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Old 08-21-2005, 04:25 PM
punter11235 punter11235 is offline
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Default Re: Can a Former Addict become a good Poker Player?

Face some facts :

-about 10% of all players can consistently beat the game
-this 10% are players with great talent, discipline, psychologically healthy and with good attitude to gambling
-not even 5% of this 10% are pros;
-these less than 0.05% of players are people EXCEPTIONALLY gifted in this area

Now try to make educated guess what's your chances to be in this less than 0.05% group...
-you have gambling addiction
-you are psychologically unsteady
-you are not one of the best players at 100NL which is ridicously soft
-you "cant fold" which mean you dont have good discipline which is very difficult to master and is crucial poker skill
-its still possible that your addiction will be back one night, you will lose control and you will lose more than all your efforts for previous months or even years

If you ask if its possible that you will make it. It is. But its not more likely than winning lottery.
What you have to win ? Some money and not so fascinating job which playing poker is. Its for sure not more money than you can make doing normal job with real people having normal social life. What do you have to lose ? Your family, your health, your life.
You see poker is about making objective decisions based on facts and not your inside fears or delusions.
Try to make good decision in life first.

Best wishes
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