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Expectation matters in poker. If you’re just guessing, you probably have a poor understanding of what should happen. That often causes confusion, frustration, and the destruction of bankrolls. I’ve seen it happen too many times.
Today’s word is “Expectation,” and this is my self-interview about it.
 

This is about poker, but first I’m going to make psychologists mad again. I don’t like the profession. Don’t misunderstand that statement. I’m intrigued by psychology and believe it should be one of the great branches of science.
 
Unfortunately, it isn’t. Psychology is all about people—their moods, their beliefs, and their reactions. (Okay, there’s psychology for animals, too, but this isn’t about that.) Psychologists should separate their feelings, opinions, and biases from their observations. But, if you’ve read any contemporary books by popular psychologists or seen their television appearances, you realize that many of them are governed by their own emotions.
 

Let me ask you something. What if you were so disciplined in poker that you stuck to your primary strategy, no matter what?

We’ve just added the updated Michael Wiesenberg's MCU Official Dictionary of Poker exclusively to my new Poker1.com web site. You’ll probably want to bookmark it, because it’s the most compelling reference of its kind.

It took two weeks, but the WSOP’s main event has finally been whittled down to nine remaining players: the November Nine, the Novembrists, the final nine, the final table—call them what you will—but just nine remain from a field of 7,319 starters, and one of them will be world champ this November.

At the opening bell of the 2010 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship, Tournament Director Jack Effel took to the microphone, as much to apologize as to welcome the 1000+ women who had made their way into the arena. 

WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel: Gentleman Sheriff

In every science there are lingering questions that remain unresolved. All intelligent forms of life that we know about have something in common—consciousness. But what is it? What makes a person conscious, and where does that go when we die?

Last time “Today’s word” was “False.” And I discussed some important misconceptions about poker, things that just weren’t true.
 

Just as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) opened its doors at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, last month, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) raised the curtain on its evolving policies in the new environment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).  

GCB Packs a Powerful Punch       

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) has attracted a curious crowd of observers at its website this week. They have fixed their eyes on the steadily ascending number of days on the "NAPT Next Event Count Down Clock."