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To: altair19 who wrote (87121)	6/2/2013 1:05:19 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104218

That is true. When I play at the Oaks in Berkeley, a lot of those kids are the geniuses going to school at UC there (rat's alma mater) in the larger games: $30/$60 and $50/$100. I can tell they are smart as hell and a lot smarter than I am, but I know the game better than they do. The math and basic concepts (starting hands, and position) in poker, are something an average person like me can master pretty easily, but it is the infinite tricks and concepts that take a long time to learn. Especially bluffing. One has to be a good bluffer in the big games, otherwise you will be eaten alive. Also, humans seem to have two primary skills, one is thinking and one is seeing. They are combined e.g. Knowledge Directed Perception: "you cannot see what you do not know"; still there seems to be a natural inclination for it. Maybe a right brain manifestation. Math is left brain. Anyway, that is where I beat them. When I start bluffing and pushing them around they cannot seem to figure out what I am doing or how to stop me. Mark one up for the average guy-lol. I leave Thursday and will get in my first game Monday.