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The people who will take up the game will be people who recognize their own intelligence and mental acumen and furthermore recognize they will be +ev at the tables.

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Again, people seem to think that becoming a winning player like joining the army.

Let me tell you how many of the people that play poker think they are +EV. 99%. Only 1% tell the truth to themself. Even the largest dumb ass in the world thinks he is smart. In fact every person I know thinks they are smart.

That being said, even being top 1% IQ is far from a lock that you are gonna be a winner. There are tons of factors here, intelligence is just one of many. IMO steam control and dicipline are just as important. And there are 10 or so other factors that need to be added in. There is no possible way of knowing if you are going to be a winner before you start playing and prove you are a winner.