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excuses and facades. Many losers resentfully reject the identifications made throughout the Manual. As
long as they reject the identifications, they will remain losers. Yet, any loser who owns the Manual can
become a winner if he chooses to apply the Advanced Concepts of Poker.
2. What Will Happen When All Players Own the Poker Manual?
As sales of the Poker Manual increase, more and more players ask, "What will happen when all poker
players own the Manual? Will the advantage gap between good players and poor players narrow? Will
the potential earnings for those players applying the Advanced Concepts of Poker diminish?"
The answer to the last two questions is no. The potential earnings of good players should increase as the
circulation of the Poker Manual increases. This paradox is explained by examining the nature of the
game, the good player, and the poor player, in the following four paragraphs:
Thousands of players around the world already own the Poker Manual. By clearly identifying the total
nature of poker, the Manual is gradually but permanently changing the game and its players. The
Advanced Concepts of Poker are dispelling the myths that have always worked against the good player
in his efforts to create faster-paced, higher-profit games. The Manual eliminates most objections to
profitable poker innovations such as hold 'em, split pots, twist cards, and lowball variations by
disproving the myth that such pace-increasing variations change poker from a game of skill to a game of
luck. As the distribution of the Poker Manual continues, the more profitable, fast-paced games will
become increasingly acceptable and easier to introduce--thus allowing the good player to increase his
profits at faster rates and to higher levels.
But will the dispelling of other poker myths (e.g., the validity of luck) improve the performances of poor
players and chronic losers, thus decreasing the edge odds for the good player? On the whole, the answer
would be no. A few poor players (those who would work to steadily improve their game even without
the Manual) will benefit from the Manual. But most poor players are static players who will not use the
Advanced Concepts of Poker or do anything to improve their game. Why? Consider the nature of
chronic losers: Most chronic losers have deeply entrenched habits that militate against the ingredients of
good poker--discipline, thought, and then control. The Advanced Concepts of Poker demand intensive
discipline and continuous thought--the very efforts that chronic losers seek to avoid. In fact, they build
elaborate rationalizations or excuses to avoid any such discipline and thought. They play poker to
"relax" their minds. Applying the Advanced Concepts of Poker would contradict and threaten their
rationalized excuses for losing.
Revealing the Advanced Concepts of Poker to chronic losers is similar to revealing the logical
advantages of being sober to chronic alcoholics, or revealing the unbeatable casino odds to inveterate
gamblers. Few chronic losers will change their self-destructive habits when confronted with their
errors.... On reading the Advanced Concepts of Poker, some chronic losers temporarily become wary of
the good player and alert to some of his techniques. But in most cases, their alertness soon fades and
their awareness sinks even lower because of a tranquil confidence that develops from now "knowing"
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