Tendler interview
Posted by Sean Fri
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Sean Fri
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Tendler interview
The question he asked that got me thinking the most was the one about how your improv experience relates to your poker. I'm a professional stage actor - have been for a while - and I think there's quite a bit of transferable skill from one profession to the other.
As you mentioned, one aspect of it would be experience with telling a story and making sure it makes sense. In my experience, though, almost anyone can be taught how to tell a story in a convincing fashion, or at least coached (or directed) to be convincing even if they don't understand how. The thing that sets actors apart is the ability to listen. It sounds simple, but it's not. In some ways, it's actually harder in scripted productions, because you already know what you're going to say next. In improv, obviously, you have to listen to your partner because they're going to provide information you would not have otherwise known.
So what's transferable? Well, I think that people who are auto-piloting (or 'grinding their strat' as you mentioned in a recent video) are doing the scripted version of the presentation, whereas people who are, as you call them, high intensity players are really listening to their 'scene partner.' In that way, a background in gathering all the available information before reacting is a tremendously important skill in playing poker. I could go on, but it would be boring.
Basically, all I wanted to say is: celebrate your background in improv. The ability to listen and react is an important skill in any endeavor, but especially in poker. But of course, you already knew this.
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