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Mr. Sklansky:

I thought it might be useful to ask you this by separate post.

You recently said about some top level players: "[t]heir greatest asset is in fact that they are very smart. The average IQ of the players in the 4000-8000 game is well above 140."

You believe there is a high correlation between IQ and poker ability, one that you describe as the "greatest asset" of at least two (and presumably many more) top level players. I do not doubt this, but I have two very specific questions to pose to you:

1) How do you know that "[t]he average IQ of the players in the 4000-8000 game is well above 140?"

2) Is it possible, in your opinion, for a player in the range of 115-125 or so to be a top level or world-class poker player?

Thank you very much for reading this post and for your anticipated response. I appreciate it.