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[QUOTE="dj11, post: 531217, member: 13851"]
This article, excelent BTW Chris, does not pertain only to Poker.

I used to play a game called Hex.  IT has in the past been compared to chess in many ways.  Was a favorite of John Nash, the mad genius about whom a movie was made a few years ago.

Anyway, there is a guy who probably still hangs in that circle, who was the be all and end all of Hex analysis.  Eco was his name or what we called him.  At one time he was close to being considered the best in the online game.  Then he stopped playing.  Cold stopped.  Would come and watch live action, chat with others etc.  When asked why he wouldn't play he only answered 'dont feel like it'.
We the active players figured he was over analyzing the game and got affraid to make the wrong move.

[B]Paralysis by analysis.[/B]

This whole thread could have been writen by us hex players 5 years ago, or by any sportsman at any time in the past.  I too gave up that game when I got a tool so that I could OVERANALYIZE the game before making any move.  There comes a point when one has gathered the usefull information that has made sense and compiled it internally to sit back, and then jump back in when it settles down.  Since I got real active here, I have played less and less.  I go through the HA's and occasionally offer up some tidbit of useless opinion, but am in that info gathering phase.

I would think Chris that after the detailed analysis you went through with those excellent videos that you clarified so many aspects of your own thinking that you might be in that settling down phase.

Watch out folks when he returns.......
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