More likely to play bad cards when the first one is good?
I read in a book somewhere, some internet poker book, that an interesting scenario occurs in online poker.
In B&M almost everyone looks at both of their hole cards after they have been dealth simultaneously (there are exceptions of course)
On most major online sites as the cards are dealt around the table 1 at a time you get to see your first hole card briefly before your second.
The author of the book basically argued that if you receive a good first card (say it's the A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]) you are more likely to play a junk hand if hte second card is like 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
He states that due to the excitement of seeing a good card your brain gets into "get ready to play mode" and your eagerness to play might overwhelm your better senses.
Whereas if you got 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] first your brain gets into "fold" mode so you will almost certainly fold...
thoughts? I think there is some validitity to this, especially for players easily frustrated by playing tight or on a series of bad cards.
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