that are winning big tournaments are doing so because they’ve played thousands and thousands of hands and have worked on improving their style and knowledge.