Re: Dr. Al, I have a question for you, and anyone else who wants to an
NLTH **is** a bully game. No question. However, the part about the ego:
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They must be very aggressive naturally, this means that they don't have to force themselves to destroy people at their tables, it is pleasurable to them because the desire to dominate others egoistically is a fundamental part of their psyche.
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...this I am not so sure of.
The ego is the part that separates you from the world at large. Being "separate" is not such a great idea if all of these things matter:
* Sensing and perceiving in the now
* Focusing on the moment (not past or future)
* Performing effective "as if" processing to effectively understand the motives, strategies, approaches, styles and tactics of others. (poker empathy)
* Making great laydowns
I suspect the best players have egos-- and that the greats have ego well under control at all times-- and especially when playing.
What do you think?
I'm very curious about
"...as a psychologist who has spent a lot of time doing researching and profiling Internet poker players ..."
How about a little fill-in on the goals and objectives of this work?
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