[natrass]

I say 38.

Just the right blend of experience, optimism and pessimism but also while the brain is still sharp as a razor.

I also think under 16 and over 60 are the fallow years.

Over 65 and surely the games have evolved beyond recognition from when your brain first set its subconscious parameters in making value judgements.

[Mudcat]

Interesting question.

I don't feel I've reached my peak yet and I'm a few years older than 38. But then again I was only about 38 when I started getting really serious about it and I still had so much to learn. I certainly did a lot of betting at a younger age but I was just a typical square. If I had gotten serious younger that might throw off the whole curve.

I feel like I reached a creative peak (in life in general) at ~27. I used to do a lot of book/song writing but hit a wall right around that age. Creativity is an important part of how I gamble, however I think there are enough other important areas (nerves, discipline, work habits) where I continue to improve that I can say I haven't reached my peak yet.

[tacomax]

I'm guessing that natrass is 37.

[Dark Horse]

lol

Ah, the fallacies of linear thinking. The peak is whatever the pogo stick makes it.

[jjgold]

40-50

[natrass]

I'm guessing that natrass is 37.

lol ... Im 23 next month actually. With all modesty, I have to keep reminding myself that as good as I am now, I will be dynamite in 15 years or so.

[Willie Bee]

When I was 23 I rarely thought about 15 minutes from now much less 15 years from now. Right now I'm hoping the peak age for everything is 50+. Would love to stay and chat, but a new Viagra e-mail just came in and I need to read up on that stuff

[Justin7]

I'd guess 32. Before then, most people lack the discipline and emotional maturity to win long-term and endure the losing streaks.

[bigboydan]

i'm not really convinced it's based on how old you are. i think it all relates to how long you have been gambling for.

you have to get the experience first before you can even consider a peak age IMO

[onlooker]

i'm not really convinced it's based on how old you are. i think it all relates to how long you have been gambling for.

you have to get the experience first before you can even consider a peak age IMO

Very true. Im sure a 32 year old that just breaks into the game, wont have the knowledge or success of, lets say a 25 year old that has 5+ years of experience.

Experience has to be a main factor in when a gambler is "peaking".

[bigboydan]

Very true. Im sure a 32 year old that just breaks into the game, wont have the knowledge or success of, lets say a 25 year old that has 5+ years of experience.

Experience has to be a main factor in when a gambler is "peaking".

thats basicly what i was just said looker. experience being the key word here. IMO

[Dark Horse]

Every big decision in life is a gamble. Marriage, career (no sooner have the pimples of puberty dried or a guy is asked what he wants to do with the rest of his life), and so on. The bigger the consequences of a decision, the longer the row of heads in the sand.

Enter the gamblers, those fearless ones who burst into the realm of probability, where nothing is certain and everything fluid. Small wonder they are detested by dry dogmatists who embrace black and white certainties to set themselves up for failure; then rely on the worst edited book in the history of the world for a solution. A world of infinite possibilities has too many unknowns, and nothing is more feared by non-risktakers than the unknown.

What is the peak for a gambler? That point where he is no longer learning. There is no peak, my friends. Because we have chosen to embrace life. We face risk with eyes open, we try to know the fine line between risk and danger, and most of all, we enjoy life far more than all those dreary souls who never walked near the edge of the abyss. These religionists speak of faith. Then what are they so afraid of?

Embrace risk!

lol

[JoshW]

Good thread with lot of good posts. I have to admit I have no clue. Most sports gamblers never have a clue so tough to reach a peak of anything. Once you have a clue most likely need a couple years to start to get a feel for how much they can press their edges and then deal with those edges no longer existing. I think age likely plays into it, so to does life cycles. If you have to support kids and wife gambling different situation.

Experience as others have said has to be the biggest thing.