Re: Confidence
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I never here anybody talk about confidence on this forum. Do you guys think that it has any importance in poker? It seems like it's a big component in sports. For example, I've played basketball my whole life, and when I don't feel confident I underperform, and I wonder whether this also happens in poker [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Also, feel free to offer any advice, websites, book recommendations, etc... that talk about confidence and how it relates psychology and to success in overall life.
P.S. I would really like to hear Dr. Al's opinion on this topic.
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I think confidence matters less in poker than it does in most endeavors. It only comes into play when people are playing above their bankroll and pushing small edges, playing very high stakes games even if they are bankrolled, or make a play that is normally very stupid but correct if they read the opponent accurately.
In fact I think the worst thing for 99.999% of people here would be having confidence in their poker ability.
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