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#1
08-03-2005, 07:40 PM
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Do you think in Poker Terms?
I find myself thinking in Poker terms quite often. Especially +EV or -EV. For example, yesterday a friend got in a fender bender and I thought to myself That's -EV.
Sometimes I say it out lout and my friends just roll their eyes and mutter that I'm addicted to poker. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] 
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#2
08-03-2005, 08:44 PM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
amazing first post
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08-03-2005, 10:56 PM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
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Amazing 155th post [/ QUOTE ] Oh, hee. (Amazing 144th post. Woot woot!)
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#5
08-05-2005, 11:10 AM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
I do this constantly, w/o even thinking about it. For instance I am an skip tracer / investigator. And I tend to judge how much time I spend on a particular case with implied odds (i.e. time spent / vs potential payoff vs Time better spent on another file.)
I also find myself thinking in EV terms constantly, weighing potential outcomes,etc. I think we're sick....
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#6
08-03-2005, 11:32 PM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
I voted yes.
this response has substance!
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#7
08-04-2005, 01:04 AM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
So today I was trying to squeeze my car through a narrow gap between a wall and another car. Now I usually only do this while holding the nuts, but I decided to make a thin value bet and it paid off. Oh well here's to variance going to bite me in the ass next time.
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#8
08-04-2005, 11:15 AM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
I always think of driving in terms of poker. Compare $$ in poker to trip time in driving.
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#9
08-04-2005, 02:06 AM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
When you are up against the queens, don't forget to raise, before you go all in. (not original [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])
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#10
08-04-2005, 05:07 AM
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Re: Do you think in Poker Terms?
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I find myself thinking in Poker terms quite often. Especially +EV or -EV. For example, yesterday a friend got in a fender bender and I thought to myself That's -EV. [/ QUOTE ] An event that has already happened is not + or - EV. Once the accident has occured, the value is no longer expected and has actually been established. A better/correct example of thinking of EV and cars would be deciding if you should pay for parking or risk getting a parking ticket. For example, if there is a 10% chance that you will get a $30 ticket, but parking at a particular self-service garage costs $5, you should not pre-pay. Risking the ticket is +EV. However, if you come back to the car and find a parking ticket, you can't say, "Man, that's -EV", just becuase the ticket will be expensive. (This is what you did with the fender.. and in fact, in poker terms, this is being results oriented, which is bad.) And FYI, EV isn't a poker term. It's a pretty common math concept that just happens to be applicable to poker. p.s. I'm a nit.
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