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[Dan Druff]

I do not think Druff has Aspergers. He cares WAY too much about what other people think about him. A real Aspergers person is way too much inside himself to care that much. I would guess Druff has some sort of OCD, which manifests in his putting in ridiculously obscene amounts of time and energy to make sure no one is getting the best of him, even for ridiculously petty things.

Wouldn't that then qualify as paranoia not OCD?

The World Health Organization's ICD-10 lists paranoid personality disorder as (F60.0) Paranoid personality disorder.[5]
It is characterized by at least three of the following:
1.excessive sensitivity to setbacks and rebuffs; (severe physical symptoms after being knocked out of WSOP Limit 5k this year)
2.tendency to bear grudges persistently, i.e. refusal to forgive insults and injuries or slights; (don't even need to explain)
3.suspiciousness and a pervasive tendency to distort experience by misconstruing the neutral or friendly actions of others as hostile or contemptuous; (see #2)
4.a combative and tenacious sense of personal rights out of keeping with the actual situation; (See previous go arounds with Jewdonk, STP, and others)
5.recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding sexual fidelity of spouse or sexual partner; (This one I think he has dodged)
6.tendency to experience excessive self-importance, manifest in a persistent self-referential attitude; (hmmmm)
7.preoccupation with unsubstantiated "conspiratorial" explanations of events both immediate to the patient and in the world at large. (Maybe not applicable)

Not trying to troll Druff but pointing towards more likely diagnosis then OCD.

You apparently very well.

The only one that applies to me above is #2.

#1: I didn't have any physical symptoms at all after going out 5th in the $5k limit this year. I took that very well, actually. I have taken most tournament losses very well, with the exception of that WSOP Main this year, where something unusual happened to me. But I am not someone who can't handle setbacks/failure. I get frustrated, but so does almost everyone.

#3: I have never misconstrued friendly actions as hostile. You can't point to one episode in my life where that occurred. In every case where I detected hostility, it was there.

#4: I fight back when screwed with, but I don't "strike back" worse than the person went after me. I usually try to find something fitting for the situation, and either do it or threaten to do it (with the intention of going through if the situation doesn't get resolved).

#5: Never at all been paranoid about sexual/romantic partners cheating on me. That's just not me.

#6: I never claim to be important and rarely brag about myself. Having strong opinions about things, or even referring sometimes to moments I'm proud of (like winning the bracelet) is not self-importance. In many cases, in fact, I have noted that I am nobody special and am just the one speaking up about whatever is going on.

#7: Not at all a conspiracy theorist. Again, look at all of my post in all of my years on these forums, and you will never find conspiracy type crap.

Whole diagnosis of yours is an epic fail.