Tournament Poker Edge | Learn Poker Strategy | Tournament Poker Training from the Pros - Topic: subconscious https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 theginger45 on subconscious https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70345 Mental Game https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70345 You're mixing up cause and effect. People don't win at poker and run good because they're nice people. They win at poker because they're good players with the right attitude to the game who don't have mental game issues which cause them to make poor decisions.

That said, there are plenty of nice people who run absolutely horribly their entire poker careers and quit, and also plenty of awful people who run really good and succeed. Poker is not a game of fairness.

There is a very strong correlation between nice people and people with good mental game habits, and between people with good mental game habits and winning poker players. There's no correlation whatsoever between being nice and getting better cards.

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:52:13 -0400 BadAstronaut on subconscious https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70076 Mental Game https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70076 Am I reading this correctly that you're asking if it is possible that attitude/feelings can affect the fall of cards?

If so, then the answer is no, and that to go any further down this line of thinking is superstition and definitely not +EV. Just focus on making good decisions, not pseudoscience 'The Secret' crap.

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 09:45:29 -0400 The Riceman on subconscious https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70073 Mental Game https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70073 Not sure... I doubt it Ray...although I do believe in the power of positive energy...put positive energy out there it will be reflected back and magnified.   Same though with negative energy!

]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:55:47 -0400 joelshitshow on subconscious https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70024 Mental Game https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70024 In a cash game at least, dealers will like winners better because they will have more opportunities to tip because they will have won more pots.

There's a Family Guy in which everyone has amnesia, yet Quagmire still gets annoyed with Brian over time. Good stuff.

]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:13:16 -0400 JupiterRocks on subconscious https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70022 Mental Game https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mental-game/subconscious/#p70022 Hello out there in TPEland,

Got a hypothetical question for you folks:

Your in a group of people, in this group there are a total of 4 people including you. One person you like, one person you don't like, one person you don't really know.

Now say for whatever the reason you can't tell the people apart by their appearance, maybe ya went blind and have hearing problems. Any way, do you think that subconsciously you'll still treat them the same as before when you could tell the difference?

I believe the human mind can do many things we can not consciously perceive. This does have to do with poker...getting to that.

So a dealer at a live game that likes a regular, do you think the person liked vs. someone that's an asshole to the dealer has a better chance of getting good cards that hit? and vs. an unknown person would the dealer have a more neutral subconscious reaction to them and in turn give out cards. 

I find that lots of winners are either locals and liked, or well known pros....and liked. 

what do ya think?

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