which poker pro is the most educated ?

[spintronics929]

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BTW, I have an engineering degree and an MBA, both from top programs. Less than 5% of the MBAs I went to school with were capable of surviving an engineering curriculum, mainly due to lack of math ability.

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Yeah, even a bachelors in engineering at a good school is very tough.

But the toughest part is the math. So, I think a doctorate in EE, ME, ChemE, (don't know about CE,SE,PE,etc.), math, stat, CS, hard science trumps most else (maybe not MD) because you can't hide from the math -- either you figure it out, or you flunk out.

I'm surprised we're not coming up with more PhDs in those areas who kill poker. I guess they make way more $ doing something else.

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Most people who do PhD's in those types of fields are not money driven at all. Most are also pretty risk averse, as well, which means that poker is pretty low on most of these people's priority lists. Trust me.

Dr Sucker, PhD (Physical Chemistry)

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Most people who do PhD's in those types of fields "weren't" money driven. lol

[highhustla]

so they're dead now? or become money-driven later in life? or nowadays ppl get PhD's for $ (which doesn't make sense cuz it doesn't work)? are you really lolling?

[Dexter_Cain]

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The Professor...who else?? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Lederer is intelligent sure, but not really highly educated if I remember correctly.

[Luckyspikes]

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Tony G graduated from the only university that matters.. the streets!

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QFT

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Andy Bloch, I think.

[pig4bill]

Dutch Boyd, JD as a teenager.

[Speel Posher]

what about juanda? wasnt he a doctor before?

[wilneedheart]

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There is no name professionals who are highly educated. Computer science and engineering degrees are only applied mathematics. They are middle range degrees. A Law or Medicine degree is 3 times more difficult to achieve. And any dumbo can become a patent attorney. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Leveling??? Otherwise wow.....just wow.

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wtfff @ bold part (bolded by me). Are you implying that theoretical math is higher education than applied math?

EE's are so much better at math than math majors it's not funny.

Middle range degrees, LOL! What "high end" undergrad are you supposed to get before you become a doctor or lawyer? Think that through.

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I actually wonder if some of you guys have any idea of the difference between pure and applied mathematics...

And for those who really want to know:

Mathematics is both an art and a science, and pure mathematics lies at its heart. Pure mathematics explores the boundary of mathematics and pure reason. It has been described as "that part of mathematical activity that is done without explicit or immediate consideration of direct application," although what is "pure" in one era often becomes applied later. Finance and cryptography are current examples of areas to which pure mathematics is applied in significant ways.-http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/PM_Dept/What_Is/what_is.shtml

Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with the mathematical techniques typically used in the application of mathematical knowledge to other domains. - Wikipedia.

Applied math is simple, compared to theoretical math. Very few people can succeed at it because it involves the creation of mathematics. The idea of "sets", for example, has been around less than 110 years. Applied mathematicians merely make deductions from what theoretical mathematicians have created. Ask Chris Ferguson, David Sklansky or Barry Greenstein if you don't believe me. Or read, 'A Mathematicians Apology' by G. H. Hardy.

[PokerAmateur4]

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Tony G graduated from the only university that matters.. the streets!

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QFT

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[Wowliksom!]

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Bloch holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School.

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Why doesn't he work on Wall Street? He would earn more monies there than playing poker i would think. In the long run that is...