<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Thank you all! And specifically to Phil's comment: "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">That's impressive, David." </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">I have to say, all credit to Mike. Neither Lynne or I play poker, he's completely self taught. He's been a diligent student of the game, reading books on the topic, watching videos on tells, buying poker simulation programs, entering player's moves in a spreadsheet so he can learn their tendencies, etc. All to say when you finish that high, it has little to nothing to do with luck. You might win a few hands via luck, but luck, to coin a favorite Silicon Valley phrase, doesn't scale. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 8:01 PM Sharon Fisher <<a href="mailto:slfisher@gmail.com" target="_blank">slfisher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I think that's better than Andrew ever did, back when he was allowed to play. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 8:53 PM Phil Shapiro <<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div>That's impressive, David. <br></div><div><br></div><hr id="gmail-m_-1705205841641562297gmail-m_-3542792057942304857m_1754980893544810778zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"davidneedle" <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"ipg-smz" <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 6, 2019 8:53:22 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Ipg-smz] My son Mike played his cards right ...<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div><div><div><br class="gmail-m_-1705205841641562297gmail-m_-3542792057942304857m_1754980893544810778gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">This just in. </div><br><div>Over 28,000 people paid the $500 entry fee to play in the World Series of Poker this week in Las Vegas. </div><br><div>The tournament is still going on, but I'm happy to report just now that finishing 33rd is one Mr. Mike Needle. </div><br><div>If he ever makes it to ESPN I'll be hosting a viewing party! </div><br><div><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wsop.com%2ftournaments%2fresults%2f%3faid%3d2%26grid%3d1622%26tid%3d17283%26dayof%3d7416%26rr%3d3&c=E,1,853bXvCm8ZLD-qVJif26j8KZd9f9k7qhmuB_VnI3SUMuN35EGK_ma-KegfhDI1M7T58D7KGLEih1JyuUEti8M0pZoVylU84HRORypPALfxAKVaqDsaQU8wpo&typo=1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&grid=1622&tid=17283&dayof=7416&rr=3</a> </div></div><br><br class="gmail-m_-1705205841641562297gmail-m_-3542792057942304857m_1754980893544810778gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>
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