You gotta remember, Doyle, Slim and Johnny exported Hold'em in THIS GENERATION. That internet player is right, this is the dark ages (of hold'em). Perhaps the empire of 7stud laid the foundation for hold'em and then died out, like Rome did for the current Europe.
Hyper-aggression is not a fad but it used to be rare... ala Stu Unger.
BTW, Sexton has an axe to grind with Unger... possibly because of Stuey's drug use, possibly other reasons. In any case, you'll only ever hear Sexton give Ungar praise in a backhanded manner.
Stu was a card savant. He played card games on a level none of us will ever glimpse. The only reason he started to play poker is that no one would play gin with him any more. No one. Nowhere.
Add raw talent like that to a game like NLHE and you've got a winning, dangerous maniac. I think Gus Hansen could possibly be as good as Ungar but more people know how to counter that style now. There's a good fantasy HU match, huh? Ungar vs. Hansen... $10k, winner takes all!
So basically, "Get used to it!" You're going to see this rush of hyper-aggression get stomped a little by TAG, then the game will gravitate towards TAG... leaving the door open for talented LAGs to mix it up again. Back and forth, like any ecosystem.
re: lol donkaments!: Yeah, tournament poker is almost a completely different beast than a cash game. The difference isn't as pronounced in limit play but in big-bet tournaments, "You gotta be willing to die in order to live!" It's so true. I used to consider myself fairly good at hold'em but now realize I'm a TOURNAMENT player. Tournament player. Man that sounds dirty. Imma go play micro-NLHE. I want to be a POKER player!
