Re: Poker is Good for You
Poker doesn't teach you any of the things listed in the article. The best poker players have those skills (did they learn them because of poker, or are they good at poker because they already have those skills?), but there are plenty of people who have played poker a long time who do not have those skills.
To learn to play poker well one must either already have many of the skills listed, or be able to learn them. But the vast majority of poker players never become good. I wouldn't be so quick to proclaim poker to be the solution to the United State's educational deficiencies.
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