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Im a very logical person. I used to think that logical intelligent people will always do well at
poker, and that people that are bad at math / logic that play by feel will do poorly. The superanalytical approach seemed superior to me in every way.
I would talk to players like H@llingol, MrSmokey1, Ozzy87, Sdouble, and even TheTakover
and wonder how they had success. These are all great players, but their approach was so
different from mine that I couldnt understand it. None of these guys are particular adept at
figuring out pot odds, or explaining the gap theory, yet they all do very well. I had to figure
out why.
I recently read Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming by OConnor and Seymour. NLP
is essentially a psychological study of skills that lead to success in all facets of life, especially
social interactions. I learned a lot about the learning process and the subconscious mind in this
book. Namely the following:
Quote:
To anyone that has studied psychology, it is probably very clear that the subconscious mind is
a lot more powerful and capable than the conscious mind, which is why the learning process
must work in the order listed above. Take poker for example.
1. At first its just a game. You might not realize how complicated it really is, and you
certainly dont realize how clueless you are.
2. Once you start with beginner strategy, you begin to realize how clueless you are.
3. After a while, the strategies you are learning start to sink in. You may begin thinking, A8o
in early position. The chart tells me to fold this, so I will fold it.
4. You begin to fold A8o in EP without even thinking about it. Your subconscious mind has
now taken over this step of the process, and your conscious mind now has more memory
space to start thinking about other strategies.
The conscious mind is capable of between five and nine active thoughts at one time. The
unconscious is capable of a lot more. It is integral to learning that we take our conscious
thought processes and internalize them.
The first theory I came up with, is the luck of learning theory. One problem with the
learning process in poker is that our brain is very results oriented. That doesnt always work
for poker. It is extremely hard to always be able to separate the results from our judgment in