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The Poker Shrink, Vol 28 - The Fundamental Attribution Error

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, the reason or reasons that something occurs. Of course, what we are trying to do is get it right; to actually discover why a person acts the way they do but often times the researcher gets it wrong. The number one reason a researcher gets something "wrong" is that even as a trained observer we attribute the outcome to some action or thought or feeling that...

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Posted: 2009-08-05 16:14
I have problems with this when people call or fold to my pre-flop raises.

If everyone folds I tend to assume they are afraid of me.
If I get played back at or called I tend to assume that they aren't giving my raises any credit.

In both cases I've recently noticed that without a good read on the opponent, it is more likely being determined by external forces (what hand the player picks up.)
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