Brian Koppelman: preference

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…When you say “probably,” where does the probably come from? Why not just you can’t win? You may be one of those gifted freaks who can sit down and suddenly the math makes sense and reading people makes sense. But basically, if you don’t study and think about poker at least a little bit every day . . . I think about poker every day, and I am not a world-class poker player. I track my results very closely, and I’m flat. I’m usually flat, and I play a lot of poker. Being flat is a gigantic victory. Some years I win a little bit, and some years I lose a little bit. Basically, in competitive, difficult poker games, I am flat. I think about poker. At least, I engage in some way with materials about how to be better at poker every day. That’s where it’s like chess. It’s required, I think. Oh, okay, I can tell you. In your home game — that’s your casual Monday night game — if you have a rotating group of 12 people to make your 9 or 7 who show up, what you don’t know is that at least two of those people actually are taking it almost as seriously as their job. That’s the thing that most people don’t know. What’s your greatest weakness as a poker player?…

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