Fear of Losing and Other Feedback Imbalances (Part I)
The cognitive bias of loss aversion suggests that people are inherently irrational when taking risks. They overvalue avoiding losses and undervalue potential gains. For example:…
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Actions Before the Flop: Player Isolation
In the middle and late stages of the tournament, try to isolate your opponent with small or medium pairs. The goal of the isolation move…
The Importance of Feedback in Poker
We have already discussed things like isolated exercises and general game rehearsal, which can make our game more conscious. However, engaging in poker is generally…
Actions before the flop: how to play with small and medium pairs?
1. In the early stages of the tournament, it is best to just call with small and medium pairs. It is very difficult to…
The Path to Mastery (Part II)
The rule says: "To achieve mastery, you need 10,000 hours of deliberate play." What exactly is deliberate play? Erikson stated that it is not enough…
The Path to Mastery (Part I)
How to become a master player in poker? Let's examine it in more detail. As poker players, we all have one common goal, which is…
Actions before the flop: Is it worth setting traps with big pairs?
Limping in the early stage of the tournament with pocket aces. Let's say you got lucky and received two aces in the early stage of…
General Game Rehearsal (Part II)
How do most people watch videos? They sit idly, listen to the speaker, and are "checked out" until they hear or see something impressive or…
Game Dress Rehearsal (Part I)
So, we have approached another important learning idea: repetition. More specifically, detailed, complex repetition. This concept allows us to understand that when learning something new,…
Poker “maps” in your mind
There are many differences between poker and Minesweeper. One of them is that a poker player is not forced to start playing with a blank…
