Just finished reading Cards by Maxwell.

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WHEN THE CHARACHTER ISN'T ACTING EMOTIONALLY, he's a talented poker player.

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The key to being a good poker player is to not get emotional so frequently.

Your statement is almost akin to saying, "he's a winning player when he's getting good cards."

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This is not a logical comparison, because every single player can win with good cards, but only a minority of poker players have poker talent. The charachter in this book (I think) analyses well most of the time. And does roll up his bankroll to $30,000

Although I do agree with you that not getting emotional is key to poker success.

I would like to debate his analysis with you guys, but it seems everybody is too lazy.

I suppose I'm one of the biggest fans of this book. I think it's because it hits home with me. I have many of this guy's problems, I'm just not arrogant about it.
But I have left this book by my computer, and while my computer is loading, crashing, etc, or when the TV is on a commercial, I keep opening the book to any page, and find myself continuing to get a rush from it. I must have read it twice already because of this.