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This guy is a little douchy acting, but he is throwing down some sick shit so I'm gonna let him slide on that.
Mar 15, 10 08:26:42
I was just looking at this yesterday. I've wanted something like this for awhile but can't afford it. Pretty easy to use?
Mar 16, 10 03:23:07
i was DJ Funky Fingers back in the day (ealry 90's)
who is down with OPP???
Mar 16, 10 14:36:41
Uhhhhhh! Killin in the name of! nasssty......
FU action Dj wont do what they told ya!
wow simon says intro into nirvana nice.
Mar 18, 10 17:32:18
I'm gonna become a classical music DJ and get all the ladies. Wait and see!
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This graph doesn't show a couple of marginal tourney scores. This graph shows some of the runbads that I showed in a previous graph, combined with how the last 2 months have been going, which is not so good. If I can run 80k under EV, than I can run 80k over EV, and when that day comes it will be awesome.
PS I am down to 175 lbs with the intention of losing 5 more in the next 2 months.
Feb 27, 10 19:00:39
ouch
I will no longer be complaining about running bad.
As you already know, you'll be fine. Just keep your head up.
-Jeff
Feb 27, 10 20:12:39
Looks eerily like my CCR lifetime graph, but for more \$. Very gross, but you'll be back in no time
Feb 27, 10 20:34:08
this must be on stars. im on a 100k downswing on stars myself. fuck that site. can't beat 1/2 on stars but can beat 25/50 elsewhere. why bother.
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I admit it, I was recently overly tilted. Usually I am very levelheaded, I don't care if I'm stuck, if I lose big pots, if I get sucked out on, etc. But after grinding Commerce 10/20 for 3 days straight, grinding to nowhere (stuck a few grand), and missing home, I set myself up to become extremely tilted. At the time I thought I was playing great, now I just think I was playing ok. The game often fluctuated between great and about the same as a 10/20 FR game online, which caused for frequent table changes, as well as me questioning why I was there at all.
So now for the hand that put me over the top. A huge fish regular (older Asian guy) named Joe who I know is rich and kind of all over the place with how he plays poker, moves around the table a few times before finally coming to rest to my immediate right, awesome. He is a no fold em type player, someone who is easy to value bet, but he isn't a complete retard all the time, he just plays way too many low suited cards and calls with them way too much with like gutshots or bottom pair type hands to flop and turn bets. I raise UTG with KK, the SB calls and Joe makes it 470 (over my $70 open), we are $7800 deep. My thoughts here are simple, his raise size really speaks to the strength of his hand, sometimes its a pure bluff, but most of the time he has a hand that is strong but he "fears" seeing a flop with overcards, hence his overraise size. I believe if he had AA he would make it a different amount, although sometimes he may certainly do this with AA. I have seen him in the past play AK passively, but that doesn't mean that he can't be doing this with AK as well. I think for a bit and 4bet to $1100, he calls the 4bet rather fast and we see a flop of A43 rainbow. He tells the dealer time and shifts a bit in his chair, then leads out for $1400. To me this makes no sense because you would think he would check an ace, at the time I wasn't thinking perfectly clearly on why I am calling his flop bet, but thats what I did, I called and we saw the turn of another A, I believe it was a completely rainbow board AA43. He instabets 5k leaving himself $200 or so, and he continues to be a bit shifty as I think over the hand. It's clear that before this hand I was already off my game, because its really easy to run through the situation and make the correct play, but because I was stuck, I was bored, I didn't even want to be playing poker, and I had been playing poker for 12 hour days for the past 3 days, I just stuck with the nit theorem and folded because I didn't have an overpair to the board. He goes, "Pocket Kings 100%" and flips over QQ which he turned into a bluff and owned my soul with. This pissed me off for 3 reasons, one a huge whale just outplayed me, 2 I was supposed to stack him that hand, for sure, and 3 I should have been able to play that hand properly, but maybe a combination of me poorly analyzing the situation mixed with just a little bit of "scared money" principle caused me to fold.
Immediately after getting owned in the face, I instasatout, grabbed all my chips, cashed them out, drove to the hotel down the street, backed my bags, and headed home to San Diego (a 1.75hr drive). I don't know if I will be going back for any tournament events there at LAPC, while the games can be good, the strain of not being at home, combined with the opportunity cost of online games, make it a questionable situation. Also I am continuing to be either breakeven or on a downswing (of course I am not expecting to get over an 80k downswing anytime soon), and I need to be conscientious of how I spend my money, until I have another good couple of months to ensure I am getting the income I need. I am by no means broke but I am a lil frustrated and I have admitedly been too lazy to get the results I truly want. I think I will just grind 3/6 fullring until I had a 20k profit or something. I have also been thinking of giving myself a mandatory PLO day every week, so I can bust into that scene.
Feb 13, 10 18:29:41
atleast you didnt stay after the hand, thats a win in itself.
I wish my worst tilt was this small tbh, but thats prob why Im not playing those stakes.
Feb 16, 10 16:10:55
Your Fold may have been a product of not playing a lot live. For some reason, this type of live donk, often lead in 3b pots on A-high flops with underpairs. Its odd, it doesnt make theoretical sense, because in 99/9% of situations they dont turn made hands into bluffs to push out such a narrow range, and they arent even really thinking on that level. They just do it. Even without the A pairing, Im not folding. Especially since there are so few combos of AK, but with the A pairing and you having KK, there are even few combos of AK, you def must have been off your game to fold here.
Feb 18, 10 12:44:53
for some reason i lol'ed at this rant, but good thing you left the table right away, you should pad yourself on the back for that. also, the hand was played pretty bad. thats an instacall by most players. but what do i know, i play plo. gl
Feb 19, 10 15:14:07
He leveled u making u beleive he was a fish. Then he showed whom he is. And u still believe he is a fish. Fucken asian genious.
Stop drinking, it is killing ur brain
Feb 23, 10 01:01:24
you should probably 4bet bigger preflop against this type of opponent in this game. I lol'd tho, wp
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Tomorrow I leave for Commerce for 5 days. I am excited to finally get in all these good games I keep hearing about. It should be pretty interesting. The house idea fell through as we couldn't find a third person, but thats just as well, we will be closer to the games, and it will be a little cheaper I think. Besides the Commerce has free food anyways.
I aim to beat my previous record of +26k in 10 days. Here we go.
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This should help me come out of my downswing. I played pretty solid and just ran really well at the right times. We discussed a deal, which I would have been down for because everyone at the final four were all really solid pros.
Here is the bustout hand:
| Date: | 2010/01/25 0:06:53 ET |
| Type: | Tournament (133518990) |
| Game: | Hold'em NL |
| Table: | 21 |
| Blinds: | $30000/60000 |
| Antes: | $7500 |
Table info:
| Posts big blind $60000 |
| Dealer, Posts small blind $30000 |
Preflop: (Pot: $105000)
RAISE Doc Sands, to $1,433,536 and is ALL-IN
CALL actionDJ, $1,270,964 and is ALL-IN
RETURN Doc Sands, $42,572
River: (Pot: $2,796,928)
Showdown:
SHOWS actionDJ
Doc Sands wins the pot of $2,796,928 with two pair, Kings and Tens
There are a few other interesting pots I played like this one, which gave me a temporary chiplead:
Hand info:
| Date: | 2010/01/24 23:46:41 ET |
| Type: | Tournament (133518990) |
| Game: | Hold'em NL |
| Table: | 21 |
| Blinds: | $15000/30000 |
| Antes: | $4000 |
Table info:
| Posts small blind $15000 |
| Posts big blind $30000 |
Seat 3: Pghfan987 ($378,648)
Seat 4: Wretchy ($343,522)
Seat 5: PureProfitFour ($212,083)
Seat 6: gusavo ($398,527)
Seat 7: actionDJ ($220,221)
Seat 8: FLIMSIN ($127,336)
| Dealer |
Preflop: (Pot: $81000)
FOLD Wretchy
FOLD PureProfitFour
RAISE gusavo, to $394,527 and is ALL-IN
CALL actionDJ, $216,221 and is ALL-IN
FOLD FLIMSIN
CALL greenerbels1, $199,402 and is ALL-IN
FOLD aka_advanced
FOLD Doc Sands
RETURN gusavo, $178,306
River: (Pot: $712,844)
Showdown:
SHOWS actionDJ
SHOWS greenerbels1
actionDJ wins the pot of $712,844 with three of a kind, Fives
All in All I am happy with second even though I was really close to first.
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Man Brian, you have been hitting the tanning bed hard. I see you gave up your measly job as a pro poker player in order to truly make a difference in the world of counter terrorism...
So the new season of 24 has a main character named none other than Brian Hastings. The first time I heard this I found it hilarious. Do you think someone writing the show heard about Stinger and decided to use his name? Or do you think it was just a pure coincidence? Something tells me the writer was jealous of Stingers recent big score and thought they would write him into the plotline. They just were a lil off with his caricature.
If you aren't watching the new season of 24, you are dead to me. This show is awesome, every season is a roller coaster ride that you don't want to miss. Watch 24 because:
Jan 22, 10 16:34:28
that dude has some serious back/neck issues (or will), makes me sit up straight every time i see him
Jan 22, 10 19:29:57
Haha i had a good chuckle when i heard his name too, and isnt he the guy who played bubba in forest gump too
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Aww the New Year is upon us, and many people choose this time to correct the mistakes they have been making the past many years. I will partake in said action as well.
1. Become Brian Townsend - What this means is I need to become a better learner/studier instead of just using my mediocre knowledge to get me mediocre results. I must study, this means running calculations, understanding combinations of hands and which action is the best action, and the trickiest is understanding the whole "tree" of actions that I can take with a hand from beginning to end.
2. Become a solid HU pro - I have been playing more HU, but still not a ton of it. Knowing HU extremely well is key for a few reasons. The first is that once you acknowledge that you can beat someone HU, you then can most likely beat them at a 6max or full ring game as well. This is awesome because making money off of regulars can greatly boost your success. Another solid reason for knowing HU is for finishing off a tournament. Getting down to the last two of a tourny where 100k is first and 60k is second, its quite a big deal to know how to get that 40k profit as frequently as possible. And finally knowing HU well makes you better at 6max and fullring. After all so many hands only have 2 people that are participating in them anyways.
These are my realistic goals that I look to achieve this year. Financially I want to crack half a mil, but there is no telling where that will end up. The diet starts today, I'm serious :P
Jan 11, 10 23:30:16
the white teeth and tan skin comment might have been the funniest thing I've read in a long long time.
Jan 22, 10 12:36:02
haha, Im doin the same. The diet was the worst part at first, not eating everything I wanted (Santanas California burritos - San Diego native too). And of course the cold brew on the weekends. Gets easier after two weeks of strict diet. GL and Congrats with the wedding!!
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It's been 7 days since I got back from All Cal, and as I promised myself, I haven't had a drink in 7 days. But I really want one. I can tell I am a true alcoholic because I really crave booze. Firstly, its a source of entertainment. Drinking is usually an activity where me and a bunch of friends, or strangers, compete while we are drinking. Other times we are just sitting around and having fun conversing, while we are drinking. Secondly, alcohol makes me feel good, all warm and silly inside, allowing me to be a little more "free" with myself in situations where I might be more of a life nit.
But there is a downside, alcohol is bad for you. The first thing it does for me is it gives me wicked hangovers. My body may be out of wack for up to 3 days, which is worse than most people's hangovers I think. The second thing is it kills brain cells, I swear I used to be smarter and quicker at recalling things than I am now. The third thing is it destroys your liver. This I fear the most, even though I have no idea what kind of condition my liver is in, I imagine it to be not so great if I keep up this amount of drinking until the time I am 40. Hopefully by then I can get a new pig liver!!!
Alcoholism isn't necessarily a bad thing. I still get work done, and manage to have fun. I am not drinking all the time, I just like to drink often (nearly daily). Two difference's between me and a true alcoholic is 1) they go to meetings and 2) they are miserable drunks. I never intend to do either.
Tomorrow will be day 8 of no drinking, but after that I intend to start drinking again (just in time for New Years). I will continue to monitor my intake from a safety standpoint, and be weary of what consequences can arise from binge drinking with such a high frequency.
Dec 26, 09 18:28:35
drinking daily is bad
your liver is powerful and can recover easily, even after the sickest drunk weekend
but if you drink daily this wont happen and you will have to buy a new liver way sooner
so i prefer having 100 drinks at the weekend instead of 10 a day
old german saying "halb besoffen ist rausgeschmissenes geld" which means half drunk is a waste of money
do it right or dont
Dec 27, 09 02:15:54
Six peppers, the difference between you and an alcoholic is not that they go to meetings, and you don't. Whether or not you go to meetings has nothing to do with whether or not you're an alcoholic.
The difference between you and them is that they are actively looking for help from other people to overcome their addiction, while you are not.
I know that quitting an addiction is one of the hardest things to do in life, because you are having to give up what you enjoy in the present moment, in order to do what's best for you if the long run of your life. Very few people have the discipline to do this. Good luck to you.
Dec 27, 09 07:02:18
Have you ever sucked a dick to get your fix? No? Then you're not a real alcoholic
Dec 27, 09 17:03:23
Hey, I'm a doctor and I worked a bar for 5 year so here's a few helpful pointers :)
1) 'Killing' your liver is hard. It takes a good 20+ years of daily high consumption to reach end-stage liver disease. The biggest threat is trauma - punch ups, hit by car, falling off something... that's what will kill you soon.
2) Hangovers are caused by direct effect of alchohol + impurities, dehydration + electrolye changes. Best way to avoid them:
a) Drink less obviously
b) 1 for 1. A glass water/softdrink per alcholic drink
c) Drink 1-2 litres water before going to sleep AND something like Gatorade
d) Drink less beer + cheap spirits as they have a higher percentage of non-ethanol by-products in them like acetone, aldehydes, methanol, isopropanol etc which increase the hangover effect. Drink high-end 'purer' spirits
Your liver takes 1 hour to process 1 standard drink. So the morning after is a waiting game. The worse thing you can do is not eat/not drink anything.
a) Drink lots, + Gatorade/electrolytes, + Fruit + fruit juices
b) Aspirin/acetaminophen for headaches + muscle pains
c) Eggs - contain Cysteine which aids breaking down alcohol by products like acetaldehyde
3) It's pretty easy to be a high functioning alcoholic. Some of the problem signs: You need an eye opener in the morning, More than 1 person has asked if drinking is a problem, It affects work or family, You can't socialise without it, You have less than 1-2 alcohol free days per week
4) Don't drink and poker. Although a few years back at 50c/\$1 tables I somehow woke up with an extra 6k+ the next day :)
Good luck
Dec 27, 09 21:03:51
I never leave comments on this site for my poker leaves a lot to be desired, but alcoholism is something I am qualified to discuss. I understand that for someone with your success and lifestyle that it might be joking matter, but I thought I'd provide my insight as well.
Personally, I thought I had the world by the balls like you probably do when I was in college, and i thought a life of excess and partying was the greatest thing ever. As time went on, my school work suffered and my life revolved around using and abusing and things continued to go downhill. Needless to say, by the time I was 23 the party was over and i have now been sober for over 8 years and am only 31.
I will be the first person to tell you it is not time to stop until you are ready so I would encourage you to keep doing what you are doing. The old saying is that if you think you are an alcoholic then you are because normal people do not question themselves like that. My experience was that while you think you are enjoying life at the time, when you look back in hindsight the truly good times will be few and far between and the rest just a blurr in time. i could not imagine being hung over for 3 days and not being able to enjoy the high rolling lifestyle you are fortunate enough to have. Gourmet meals and travel are always great, but if you are hung over half the time, what is the point?
In the end, the main reason for my comment is taht there is nothing that says being a recovering alcoholic is a miserable existence. I find that in general I am happy than most people and definately happier than the still suffering alcoholic. I have a good job, a fair amount of cash in the bank, an great wife and an amazing five year old son, and I get to play poker almost every day. While my life is certainly not perfect, it is pretty darn good, and I know I would not be enjoying it the way I am if I was still drinking. I know you were mainly joking in you blog, but sobriety can be an amazing journey and no matter how good your life is now, it might be even better if you stopped drinking but that is a decision that only you can make. I wish you the best in all of your future endeavors.
Dec 29, 09 06:47:23
I haven't been sober for over a week since I had 3 wisdom teeth removed... so congrats.
I find the important things are
- To be able to function intellectually the next day. Know your limits, and ensure you can still have a quiet night when you need one.
- Monitor yourself physically. I get my liver function tested at least annually, often more. It's important to be on top of this as you get older.
- Monitor your brain. I, too, belive I am not as 'quick' as I was, although this is yet to be tested, and I can certainly function at the same levels. Anything you lose is gone forever and a sign of further damage yet unrealised.
Long term, I think the trick is the above, plus choosing the right choice for your buzz that will cause the least harm. There are choices, as stated above. Also, having 1-2 alcohol free days per week will greatly aid your liver. I suck at this, btw. And lastly, realise that your body adapts to the amount of alcohol you put in it. I used to drink much stronger drinks, and have 'weaned' myself down to what is a decent compromise for the buzz v alcohol input. This can be done, and you will find you will get the same effect eventually for much less alcohol input.
Nice post, though. I'm sure there are plenty of us that have 'too much', but don't intend to stop, and still intend to function.
Dec 29, 09 15:50:17
Pedialite is the shit... hydration plus necessary replenishment of vitamins and minerals!
Jan 3, 10 13:42:17
Two difference's between me and a true alcoholic is 1) they go to meetings and 2) they are miserable drunks. I never intend to do either.
U have no idea wtf you are talking about
Jan 9, 10 05:20:47
if you arent rolling about the place wasted at 4 in the afternoon then your not truly an alcoholic.Some people get addicted to stuff 2 easy but if your able to control your drinking without becoming a bum then there is no harm in getting drunk often.
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Just as the title says I was either drunk, drinking or hungover for 10 days in beautiful Park City, Utah. The All Cal is the trip I went on. It's a week long snowboarding trip that ski and snowboard clubs from all the UC's take. This year I got there early and stayed late, making it the most intense drinking time I have ever had. We played a ton of drinking games like beer die (tons of beer die), flip cup, thumper, and a little beer pong. We also went on a pub crawl, did some dancing, and drank at bars after coming off the mountain. There was a fair bit of spa parties and spa drinking as well. We even found the time to play the Crank 2 drinking game. If you haven't seen this movie, DONT, its horrible, but its funny at how bad it is, and if you are drinking along with friends, its pretty funny. Don't see it alone.
I didn't get a ton of snowboarding in, but did hit some nice powder on Monday, and then a couple hours pretty much every other day I was there, except Thursday. Thursday we decided to stay in and play beer die all day. We met up with some friends, who had already finished 2 bottles of wine and a bottle of champagne (its before noon), and I proceeded to go on a sick beer die run, skunking 3 teams in a row (and they were all pro's). This was quite the feat for me. The special thing about skunking your opponents biz-0 is that they have to do a naked lap around the building, which we quickly enforced. After 3 games of beer die, you tend to get drunk and make mistakes. I let some dice drop but still managed to win 5/6 games that I played that day. As we got drunk during the day we busted out the fake tattoos and all the guys proceeded to get tramp stamps. While I don't have a pic of mine (conveniently) I do have a picture of my friend Mike's.
Isn't that cute!
That night we had a farewell party, which was pretty fun. There was dirty dancing, thumper, and then they announced which school had won (not us-UCSC). I saw something pretty funny when my friend Jil, who had been drinking all day with us, ran behind the bar area to puke into the garbage bucket. The bartenders weren't even mad at her and didn't even kick her out, they said, "Well she looks fine now, she's probably not going to puke again." It was hilarious, and this is morman country too don't forget.
Here is a pic of Park City right before the sun goes down. Its truly a beautiful place. We are all gathering here to play some snow volleyball, which is where you tie your snowboard boots together and play volleyball in the snow. It's very disfunctional.
I wish I had more pics of the mountains, but I never took the camera out while riding, and I spent most of my times indoors with a frosty beer. I will post more pics as they show up on facebook.
The future: Today I pretty much decided I'm not going to PCA this year. It will be the first year in 4 years I haven't gone. It's not that I can't afford the cost, but its going to cost alot, especially including the opportunity cost of staying at home and working. I mean the travel and hotel will be over 7k, and thats for a crappy hotel room. Then it takes 24 hours to get there and back, and once there I will buy into the main event which I won't cash in most of the time, so I am looking at a 20k trip most of the time. It's not sooo bad, but I'd rather avoid the variance especially since my downswing of November. We are just going to find some other vacation at some other time. I hope everyone that is going will have fun for me. I am going to Tahoe Dec-28 - Jan 2nd for New Years, and now it looks like I will be staying at home and grinding some time after that.
Peace Out for now
Dec 23, 09 02:37:14
Being very good at MTTs you won't even try cheap sattelites into PCA? It covers ME + a decent hotel room and like \$1k travel expense. There's also a ton of lower buy in events to take down imo.
Dec 23, 09 14:37:58
YO i live in park city - im 2 minutes from pcmr - I ride every day - give me a shout out if you ever get back into town i'll give you a tour of pcmr and the canyons.
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I am leaving for All Cal, an awesome snowboarding trip with college students, tomorrow morning. I will be out of contact for a bit. I have been slacking on my video production and will need to make up for it when I get back. I think the downswing has bruised my ego in a lot of ways. I got into a debate with Tom Berg - brystmar - while he was here about people's intelligence. I believe that people's experience's mainly denotes what most people would consider intelligence in a specific field, he believes some people are more inclined to be good at a field because "thats just the way they will work." While I do not deny that people have an overall ability to understand information faster or slower than others, I believe that every small experience leading up to a challenge or test characterizes how someone will perform at that test, and general intelligence has very little to do with it. The reason I am saying this is because I feel I am really not a good poker player in a couple senses of the word. I have spent a ton of time focusing on analyzing the game, and therefore I'm not horrible, but I have slacked in a lot of areas where others haven't and because of that my success is limited. When I get back from All Cal (and the Bahamas Dec 28-Jan 14) I intend on focusing on some of the things I have been overlooking in the past. I want to take the Brian Townsend approach to the game and work a TON behind the scenes until I really begin to grasp motives and hand range's, etc. I guess what I am saying is that only hard work will get the job done, and in a downswing (and since the release of Call of Duty MWF 2) I have not been working hard enough. Self-motivation is the toughest and often most important quality to possess.
Mad props to Stinger, mad mad props.
Dec 12, 09 22:33:53
I believe some people have inherent natural abilities that, when coupled with proper the nurturing/training/experiences, will lead them to greater success in that field than a person with similar raw IQ who has also been exposed to the same training. If experience and work ethic is everything, then why isn't everyone in the NBA as good as Kobe or LeBron? Some people are born with greater abilities to excel at certain skills (when properly developed) than others.
Dec 13, 09 00:22:16
ACK! first gordo, now you! Keep this nasty disease West of I805 plz!
All jokes aside keep your head up... its just a momentary pause of your run good.
Dec 13, 09 15:06:36
Its so funny, you are saying that these people are better at basketball than others. I'm not arguing with you that Kobe Bryant is more likely to be a good basketball player than some average sized person (me), I am arguing that most people aren't born with natural talent for many skills, like math, they acquire skills starting from an early age that build them into someone who is more likely to succeed in math. Please refrain from using references where one's physical attributes contribute to their "intelligence," also there have been many basketball greats, all of them have worked their asses off to get where they are, none of them played in the NBA the day after picking up a basketball.
Dec 20, 09 18:21:06
I recommend you and your readers to read the books "The Talent Code" and "Talent is Overrated". The first book explores "hotbeds" of talent in diverse fields and tries to understand the reasons behind certain people's successes. Some of the more important reasons are first and foremost a concept called "deep practice", a type of practice that is extremely intense, concentrated, and mentally fatiguing. According to cognitive neuroscientists, this causes a rapid buildup of the myelin sheaths that cover the white matter that is responsible for all the intersynaptic connections, which in turn leads to more rapid and precise information processing (think of rapid broadband versus sluggish copper wire) Other important variables are motivation/ enthusiasm (why would you want to "deeply" practice something when it is so intense and "difficult" unless it is truly exciting and enjoyable). Another important variable is coaching. Of interest is the fact that many of these superstar coaches stated that they would be lying if they could tell you beforehand which one of their students would eventually be truly special, basically blowing holes in the "natural talent" argument. As an aside, sometimes I think that in poker, excellent poker players such as yourself underweight the "luck" element. Does anyone truly know what the appropriate sample size (against other skilled players) is to determine just how skilled you are??? As Taleb explores in his books "The Black Swan" and "Fooled by Randomness", aberrations can occur so far off the statistical curve as to be considered "impossible" (ie-think of losing x number of allins consecutively as the 80/20 favorite).
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