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Message: [QUOTE="smuckenfart, post: 6436612, member: 1003608"] Sacrifice would be intentionally betting with a total shit hand to a showdown perhaps two or three times to make people believe you're a fish. Dedicating time to study even in extreme amounts is an investment, and it's only a sacrifice if you're giving up something that would otherwise make you at least in part equally happy. In sports, for example, athletes are fighting against their prime as the body inevitably ages, and so they sacrifice doing regular childhood or teenage things to pursue excellence in their brief window. I don't see that poker has the same imperative, so I don't see the "sacrifices" made to study or put in table time with the same regard. Unless you neglect your family and your wife leaves you. Well played. [/QUOTE]