I'm going to disagree with you on that a bit.
My first impressions of DJT long, long ago were:
1) Dude's a good choice to have on one's side in a fight
2) Don't EVER get into a poker game with him.
[N.B. I haven't read most of this thread, yet, so if this has already been posted to the thread ...]
An interesting Twitter thread by a professional poker player.