Re: could a gambling addict ever be good at poker?
I personally know a guy who lost tens of thousands playing blackjack and craps back in college. He went bankrupt and, after supposedly swearing off gambling for a while, got into poker right around the same time as the WPT explosion.
He plays crazy hours at low stakes all the time nowadays, mostly online. He gets the basic idea of playing "good" hands, but is pretty weak-tight in general and will go crazy (emotionally, though not necessarily with his chips) if a player "gets lucky" with a bad starting hand. I'd estimate he's a small winner at the stakes he plays, but would be easy pickings at anything bigger. Fortunately for him, he's intelligent enough to realize this and manages to play within his bankroll.
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