Aleksei_Riikonen comments on Verifying Rationality via RationalPoker.com - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 27 March 2011 03:43:34AM 1 point [-]

very good at poker. Good enough to win (on average) $50/hr playing.

I would call that good, but not very good. Many poker players make an order of magnitude more, and that's without being one of the very best.

Comment author: wedrifid 27 March 2011 03:54:14AM *  9 points [-]

I would call that good, but not very good. Many poker players make an order of magnitude more, and that's without being one of the very best.

Or, perhaps, they could be very good at poker but poor at the meta game of finding high stakes players who are stupid. A far more important task! Actual technical skills are far less important than putting yourself in the right positions at the right time.

Comment author: Cyan 27 March 2011 04:23:38AM *  9 points [-]

A far more important task!

This sounds emphatic, but I actually think you've underemphasized this point. So...

The key to making money at poker is to hunt fish ruthlessly. (via)