There used to be prominent winning players who were unaware of the math behind the game, but the theory nowadays is they mostly just lucked into naturally playing in a style that happened to be better than the field during the period of time they played (i.e., years ago back when the game was less sophisticated).
Nowadays, those players are often the weak players who the players more skilled at theory can comfortably beat.
There's an eerie parallel to the early stock traders here.
There used to be prominent winning players who were unaware of the math behind the game, but the theory nowadays is they mostly just lucked into naturally playing in a style that happened to be better than the field during the period of time they played (i.e., years ago back when the game was less sophisticated).
Nowadays, those players are often the weak players who the players more skilled at theory can comfortably beat.
There's an eerie parallel to the early stock traders here.