Poker gems, #310

Mike Caro, in Poker Player newspaper column, September 14, 2009 (vo. 13, #6), pp. 4, 25.


Question 1: Does everyone spend the same amount of time thinking?

...The majority of people either think shallowly or almost not at all. Once you understand that, you realize why you have such a great advantage at a game like poker. You can make better decisions than your opponents. And you can manipulate them.

... Question 5: How much of your lifetime poker profit will be a result of superior thinking relative to your opponents?

All of it.