Bio Feedback and Poker

This weekend was chock full of poker for yours truly; 5 tournaments and a ring game. Too bad I was the Kansas City Royals of poker players. I played poorly, made many errors, over played many hands, and when I did manage to play a hand properly, it would get beat anyway. Having said that, I did win one tournament and had a nice little run at the cash game, and ended just a touch ahead. I made almost as much an 8 year old factory worker in a Bangladesh sweatshop would have in the same amount of time.

I love playing tournaments, but I’m just not worth a damn at it… cash games have always been +++EV for Big Slick. After some prompting from some friends, I am committed to improving my tourney play. One of the parts of my game I consider a real weakness is my poker face…and of course, you realize when I say ‘poker face’ I mean the whole (excuse the pun) body of tells. Although if you ask them, I am pretty inscrutable.
So how do you improve your body’s ‘neutrality’ or even give visual misinformation? Quantifying that is problematic! So one of the measures I am taking is investing in a blood pressure monitor/watch. That way I can get hard data on how my body reacts in different situations….call it bio feedback for poker. It’s certainly not a complete fix, but it’s a step forward; a scientific approach to poker tells. Or so I hope.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

Oh yes, one last thing; I raise with the hammer, flop comes 7, 2,2. I crack aces. That’s how you play the hammer! Tough break Teddy Ruxpin.
Congrats to Bianca, two wins this weekend and to her lesser half Z. Cavaricci for really stepping up his game. JG won the night cap tourney.