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Be careful when you’re lending cash
Have you been in a situation where your decision would mean losing money, a friendship or both? If you can’t lend someone money, they’ll be
Ante Up Magazine
September 30, 2016
Have you been in a situation where your decision would mean losing money, a friendship or both? If you can’t lend someone money, they’ll be
Hall-of-Fame baseball player Mickey Mantle once said, “It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” Let’s not
Psychology, at its core, is about self-awareness. Knowing who you are and why you do something will allow you to adapt and change, to see
The most difficult part about being a pro poker player is keeping yourself emotionally detached from your results and the interactions you have with others at the table. There are losing and break-even players who could become pros overnight if there were an easy way to fix this. Unfortunately, there’s no magic pill to shut […]
I know a poker player and, by any measure, he’s a winning player. His numbers speak for themselves. We meet twice a month and besides
Confirmation bias, as the term is typically used in the psychological literature, connotes the seeking or interpreting of evidence in ways that are partial to
Reading body language and non-verbal cues is not only complicated but often the reader is wrong. To do this accurately without knowing the person is
Players at the table, if poker-savvy, should not and will not be criticizing the play of individuals who are making mistakes or unforced errors. And
Keeping the ego out of the game of poker was the hardest lesson I had to learn. We know we’re winning players and we’re treating
When a poker player has a short stack, he is behind and must make adjustments. Certain players have a knack for handling this less-than-ideal situation
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