Daily news from poker and online poker world http://www.pokernews.com/news/ Sat, 17 May 2008 06:47:43 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/i/logo-pn2.gif http://www.pokernews.com/news/ en-us Copyright 2003-2008, PokerNews.com http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/6/poker-shrink-vol-44-galls-law.htm A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple... poker/news/Poker Shrink http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic3331/ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/6/poker-shrink-vol-43-anecdotal-evidence.htm Anecdotal evidence is information you obtain from a subjective report, an observation, or some kind of example that may or may not be reliable. In addition, anecdotal evidence is not scientifically valid or representative of testable... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/5/poker-shrink-vol-42-pareto-principle.htm There is a somewhat humorous but all too true rule in business often called the 'Ninety-Ninety Rule.' There are literally hundreds of variations of the Ninety-Ninety Rule in business and other creative endeavors. In computer... poker/news/Poker Shrink http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic2234/ Fri, 25 May 2007 09:00:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/5/poker-shrink-vol-41-cognitive-dissonance.htm Can you really learn from a bad beat? I mean, can you learn something other than the guy in the three seat is a donkey and the poker gods hate you?... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 18 May 2007 09:00:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/5/poker-shrink-vol-40-titanic.htm I guess this article should be called "Teddy and the Titanic Syndrome" but let's not get ahead of the story. Teddy is a poker playing buddy of mine. Last week he asked me if I had heard of the Titanic Syndrome.... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 11 May 2007 07:29:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4/poker-shrink-vol-39-chip-trick.htm Why do players do chip tricks? The easy answer, of course, is that they are bored and they have chips available. Being creatures with opposable thumbs we tend to twirl pencils, click pens and basically do anything with our hands... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 04 May 2007 08:23:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4/poker-shrink-vol-38-reading-clusters.htm Everyone wants to be able to read an opponent at the table but what does it mean when he riffles his chips? Why did she smile when she made that bet on the turn? Is that nervous twitch really a tell and if it is does it mean he has a good hand... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:52:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4/poker-shrink-vol-37-strategy-tension.htm 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.' ... poker/news/Poker Shrink http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic2133/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:05:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4/poker-shrink-vol-36-regression-mean.htm 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... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:40:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4/poker-shrink-vol-35-selective-attention.htm 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... poker/news/Poker Shrink Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:05:00 -0700