Re: Is Poker Playing a better test for would be presidents?
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Not to forget that in poker you can make 100% the correct plays from start to finish and still lose a game/hand.
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You cannot compare poker with chess on the basis of wins and losses of games vs hands or anything that remotely resembles a score card. Trying to compare results is a meaningless undertaking.
I do agree with the fellow above that high level chess demands quite a bit of thinking and manuevering. But Sklansky wasn't talking high level chess. He was talking end game 3 move checkmates. Well those situations are easily worked out by computers. There is no manuvering or inducing errors. These plays are calculated and implemented without regard for the skill of the opponent. Very few if any decisons in poker are made without the, i'm sure you've heard it, "it depends" qualifier.
Each and every poker decison requires reasoning. You cannot play poker by rote. End game chess is different. You can play quite a bit of end game chess by rote.
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