I need a mentor!

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PS. I consider myself a fairly intelligent guy (IQ over 150), but this game is making me feel a bit ignorant.

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Although you may have a high IQ, the most important skills in this game are the innate ones, and if you haven't done anything in 3 years, you are probably not suited for this game.
In a lot of areas I am extremely weak, but in every innate mathematical category I am in the top 5%.
There are many other important indicators like risk neutrality, competitive, handles pressure well, etc. but it seems that innate math skills direclty correlate with higher levels of logical thinking ability.
For most people, poker is a bad thing. If I were you I would consider quitting.

And anyone who is willing to teach you for less than $500 an hour is probably wasting your time...