There will always be young guns out there looking to become the next big thing in poker. The beautiful thing about poker is that age simply doesn’t matter. The young players can come up and try to make their mark, but it’s not like they knock old players out of the scene.  This isn’t boxing or an athletic sport; Doyle Brunson can play with the best in the world on any day, and he’s in his mid-seventies. A poker player gets better with age, as long as they’re in command of their mental abilities. Experience is the key.

Young players like Hevad “Rain” Khan, who finished sixth in the WSOP Main Event last year, are not intimidated by the older pros they face on the tables. Nineteen-year-old European poker prodigy Annette Obrestad has a WSOP circuit event bracelet, and she has been dominating online for a couple of years now.