Month: November 2011

Poker

Key to stress in poker is what you do with it

The No. 1 psychological problem people face is stress. A certain amount of stress is good. Some folks have conceptualized stress as (good) eustress vs. (bad) distress. Distressis the most commonly thought of type of stress, having negative implications, whereaseustressis a positive form of stress, usually related to desirable events in a person’s life. Both […]

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Poker

Going further with poker math

For years I’ve enjoyed reading Lee Childs articles in Ante Up. For my money he has a realistic understanding of the game that many so-called

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Poker

Inferior poker players? Yes, you need them

I try to focus on things people should learn to be a successful poker player. But this month I thought I’d spend some time on the things you need to unlearn. For many Ante Up fans, you wind up being the best player in your local home games or any regular games that you play […]

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