[scrawnybob]

hi

I think everyone is going to have some home ground loyalty ... and we'd all be guilty of that so I cant see anyone taking offence - bit like team sports even if your local team suck the locals would back them ;-)

I think alot of it is about generalisations and stereo types - like the whole scandanivian stereo type of loose aggressive play - I'm sure there are players who dont fit that mold

If as a player you make generalisations on County as to how they will play well or badly or in a certain style it might not be too accurate

but I think you can to a degree look at countries who have less of a history of poker and see them is immature players (in terms of general experience) but that can be misleading

I know like the US and to a degree the Irish have a long long history or poker and gambling generally so you might be able to say it's "more in the culture" and therefore they are going to be more experienced as they have had more exposure to the game

the Irish certainly have breed more than their fair share of good poker players (and alot say on their home turf so dont see the limelight)

interesting thread

cheers scrawnybob