Is a high IQ necessary to be a poker pro

[MicroBob]

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But to be at the thinking level of a Ivey or Hansen, high intelligence must be a prerequisite.

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Sklansky seemed to agree with you in his post just before XMas of 2004 where he rated the 'smartest poker players' (his list included Greenstein, Reese, Ivey, Lederer, Phillips...Hansen didn't make his top 10 but I think he said would probably make his second 10).


It's in the archives somewhere.
I'd dig up the link for you but a common characteristic of super-geniuses like me is laziness.

[restrikt]

I think the main reason many intelligent people are plagued by laziness is simply boredom. What's the point of doing trivial work if it doesn't interest, or more importantly, challenge us?

[IronUnkind]

Neither Reese nor Ivey were in his top ten IIRC.

[MicroBob]

Okay. I was going off memory as best I could.


I could have sworn that Reese was though.
However, as mentioned before, I'm too lazy to go back and look it up.

[unfrgvn]

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However, as mentioned before, I'm too lazy to go back and look it up.

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My IQ is only 117, so I'm not to lazy to look it up. Unfortunately I'm too stupid to figure out the search facility. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[MicroBob]

here it is. not so lazy after my coffee

another poker/IQ discussion David takes part in



edited to fix the 2nd link

[unfrgvn]

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here it is. not so lazy after my coffee


another poker-iq discussion David takes part in


edited to fix the 2nd link

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Crap, I just found it for myself!
Here's one of David's 10 smartest non poker players:
10 smartest non poker player per DS

[MicroBob]

that's a nice addition.

Forgot about that one.


I think it's okay to bump these every once in awhile because this is the kind of topic that comes up around occasionally. And obviously a lot of people missed these classics the first time around.