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Message: [QUOTE="mapt02h, post: 2325959, member: 82243"] One of the best cash game players on the planet, Ben Tollerene had a Q&A thread on bodybuilding.com a while back. Here's some quotes from the thread: [LIST] [*]I've always been a [B]logical thinker[/B]. The stuff just makes sense to me. Thinking through a poker hand is like a really long geometric proof: if this than this, and if that then this, and it goes on for like 2 pages if you do it correctly [IMG]http://assets.bodybuilding.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif[/IMG]. Also just [B]trying harder than everyone else, think through every possible option[/B]. [B]I realize a lot of this doesn't make sense to those that don't play though[/B]. Also, I usually control myself better than others. It's very common to see the good regulars to go on a 10 buy-in downer and lose their mind and drop another 10 buy-ins spewing / tilting. If you don't do that, and your opponents do, you have a reciprocal edge.[/LIST][LIST] [*]The math is very important, namely combinatorics (sp?). For example there are 4 aces in a deck which makes 6 combinations of pocket aces. If you hold 1 ace, there are now only 3 aces in the deck and 3 combinations of pocket aces. This is v important when assessing an opponents range, how many combinations of made hands, bluffs, semi bluffs, and air (air = bluffs) does he have? Then the other part is how will he act with each part of his range? How does he think I will act with each part of my range? Is he more or less likely to be bluffing after just losing a huge pot? Is he going to play scared at higher limits or is he going to try and flex and show he wont be pushed around? "The stuff that goes through our mind in a hand is pretty endless.[/LIST] [LIST] [*]some of my friends are "forbidden to play" by their parents and stuff.[B] I don't think its their fault when people think its wrong, they are just ignorant[/B]. I personally feel 0% need to gamble. I spent 2 months in vegas and I played pit games 1 time when i flew my buddy out to hangout. we just play mini stakes and get drunk. " [B]"I dont feel like im gambling when I play. I feel like im playing a strategy game where I win by making the best possible decisions, and in my strategy there is a "luck factor" that makes it where sometimes the best decision still loses[/B]"[/LIST]So, yeah, that was a top player's input on the matter. Also, this may have been posted up before on CC but here you go: [url]http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/16547-norwegian-politician-throws-in-towel-in-poker-battle[/url] - pro cash player from Norway offered a politician a $170k freeroll as an incentive to play him and test the amount of skill needed. I find nothing more frustrating than having a conversation with someone who [B]knows nothing about poker [/B]and them telling me how "it's all luck, that I have a gambling problem" etc. [/QUOTE]

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