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DS3
Legend
Loyaler
Interesting question. I would say I rely on the brain 90% of the time but I think I am overly nitty. My patience works and I get rewarded but then at times I am aware I 'miss' hands and therefore pots.
A further problem I have is when I open up my range a little (try to play more with heart/optimism), it seldom pays off, I am just leaking blinds.
This said, as others have pointed out, the subconscious is at play- you pick up small, subliminal messages and make a call which feels like a 'heart' call but actually is a combination of both. I can pick off when players try to steal pots on the river with say high card and I might have second or even third pair...its a sort of 'flow' feeling which feels heart but surely derives from the ten thousand hours concept!
A further problem I have is when I open up my range a little (try to play more with heart/optimism), it seldom pays off, I am just leaking blinds.
This said, as others have pointed out, the subconscious is at play- you pick up small, subliminal messages and make a call which feels like a 'heart' call but actually is a combination of both. I can pick off when players try to steal pots on the river with say high card and I might have second or even third pair...its a sort of 'flow' feeling which feels heart but surely derives from the ten thousand hours concept!
Evan Jarvis
Legend
Platinum Level
I go with my GUT over both of the above
Double check with the heart to make sure it feels good, and double check with the brain to make sure it logically makes sense. But first gut feeling is my go to for beginning the process
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Richardszabo
Visionary
Silver Level
I am a believer in rational solutions, so I choose the brain. Poker is based on mathematics, and heart is an absolute disadvantage in this genre. Long time ago, i also followed the heart, but over time I realized that a mistake.
Transcendence
Visionary
Silver Level
To trust your brain is to play only with AA, AQ, AK, AJ, QQ, KK, JJ. Playing the heart of this type, 35 hearts and on flop goes 334 then as have opponents AQ and A10. The heart always says go with suited connectors, and the mind says fold. I think if you want to go away then of course you have to follow only reason. So we'll go further than calling almost everything. So my choice is the Brain.
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Richard Grant
Rock Star
Silver Level
When you get good at something, a lot of it becomes automatic. So we practice things, and learn until it becomes "instinctive". One should always self-examine to check we are making progress in what we do, testing ourselves against reality via other opponents to see where we're at.
However, if your instinct plays are bad, or even sub-optimal, we need to go back to the drawing board and see where we are going wrong.
Or do what I do, and just crack open another beer and bury your head in the sand!
However, if your instinct plays are bad, or even sub-optimal, we need to go back to the drawing board and see where we are going wrong.
Or do what I do, and just crack open another beer and bury your head in the sand!
kraemer
Visionary
Silver Level
Not if your brain learned how to play poker....
There are many occasions in which hands like smaller pairs or suiteed connectors are an obvious call even if you have no heart at all....
There are even spots in which ANY 2 cards are worth a call due to great pot odds...
A fox 666
Rock Star
Silver Level
It often happens that you understand with your head that you need to fold, but the inner voice whispers to you, call! Personally, in a percentage, my head (aka the brain) loses to my inner voice! Approximately 40 to 60)))))) Therefore, I trust more to your instincts, not your brain analyzer.