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Originally Posted by niska69
It's extremely unlikely he presents as many signals of "HEY EVERYBODY I'M CHEATING" intentionally AND is autistic.
That's too much social thinking and social awareness and effective "theory of mind" manipulation for a person with autism to manage in real time.
This is completely wrong.
I have direct experience working with 'elite talents' in engineering who very clearly exhibit obvious Aspergers traits about 3 times in 4.
Filter for 'elite engineering traits' and based on my own empirical observations (granted, not a formal study but for a time I had access to the types of people few others will even meet, let alone work with), three of four will be observably autistic. Like, its not even 50/50. Its WAY MORE than half (which is problematic when they try to 'manage' things via a closed feedback loop of exclusively other Aspergers guys, but I digress).
Their overall sociability and social skills is as much a spectrum as their autism itself, with some being incredibly (even laughably) socially dysfunctional while others are very functional and even use their Aspergers superpowers to socially manipulate things with HIGH effectiveness, including things they're otherwise not expected to be able to do well, like get laid.
Martin is absolutely in the outlier class and will exhibit unexpected aptitudes, including (as we wittnessed) being able to tactically manipulate social factors while having HFA, which explains how he came to poker. To even suggest he's incapable of social manipulation since he's an autismo is just false. The exact opposite is likely true in his case, he uses Sperg-Brain to calculate, then influence, social dimensions many/most others probably don't even realize play out in a certain way... that he does realize, which is precisely why he employs those jarring psychological tactics at the table and is a multiple bracelet winner.
The Super High Roller tournament where he broke into public awareness was a meticulous troll/mocking of Dan Smith's table presence... and the 'genius' going on there was the only two people at the table who realized it were Dan and Martin... and that's how Martin broke him. That's poker genius and its not math.
Last edited by 5thStreet; 12-13-2023 at 12:55 PM.