It takes intelligence to play poker, and to play poker well. People attack the game from many angles. Me? Im not uber into statistics, but I memorize well, so I have simply memorized the typical statistical problems I come up against in poker. There are many other types of intellect that can react well in poker. Phil Ivey is intensely smart, he does very quick mental calculations on the spot, which not many people can do.

I think it only furthers my point that it takes intelligence to be good, when you consider that most people who are donaters arent smart enough to realize it.