Psychology of Poker
 

This might seem a weird question to ask but here goes nothing.
I'm trying to put together a pen and paper test to gauge people's poker skill levels for a small, local tournament. I know this is not the way things are usually done but there are reasons for it I don't care to go into. Thing is, the structure of the questions was already decided for me. The questions would be divided in 3 categories.

1. Basic Poker:
Gameflow/Blinds
Moves
Hand Ranks
Opening Hand Strengths

2. Poker Math:
Pot odds
Outs
Pot odds/Outs Compairisons
Value Bets

3. Poker Psychology:
Opponent Profiling
Reading Opponent's Hands
Reasons to Call/Raise
Heads-Up Poker

I'm in the process of penning out the questions now but I'm stuck on the Poker Psychology topics. Are there better sub-topics I should be chosing? If so which? If not then what kind of questions can I ask?

I'm not a pro at this and I usually consider myself resourceful but I keep hitting a wall trying to find these questions on my own and would really appreciate some advice.

Thank you in advance!
Sam

Re: Psychology of Poker
 

Sam...When I first saw this thread, I thought the title referred to the book 'The Psychology of Poker' by Alan Schoonmaker.

That would be a good source for forming questions. One that I think would be perfect for your survey is 'Why do you play poker?' (pp. 32-38).

Re: Psychology of Poker
 

I'll check it out right away, thank you!

Re: Psychology of Poker
 

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Sam...When I first saw this thread, I thought the title referred to the book 'The Psychology of Poker' by Alan Schoonmaker.

That would be a good source for forming questions. One that I think would be perfect for your survey is 'Why do you play poker?' (pp. 32-38).

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QFT

The whole book is full of self-evaluation questions and worksheets. You could get plenty of questions right out of the text.

Re: Psychology of Poker
 

I read it too and am now reading another one by him... your worst poker enemy. All good stuff...I think anyway.