To continue on this "hardwork" topic...

The reason a lot of the super successful are indeed super successful is because they had the opportunities to be so successful. Bill Gates just so happenned to go to a highschool where there was a computer (in his day and age it was very rare). He spent all day on it, it also just so happenned that there was a computer club in his school because in that day and age computers were friggen ginormous things that couldn't store anything... But Bill Gate's fascination with this machine gave him the opportunity to use his fascination to get him rich. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and the co-founders of Microsoft and Apple all have birthday's which are less than 4 years apart... coincidence?!?!

Another examples are athletes. Check the DOB of many hockey players, one thing in common: Most of them are born in the first 4 months of the year, why? Because the cutoff age is January first and the older you are the more physical advantage you have (when you're still in primary school). Because of your small physical advantage, you'll be selected by the better teams which gives you more practice, and what was once only a small physical advantage becomes a huge advantage not only physically but also skillfully.

Why is it that the business tycoons wee all in the right place at the right time in the booming years? How come nowadays you don't hear of any new business tycoons? It's because the countries' economy is in such shambles that businesses cannot work to their full potential, whenever the country gets into a booming stage again, we'll see some new business tycoons...

But yea, I could go on and on, my point basically is. That yes, these people were indeed very hardworkers to get to where they were, but they also had to be in the right spot at the right time and they still needed the opportunities to get to where they were.

In poker it won't be any different, the ones who rise to the top are the ones who will have the most opportunity. I mean look at all the current superstars. Durr was still a highschooler and had all the time in the world to hone his poker skills... Raptor became Durr's roommate.

Basically, if you're some kid who's got a lot of free time and decides to spend it on poker, then you've got the potential to make it big. Now if you're father to 3 and have to take care of your family and go to work, well then... in that case, it will be increasingly hard to ever make it big.

To be worldclass in anything... you need to put in the hours, no matter how "naturally talented" you are... 10,000 hours is a good number to try and reach, should take you a few years at least