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a question of philosophy?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Josh H asked:


every day we play the game of life and we do it well. do we play chess or do we play poker. basically I talking about how we solve problems. some people are calculative {chess} and some people bluff there way through life {poker}.

which is the way you solve problems and why.

here some examples of how each work.

poker solution: when someone his holding something good against you. you instaly solution and bluff an say you have something better or try to by them off.

chess solution to that problem: you think for hours as you come up with a way to solve the problem. eventually putting the other person in check mate.

I kind of both

p.s. you can go with another game for your answer if you’ like.

Ron

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Is Poker a psychological game?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
poker bluffs
SJ asked:


I’ve been playing poker for a while now, but only recently, playing with a couple of my friends( all from different part of the world) I have had a different opinion of the game. I could tell who was a bluffer, who was a spender, who was conservative, and who was born to be poor, who would take bribes in exchange of favors, and who would colaborate with the leader on the table. I’ve started analyzing who made alliance with who, based on the countries they were from, and in most case, it all made sense. Although I was the second player with the most chips, I still lost by intimidation. The way the table was set (round , looking like the world), it seems like the leader owned the world (with his chips taking 3/8 of the whole table. I also have to say that the leader of the table come from a rich country and is used to money

Amy

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