The Center for Non-Verbal Studies
One important poker topic is non-verbal communication. This subject may eventually lead you to an examination of biology, neuroscience, and anthropology. Poker is a great entry point into this diverse subject matter. The Center for Non-verbal Studies website offers a ton of useful info for poker players looking to more fully understand their opponents. Choose your weapons.
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The Remarkable Research of Dr. Paul Ekman
A relatively obscure academic researcher has advanced the state of the art in reading the emotional content of human facial expressions. The catch is that these expressions remain on the face for only 1/25th of a second. Learn about 'microexpressions' and incorporate them into your game, before your opponents catch on.
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Coaching and Poker
Poker is a sport and coaching makes players think..and improve. Coached players get serious, plug leaks, and rapidly improve. Where do you start? Try www.PokerCoaching.com.
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Poker and Consciousness
Does poker encourage you to raise your level of awareness and perception? Does poker in fact force you to make full use of your perceptive powers, and develop them further? Are certain winning players more conscious as a result?
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Style Part 2: Making Intentional Choices
An overall poker system based on your personality, situation and temperament will help get the chips. Random choices will get you random results. Know thyself.
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Style Part 1: Style and Stamina
One challenge for all players is the development of tournament staying power. Anyone who wants to win a poker tournament has to have it. This essay explores the relationship between style and staying power.
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Women and the Future of Worldwide Poker Culture.
Women players used to be rare. No more. Kathy Liebert won a million dollars via the Party Poker Million. It's time to wake up and get a sense of where this may be headed.
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Hand History Harvesting
The relatively new online poker medium is rich in dangers and opportunities. But not the kind you might expect. This essay argues that poker is rapidly evolving. You'll need to make the proper adjustments.
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Is There an Ideal Poker Personality Profile?
Personalities come in 16 flavors. Which personality type is predisposed to playing winning poker? Are you the winning type? What if you aren't? Speculations on poker, personality and the current state of academic research in this area.
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Poker and Introverts
Which personality type does best in poker? Learn about the link between introspection and winning poker...then take the personality test and see where you're at.
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The Inner Game of Poker
Learn about the link between poker and market trading...then read about the advances in personal trader psychology, and apply these advances to your poker game.
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Poker and Finance
Applying Modern Portfolio Theory to Poker Poker and finance are finally getting hitched, and this is clearly no shotgun wedding. The marriage of poker and finance is a match made in heaven. The connection between them is about to dramatically influence . . .
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Poker and Finance Part II
Overall Risk and Reward have many components. Poker plays are best evaluated on a risk-adjusted basis, rather than simply considering Expected Value alone.
Summary: This article asserts that individual plays have complex risk characteristics, not just Expected Value. The article asserts that individual plays (and in fact just about everything in poker) are best evaluated and considered on a risk-adjusted basis. The article introduces a new measure of risk—the risk of experiencing a string of consecutive running losses. These strings directly influence both Variance and appropriate Bankroll size. The article asserts that good poker players are in fact engaging in portfolio asset management. The best players are adept at allocating capital to poker scenarios with great theoretical risk-adjusted returns.
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