Re: Intelligence and How it Rates (Comment on Ten Smartest)
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Would someone with a 190 IQ be a huge favorite to go from novice to WCP and crush the big game if he focused his entire life on the pursuit?
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Yes I think someone with a huge talent for ordering geometric symbols and numbers in order surely has got to be an excellent people's person and superior at reading people's minds.
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I think that the key here is use of logic. I think intelligence testing rewards logic, and I think that logical thinking is critical in poker. The concepts of reading people and reading hands require logical thought and thinking through the logical outcomes based on your actions.
I think that this may be the reason that a number of successful players come from computer or mathematical backgrounds. They understand how to logically think about the data presented.
I also think that the "pure feel" players do the same thing, but since they may not be from that type of background, they don't present their thinking in the same way and instead we perceive it as somewhat mystical.
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