s0ftdumps
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Totally get what you mean! Sometimes, intuition really does pay off. I’ve had a few moments where I went with my gut, even though logic said "fold," and ended up hitting the nuts too. I guess sometimes it’s about trusting that inner voice—especially when it doesn’t happen often. Do you find it happens more in certain situations or with specific hands?
SPANKYSN
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I agree that you need to be constantly aware of the play. I find it easier to do live because I have nothing else to do but play poker...online, there's always music, Youtube videos or travel research to distract from the poker.
Pulse_69
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It seems to me that a woman simply thinks less and gives free rein to her feelings more at the moment when she plays. She thinks less in advance, is more relaxed in general. But there are undoubtedly good players, both women and men.
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I think now, 20 years later, it really comes down to this - an old quote that this thread made me think of: "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." So perhaps the "intuition" is a by-product of paying attention to hands, keeping up with your strategical knowledge, and watching your opponents and their play, picking up on tells.
That's true! Always so many other distractions when playing online.
As a woman, I would respectfully disagree with the first part. Women are thinking on multi-levels, about multiple different things that might not have anything to do with the task at hand, all while doing something completely different. I do think though that we are more led with our "heart" or feelings, rather than strictly analytics.
dreamer13
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Many people mistakenly think that if nature has not given them good intuition, then nothing can be done. But, fortunately, this is not true. Absolutely everyone has intuition. It is a skill. And it can be developed, like any other skill.Learn to listen to yourself. Intuition develops based on the experience gained. Everything you have experienced and are experiencing helps develop the ability to hear yourself.Try to guess. Who will call next? What clothes will your friend be wearing? Who will you be riding in the elevator with? Who will you see first in a minute: a man or a woman? Ask yourself questions, play - and learn to feel.Pay more attention to your dreams. No, you don’t need to immediately jump into a dream book and read tons of explanations on the Internet. Dreams are poorly studied and, to a large extent, because of this, are inexplicable. In dreams, we see information that we have processed and summarized with certain conclusions. We can find answers to questions that have been tormenting us for a long time. Understand what mistakes we have made and what was done wrong. See our desires. Predict the future. More precisely, feel it, based on experience.
istbno
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Intuition in poker is often the result of experience, pattern recognition, and subconscious processing of information at the table. While it can be valuable, it should complement solid strategy, not replace it. Great players develop a balance between instinct and logic, using intuition to pick up on subtle tells, betting patterns, and timing while still relying on math and game theory. If your gut feeling tells you something, pause and analyze whether it’s based on actual information or just emotion. The best poker intuition comes from deep study, practice, and an understanding of human behavior.
Alex Houngan
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Women's intuition is often talked about in poker, but is it really an advantage? While instinct can help in reading opponents, solid strategy and experience matter more in the long run. The best players, regardless of gender, combine intuition with logic and discipline. In the end, poker rewards skill over stereotypes!
dorsk
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Yes I do think that the stronger sex - women - have an intuition, that most of us men don’t have. As we know aggression is important in poker. And perhaps men are more inclined to show aggression. No woman has won The wsop Main Event. But I think it’s a matter of time before a female will lift the trophy. Intuition can to some degree be converted to timing. And timing is essential in poker.
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I don't know about ego, but I do think men think in a more analytical way, and women tend to also go outside of that and think in feelings/impressions as well. Not that either sex is not capable of the other, it's just how our brains are hardwired to go to as a default.
Yes, exactly! To me, it's not wise to ignore emotion or impressions/feelings, but it is also not wise to let that be your ruling factor. Always best to stop, think about it, detach yourself from it, and make your judgements based on ALL the info you have.
Well, I'm a feminine female, so yeah.
tw082
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While I do standby my original statement that in general men are more egotistical (like all situations its very nuanced and people as individuals can be anywhere on the spectrum),
Logic (left brain) and intuition (right brain) are equally important in decision making. There are important questions only intuition can answer. When someone is very proficient in a skill or subject they can achieve near perfection at times when able to completely trust their intuition. In sports its called "the zone".
Sadly, school and business has nearly chocked out our intuition skills over the years, I think in some academic settings it is making a resurgence.
I wonder if the atrocity of sexual discrimination (I.e. universities and corporations not accepting women) might have played a large role in women retaining the intuitive process more than men. Considering those are the same institutions that promoted logic only based thinking for a long time. Not that it matters just a curious thought.
Now that I went off on a tangent I forgot my original point.
dorsk
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Good read. We must not forget the reptile brain. This is the oldest layer of the brain and it works in poker too. I’m not capable to digest possible differences regarding gender in the reptile brain.While I do standby my original statement that in general men are more egotistical (like all situations its very nuanced and people as individuals can be anywhere on the spectrum),
Logic (left brain) and intuition (right brain) are equally important in decision making. There are important questions only intuition can answer. When someone is very proficient in a skill or subject they can achieve near perfection at times when able to completely trust their intuition. In sports its called "the zone".
Sadly, school and business has nearly chocked out our intuition skills over the years, I think in some academic settings it is making a resurgence.
I wonder if the atrocity of sexual discrimination (I.e. universities and corporations not accepting women) might have played a large role in women retaining the intuitive process more than men. Considering those are the same institutions that promoted logic only based thinking for a long time. Not that it matters just a curious thought.
Now that I went off on a tangent I forgot my original point.
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I agree with that. And your supposition at the end there is really something to think about! 🤔While I do standby my original statement that in general men are more egotistical (like all situations its very nuanced and people as individuals can be anywhere on the spectrum),
Logic (left brain) and intuition (right brain) are equally important in decision making. There are important questions only intuition can answer. When someone is very proficient in a skill or subject they can achieve near perfection at times when able to completely trust their intuition. In sports its called "the zone".
Sadly, school and business has nearly chocked out our intuition skills over the years, I think in some academic settings it is making a resurgence.
I wonder if the atrocity of sexual discrimination (I.e. universities and corporations not accepting women) might have played a large role in women retaining the intuitive process more than men. Considering those are the same institutions that promoted logic only based thinking for a long time. Not that it matters just a curious thought.
Now that I went off on a tangent I forgot my original point.
tw082
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Yea its the instinctive part, base instincts. Involuntary functions, so I would agree with you that personality traits don't apply.
However I myself think that the masculine and feminine energies both reside in all things(esoteric principle). As opposing sides of the spectrum regarding the energy responsible for creation. Sometimes we see them expressed closer to what we consider one end or the other in people, but they are balanced in all of matter.
It's often referred to as positive and negative in science. However negative has such negative connotations. So when someone refers to the negative pole as feminine. Most people form an erroneous impression of what is meant.
It is considered this because in atoms, batteries, electrical currents, etc. it is the pole that attracts or creates electrons from thin air and directs them towards the positive pole so it can take all the credit.