Checking With a Chip

Last week I wrote about using either/or thinking to mislead your opponents. Human brains like to make decisions between two options (either I’ll do this or I’ll do that), and therefore people sometimes make logical errors when analyzing decisions with three or more realistic options.
There’s another either/or error that Checking With a Chip|269|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Poker Isn’t a Binary Game, And Either/Or Thinking Can Sink You

Years ago I read something from Mike Caro that I thought was really a brilliant insight into the poker mind. It’s called “either/or” thinking, and you can read about it in his words. (Skip to the section titled “Today’s word”.)
The basic idea is that people tend to think in …Login/Register for more.

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