http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/pokershrink/ This page is dedicated to poker strategy. Here you can find articles about how to play poker successfully. For professionals and beginners, as well. Coming soon: detailed strategies for every game: Texas Hold'em, Omaha and all others. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:49:04 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-70-interaction-effect-6984.htm Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-70-interaction-effect-6984.htm All fold to the small blind, who completes. The big blind raises, the small blind folds. Then two rounds... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-69-recency-and-primacy-effects-6961.htm Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-69-recency-and-primacy-effects-6961.htm Both the Recency Effect and the Primacy Effect have fairly simple explanations but some not-so-simple applications.... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-68-opponent-process-theory-6935.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-68-opponent-process-theory-6935.htm OK, this one can get a bit tricky but opponent process theory has some strong applications to poker... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-67-the-hawthorne-effect-6898.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-67-the-hawthorne-effect-6898.htm The Hawthorne Effect describes an actual mistake discovered by some researchers. The original study was attempting to discover... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-66-illusory-correlation-6851.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:58:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-66-illusory-correlation-6851.htm A leads to B, and B leads to C, so A leads to C. We all have some sense of what is logical... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-65-habituation-6798.htm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:50:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-65-habituation-6798.htm Human beings get used to things. New sights and sounds eventually become familiar. Even something that is initially very exciting can become routine. Habituation is this tendency we all have towards a decreased response to certain stimuli. A lot of... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-64-eustress-6747.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-64-eustress-6747.htm One of my favorite concepts in all of psychology is eustress. When we think of stress, we usually... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-63-confirmation-bias-6687.htm Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-63-confirmation-bias-6687.htm Does this sound familiar? You have been working on your skills at reading players and you have improved... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-62-agreeableness-6634.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-62-agreeableness-6634.htm There is good advice and there is bad advice. There is warm and fuzzy advice: “Be kind, be happy."... http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-61-conscientiousness-6604.htm Mon, 25 May 2009 07:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/poker-shrink-vol-61-conscientiousness-6604.htm The personality trait that covers organization, discipline, deliberation, and carefulness is called conscientiousness. Often the simple comparison...