Super poker player

[killing_random]

Recently I remembered a couple of films I watched as a kid, called "Mercury Rising" and also "Rain Man".

And I began to wonder, how people with Savant syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome) would perfom at poker.

Maybe there some instances already known?

 

[DS3]

Recently I remembered a couple of films I watched as a kid, called "Mercury Rising" and also "Rain Man".

And I began to wonder, how people with Savant syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome) would perfom at poker.

Maybe there some instances already known?

Many would argue Stu Ungar was one of the best card players ever.

He dominated gin (from a very young age) before turning to poker. Ungar had a genius level IQ, a photographic memory and was regarded as a savant.

 

[Mariadelaluz]

I like Mercury Rising.

 

[killing_random]

Many would argue Stu Ungar was one of the best card players ever.

He dominated gin (from a very young age) before turning to poker. Ungar had a genius level IQ, a photographic memory and was regarded as a savant.

:cheers: gin?

 

[DS3]

:cheers: gin?

Sorry my mistake as I thought you wanted a serious answer. Stu Ungar was a brilliant but tragic figure...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Ungar

 

[killing_random]

Sorry my mistake as I thought you wanted a serious answer. Stu Ungar was a brilliant but tragic figure...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Ungar

Oh, ok I get it now

 

[bioman420]

I do believe that there can be super poker players, but poker goes beyond photographic memory and ingenious calculation skills, beyond that persistence and resilience is the key to success.

 

[mushthebush]

I'm down for gin, peppermint, lemon, tonic.

Good question, although savants seem to care more about universe, science and whatever. I mean, it defies the definition of intellectual genius considering they could earn a fortune grinding the micros at rush&cash instead of wasting their time watching stars.

I go the humble way and blame my luck on the parallel universe. My mum must've brought me into the wrong one.