The Decisionmaking Thread

[WhoIam]

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Fold or hang tough. Call or raise the bet. These are decisions you make at the table. Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear, there's only one way to play it. Other times, like holding a small pair against two over cards, it's six to five, or even money, either way. Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts.

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My first thought was "wtf" but then I looked at your username and couldn't stop laughing.

[lucksack]

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Fold or hang tough. Call or raise the bet. These are decisions you make at the table. Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear, there's only one way to play it. Other times, like holding a small pair against two over cards, it's six to five, or even money, either way. Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts.

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My first thought was "wtf" but then I looked at your username and couldn't stop laughing.

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I love RoundersQuote (too).

[NoahSD]

People tend to think that they should take more time to make decisions with larger impact. I guess the implicit argument is just that the effect of a wrong vs. right decision are great enough to warrant spending the time.

IMHO, this is often not a good idea because for the most part people have absolutely no idea what to think about when they plan on making a decision.

Poker's a great example of this. Most good players act really quickly, and pretty much only take time to act when a player takes a weird line--in which case they just cycle through potential hands in their head until they get to a few that make some sense. Bad players, however, will take tons of time to make decisions, but their thought process is typically completely irrelevant. For example, if they're debating between calling and folding on the river, their thought process will typically be something like "Well, he could have me beat, but maybe he's bluffing" just repeated over and over again.

I think this translates pretty well into a lot of areas in which people are forced to make decisions. Someone deciding to take a new job will pretty much have a rough idea of the pros and cons immediately, but may spend a ton of time just cycling through his head without really getting anywhere.

[NLSoldier]

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Fold or hang tough. Call or raise the bet. These are decisions you make at the table. Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear, there's only one way to play it. Other times, like holding a small pair against two over cards, it's six to five, or even money, either way. Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts.

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I am an avid follower of your posts and this is your best work.

[Howard Treesong]

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Fold or hang tough. Call or raise the bet. These are decisions you make at the table. Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear, there's only one way to play it. Other times, like holding a small pair against two over cards, it's six to five, or even money, either way. Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts.

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This is very close to being a sweet response, but for the fact that it doesn't deal with the consequence question. It does go to the issue of how we make decisions and answers that nicely (analysis for easy decisions, gut feel for the tougher ones). NH, sir.

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No vicodin habit, but otherwise, pretty close, at least according to our nurses.....lol.

MM MD

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LOL, if MM was house, he would never have to call a subspecialist in-- he would have a team of omnipotent residents to do everything right in the ER.

Wait, maybe he does, his hospital is world renown.

[hobbes9324]

Don't get me started on the residents.....

MM MD