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Originally Posted by juvydriver  I'm actually reading his book called [I]Blink[I] and it is pretty interesting. [...]
One way I think it applies is that when I see something I'm not sure of and I start to weigh the pros and cons, I lose a little objectivity and start wanting to go a certain direction. For instance, when I'm playing and I've got a guy that is constantly reraising me or shoving over me it really pisses me off. Eventually, I'll have a mediocre hand (say 2nd pair 2nd kicker or something similar) and he shoves over me, I may believe that I'm beat...but if I think about it for a while, I can talk myself into a play that is -EV (I do this a lot, BTW).
Anyway, pretty interesting book. |
I started listening to this book (audiobook, I'm lazy) this week. All the marriage stuff in the beginning was so boring I was about to stop, but once he starts getting into the card games and people with brain damage, my ears perked right up.
I know what you're referring to. It's that old poker saying, "think long, think wrong." With most players (with enough experience like a few hundred hours playing at least), the instant something happens, we have an intuitive sense from our unconcious that something's not right, but a lot of times we consciously overanalyze it and override our instinct to make the standard play or aggressive play or safe play or whatever. Then when it goes showdown, it's that "Oh... he did have that hand" moment.
The more experience we get, I think the more we can rely on our instincts and just go with our initial read. And the thing that separates the better players is going with that read, even if they might look stupid in the hand.