[Rushmore]

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"I completely agree that those who never push themselves past their comfort level are somewhat sad cases. If you can afford it, play in higher games than you are used to if for no other reason than it will help your game."

I think this is quite ignorant. If you are a kid playing for fun or playing for ego, sure, push yourself as much as you choose. If it is your career, you should play within your comfort zone. Undoubtedly you will have pushed yourself outside of it on your way to making it your career. But once there, to say it is sad to be responsible and have your job have some kind of stability is just pathetic.

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Good lord, this is all wrong.

Your "comfort zone" is determined by your bankroll when you play professionally. If you are a winning player, the stakes themselves shouldn't matter to you if you are staked properly. David's point was (I believe) that from time to time you should step up and find out if your "comfort zone" was perhaps an underestimation of your talent (assuming the games get tougher as the stakes get higher, of course).

Your reaction was a drastically overstated defense of an incorrect notion of "comfort zone."

Odd, quite honestly.