Myers Briggs or Keirsey?

[warlockjd]

I have an armchair interest in psychology, and found the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (or is it Kiersey?) extremely interesting and somewhat insightful.

Basically, your type is either

Extravert or Introvert

iNtuitive or Sensing

Thinking or Feeling

Perceptive or Judging



I am an ENFJ

Any other 2+2ers know their types and be willing to post them? I wonder if there is a dominant type for poker players.

and

Any thoughts on how that relates to your poker game?



Personally, being primarily Extraverted, yet making my living online (still working on finding enough good live games in casino-less Indianapolis)is a big challenge, as I would be more suited to live games, camraderie wise, etc.

Any thoughts?

[J_V]

Call me, EITP.

With the first one being the hardest.

[hutz]

I'm I(but very close to E)STJ

[RiverMel]

Check out www.thespark.com/person

Fun, accurate test. Send it to your friends from the link on the site, and see their personality types too. The descriptions are usually remarkably accurate.

[warlockjd]

Thanks Mel,

I've taken that one, and just about every other one I've ever found on the net. Did I mention I'm narcissistic? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Seriously, tho, I was guessing that ISTJ would be the most predisposed to be good poker players.

[pokertronic]

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Thanks Mel,

I've taken that one, and just about every other one I've ever found on the net. Did I mention I'm narcissistic? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Seriously, tho, I was guessing that ISTJ would be the most predisposed to be good poker players.


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nope, intp

[Gallopin Gael]

or just some wishful thinking? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

-a fellow NT

[PlanoPoker]

My thoughts are that Introvert/Extrovert is not too critical, but I do think that introverts have more focus/concentration, and are better observers of social behavior, even if they are not as social themselves. Some introverts may start their life shy, but once they have developed a deep understanding for people they come to dominate the world around them.

Moving on, Thinking wins big over Feeling, and Perception wins big over Judging for poker skills IMO. The Sensing/iNtuition one is the most perplexing to me. I first gave poker a try specifically because I knew that I was intuitive, but the Myers Briggs keywords they use below seem confused. Many of what is listed under Sensing seem like important attributes for a poker player.

iNtuition: possibilities, novelty, future, aspiration, development, idealism, changing

Sensing: facts, experience, present, practicality, enjoyment, realism, using

Intuition is an encrypted message of logic and reason. In other words, your subconscious draws from your knowledge and experience to make decisions based on a web of facts that is far too much for the conscious mind to handle. I think of my subconscious mind like a super computer that can crunch more data than my conscious mind could. So I think that intuition is just an add-on to good "senses", not an alternative.

I'm INTP btw.

[pokertronic]

im a E-INTP

[blueboles]

INFP, so sensitve, tell me your feelings. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]