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I had a call with an old poker friend earlier. We both have similar backgrounds; we are reasonably well educated, started poker around the same time, and never felt like we were enough. Both of our poker careers were driven by insecurity. We both had this desire to prove ourselves to the world, and we thought the best way to do that was to play one of the most competitive games in the world, where the results were measured by how much money you won. We equated our self-worth to our net worth.
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