I need a mentor!

[BLdSWtTRs]

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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...

[The Dude]

LSUfan,

The following statement is absolutely not true.

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

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While that statement would be true for somebody who is successfully beating the 10-20 games and looking to step up, a current losing player looking to beat the small stakes games for a decent amount should be able to get this kind of help for less than $100/hr.

The response you've gotten from a lot of posters might be true. You might not be able to cut it as a winning poker player. Who knows? Not me, and not them either. I would suggest PM'ing the mods in the Small Stakes forum and asking them for some names of people that might be interested. Good luck.

Cheers,
Dude

[Petomane]

If you've been playing for 3 years (how many hours?) and losing, poker might not be for you.