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#111
05-14-2007, 09:20 PM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
Okay, David. I don't think I've ever disagreed with you before, as evidenced by my earlier post here and others. But I think you are surely underestimating the number of players that have read your books, or certainly the "Theory of Poker". When I take a seat I just assume anyone who is playing well and therefore somewhat serious has read TOP. Now I know that is not always right, but I think MORE likely than not a serious player has read TOP. Maybe they didn't understand it or study it, but surely have read it.
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#112
05-14-2007, 10:05 PM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
I think dave is right on about the percentage of poker players that have read TOP. I think most of the players I encounter playing live haven't read a poker book at all. I bet very few have read TOP.
If they have read a poker book it is "Play Poker like a Pro" or some equally enlightening volume.
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#113
05-14-2007, 10:05 PM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
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If 1,000,000 people are trying to succeed at poker and 50,000 of them have studied my books, then if half of the top 1000 have read my books, it means that readers who read are 1% and those who haven't are one twentieth of one percent to reach that pinnacle. [/ QUOTE ] Posters replying that David way underestimates who's read his books did see the "if" in this post, right? My interpretation is a bit different. I read this as hypothetical not factual. Could be my bad though.
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#115
05-14-2007, 10:47 PM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
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[ QUOTE ] If 1,000,000 people are trying to succeed at poker and 50,000 of them have studied my books, then if half of the top 1000 have read my books, it means that readers who read are 1% and those who haven't are one twentieth of one percent to reach that pinnacle. [/ QUOTE ] Posters replying that David way underestimates who's read his books did see the "if" in this post, right? My interpretation is a bit different. I read this as hypothetical not factual. Could be my bad though. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I see it, now.. What is the point,then? ( I had a rhone villages with my filet m. tonit, so type it so slow, okay?
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#116
05-14-2007, 10:59 PM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] If 1,000,000 people are trying to succeed at poker and 50,000 of them have studied my books, then if half of the top 1000 have read my books, it means that readers who read are 1% and those who haven't are one twentieth of one percent to reach that pinnacle. [/ QUOTE ] Posters replying that David way underestimates who's read his books did see the "if" in this post, right? My interpretation is a bit different. I read this as hypothetical not factual. Could be my bad though. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I see it, now.. What is the point,then? ( I had a rhone villages with my filet m. tonit, so type it so slow, okay? [/ QUOTE ] I would bold-face "hypothetical" in my reply to your post, but I have a feeling you'd think I was being a smart-arse. I just read it as a hypothetical. If x number are playing poker, and y number have read his books, then that would mean z, and so on and so forth. Again, I'm probably the one reading it wrong, so don't take offense.
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#117
05-14-2007, 11:33 PM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
Yes, I was just explaining the math.
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#118
05-15-2007, 03:48 AM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
Regardless how good the books are, the easiest and safest way to become a very good player is to be the relative of a top player. They can teach you a highly effective approach that obviously cannot be found in the books, or everyone else would be just as good.
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#119
05-15-2007, 06:39 AM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
No, I didn't think you were being a smartA at all. I realized when i read your post you were right. I didn't register the if casue I was fast reading and got right into the reponses. I was just having some fun with me missing it. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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#120
05-15-2007, 07:32 AM
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Re: Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players
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As for the fact that perhaps only half of the most successful 500 players have not read TOP I will reiterate what I said before. Which in a nutshell is that since less than 5% of ALL aspiring poker players have read it you are ten times as likely to succeed if you have. [/ QUOTE ] Isn't it more likely that people read TOP because they are dedicated to becoming good at poker rather than TOP makes people ten times more likely to become good or is that beside your point?
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