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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 5478578, member: 407846"] [B]Mikeloti13[/B]- What a great thread! Yes, I constantly overestimate both my poker opposition and their hand strength. It doesn’t matter how many times they get exposed as playing a marginal hand (and winning or not) when the next hand is dealt I revert back (like a squirrel) to default position, presuming they are Phil Ivey holding a strong hand. Gradually I am weaning myself off this position. I force myself to call down some hands to the river just to see where I and the villain stands (there is no other way around the issue- painful though it is at times). I have also spent considerable time trying to analyze why I think this way. To be frank one conclusion is I just don’t recognize stupid in poker as I do in other places. In any other area in life I find it quite easy to assess someone’s intelligence and capability. In poker, likely as I am new to the game, not from a gambling background, I automatically credit others with playing smartly. This makes no sense. Contrary to what many assume poker players are not (when it has been studied) any more intelligent than any other group. So, I constantly, like every other player, see hands played in a ridiculous manner day in and out – the constant refrain being ‘I can’t believe they played that stupidly’. And, in the worst instances it is not the times they lost, but the absurd times they bet through every street with nothing but a high card...and won. So one recent tactic which has helped to a degree is taking [U]very specific[/U] player notes. Forget bet sizes and patterns. I write down examples of hands played in a reckless, wild manner. This is something of a leveller when itcomes to certain players who have a strong image and therefore regularly get away with murder on the felt. It’s one tool you can employ to begin to demystify your opposition, to lessen their intimidation factor. [/QUOTE]

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