[Butcho22]

It's pretty obvious you guys are pretty focused on me understanding that poker is gambling. Okay, fine. If you want to break it down to 2+2=4, i'll bite. Poker=gambling.

I still think, and would like your opinion on the idea that there are many players out there who could be turning a profit, or could have turned a profit, had they had more patience and LESS gamble in them.

I don't want to hear from you who are going to say that, "all the great players have gamble in them"

All those great players who have gone broke trying to move up are the exception, and many, many more have failed along the way.

The situation in my post represents playing with the mindset of complete focus and patience. If you only had that $200, you would NEVER enter a $20sng. But if you know that even if you lose this $200 you can come up with more cash to play with, you will be much more likely to enter that $20 sng which is obviously poor bankroll management.

I think that all these stories of people like Freddy Deeb going broke numerous time AND FINALLY making it, are very bad for the general playing public to take much stock in.