Self Monitoring Through Outside Means (Texas Hold Em)

"I see your argument and raise you patience."

"All in"




Seriously though, good post, Texas Hold 'em is great, but I definitely think patience and stamina is the key to the game.

 

Heh, I've found that nattering and insulting their ability to spell and use grammar is a great way to drive the opponents insane so that I can knock them off their balance and win.

 

Hi I have played hold em, actually quite frequently at one stage.

I agree in part with your summation. Do you mean online or offline though? I am much better offline than on as I can use my Fe to better judge my opponents and hence use my Ni effectively.

Online you are turning it into a more mathematical game which is not to my strenghts as I hate stats and it becomes impersonal so not really to INFJ strenghts.

Hope that makes some sense

 

" Heh, I've found that nattering and insulting their ability to spell and use grammar is a great way to drive the opponents insane so that I can knock them off their balance and win. "

Phil is that you?



Also, for the Fe thing, I think you can be perfectly successful online. I agree real life is easier and more fun, but you really gotta read the opponents bets, not their emotions anyway. Only a crappy poker player let's his/her emotion show, because that would be a huge giveaway.

I think you can do fine online, just have some confidence and see how they play.

 

Richard Whereat actually.

 

I was only joking, Phil Hellmuth does that all the time, I thought you were referring to him (perhaps you were?)

 

nope, who's that?

 

He is one of the most famous poker players of all time. He has more world series of poker bracelets (11) than any other player.


I think he is an ENTP actually, albeit an emotional one. His nickname is the "Poker Brat" because he is known for berating opponents when he gets bad like. He really explodes on lesser players who make bad calls, claiming "You can't even spell poker" or "If luck wasn't involved I guess I would win them all".


I really believe that he is a good guy, but his emotions just get the better of him sometimes. He is really funny too, and also very unorthodox in his play style. I mean, he does things most poker pros consider bad moves, but he makes them work to the point where they are saying "Wow, I like that".

Still he doesn't get as much respect from his peers as he should because he displays this arrogant side a lot. I also think part of it is the fact he has performed so well, I don't want to call it jealousy, but I think he uses his success in poker to convince himself how good he is, while other players at his skill level don't display this arrogance.

He is an incredible player with a great feel for the game. I think his greatest asset is that he is always learning and improving despite his arrogance. If people say he can't play with the pros (claiming he can only beat bad players), he goes and plays with them and proves that he has really earned those bracelets for real and that he deserves to be mentioned with the greats.


Despite his occasional bouts of classlessness (which are great for TV), he is still one of my favorite players, and certainly one of the best of all time, especially at Texas Holdem.

 

myeh... he seems like a brat, for real and for true.

he's got a good style of putting people off balance, but he's a c*nt otherwise.