I can`t think of a prominent poker player who is clearly dumb. But I can think of some smart ones. Action Dan Harrington former competitive chess player. Chris Ferguson PhD in math. Ed Miller worked at Microsoft. The great man David Sklansky is clearly a genius; which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill.
k I`m lazy and taking the path of least resistance here. But I`ve always dreamed of taking a shot. $22 is over my bankroll so I'd love to have a chance.
I have a new computer plugged in after my old PC died. My Dell inspiron is running pretty well so far. Lots of poker stuff to download and install including HEM (had to install postgres first and separately because of windows 7 install glitch); PokerStars (was able to re-import my old notes, sweet); UltimateBet (now that my Stars reload bonus has expired I should play at UB again); pokerstove (I calculated that 72o vs KK has 12% equity, that hand came up playing live last weekend; 72o has 11% equity against AA, I guess because it's harder to make a wheel).
One issue is my new PC doesn't have MS office. I tried OpenOffice and that's fine for the spreadsheets but my old Access poker MDB won't load. I got a 60 day trial of office so that buys me a bit of time but I need to come up with some scheme. I may just use HEM only for results and put my live results just into a big spreadsheet. So basically get by without Access.
