Dr. Tim Lavalli, a doctor of research psychology shares his thoughts on the psychological side of poker. From gameplay issues, to problems away from the table, if its in a poker player's head - you'll find it here.
We often read crossover articles between poker and business, poker and stock trading, poker and other sports, even poker and relationships. You know the titles I mean: 'Bluffing the Boss: Asking for that Big Raise.' ...
Regression toward the mean is the tendency for any series mathematical events to average out. This simply means that events like extreme tests scores or terrible river suckouts or 'holes-in-one' tend to happen...
Selective attention is purposely focusing your conscious awareness onto a specific stimulus. Now that sounds an awful lot like just plain old paying attention. But take this test with me. Keep looking at the words on your computer...
Arousal. See, now I have your attention. The Yerkes-Dodson psychological theorem states that an organism's performance can be improved if that organism is aroused in some manner. Yes, this concept was first explained during experiments....
I want to be very precise today with the psychological concepts of accommodation and assimilation. These are similar terms that refer to learning and adjustment. These are very similar concepts, but not the same concept...
Just how much luck is there is poker? I have stood with some of the biggest names in poker and heard them toss out numbers like 50% or 10%. More complicated answers often sound like '90% short term but only 5% long term....
Absolute threshold is a very specific psychological and sensory term. Absolute threshold refers to the smallest intensity of a stimulus that has to be present for the stimulus to be detected. The most common example of this involves sensitivity to heat...
Sometimes its better to make your point very quietly and other times you will be a lot more successful making a whole lot of noise. Last weekend I got a very interesting lesson in psychology at the poker table...
There are literally a dozen potential articles on the psychology of table talk. Today I want to deal with table talk and floor calls. Remember that a good poker player will be paying attention to everything...
When any researcher studies human beings, they are attempting to discover 'why' something happens (or perhaps 'why' something doesn't happen). Therefore, it is important to discover the source of the behavior...
Over the past six articles I have attempted to outline some of the issues, facts and treatment alternatives for those poker players who are dealing with the spectrum of consequences of Problem Poker....
In the last five weeks I have talked about the various aspects of Problem Poker and from response I have received it seems many of you want to know just how big a problem this is among the poker professionals.
You have heard it said a thousand times: If you can't spot the fish at your table in the first ten minutes, then the fish is probably you. Let's look at that another way....
Today we have two different sets of questions used to diagnose a 'gambling problem.' I have tweaked the questions to apply to poker and have followed each set of questions with some comments of my own....
There have been several long term studies that screened military personnel for gambling-related problems. Members of the military are easy subjects to do research on...
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So the question arises: Are Problem Poker and problem gambling not the same issue? Even more specifically, don't most gamblers have multiple problems? Aren't they betting on sports and playing craps or blackjack
For the next several weeks I am going to take up the issue of 'Problem Poker.' We will cover what heath care professionals say about problem gambling in general and we will take a look at some examples of 'problems' among both recreational
You've heard it said at the table dozens of times; whenever a player goes on tilt you think it - every poker book mentions it: "Leave your emotions at the door of the poker room." Great advice but completely impossible....
I was reading an article recently in which Linda Johnson comments about bad behavior at the poker table. She's against it, and in fact so am I. But what (if anything) do players do about it? And should they?...
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