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Hindsight Bias
Hindsight bias is our tendency to overestimate the obviousness of events… once they’ve already occurred. “I knew it!” is a common utterance at the poker table. I hear it all the time. Often it will be right after someone calls a … Continue reading
Correcting Self-Serving Bias
Follow-up to: Self-serving bias in Poker We’ve noted before how self-serving bias can eat you alive in poker. Now we’re going to discuss how to correct for it. Yes, there’s actually a solution. It was developed by an online poker … Continue reading
Self-Serving Bias in Poker
Self-serving bias – the tendency to attribute success to internal or personal factors but attribute failure to situational factors beyond our control. You ever notice how people who are late never say ,”Sorry I’m late. I’m lazy and irresponsible.” No. … Continue reading