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[QUOTE="Fuffufnick, post: 2178356, member: 89593"]
Personally, I see very few similarities between the two games but a great many in the type of mind it takes to become good at either; which, perhaps, perpetuates this constant argument and makes the transition from chess to poker easy. I believe the same logical thinking necessary to decipher the meaning of the geometric patterns presented on a chessboard, and their further implications, easily transfers to the ability to do the maths in poker as they apply to odds both present and implied. Memory is also important in order to recall, and understand, the implications of situations and opponents moves in order to manipulate them to your own advantage and avoid traps. There is also a cold calculation required to cut one's losses after overextending and/or falling into a trap. The same type of imagination used in chess, as it applies to foreseeing beyond the immediate consequences of any move, is also used in poker. Then there is the incessant thirst for knowledge required to grow as a player in both as well as the ability and desire to be self critical. Further, there is the need to put one's intellect to the test in a battle of minds and nerve in order to validate and/or gauge one's self.
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