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When to trust your gut instinct As an advocate for rationalism, I’ve recently been troubled by a conviction formed by countless hours at the poker table: that there is something to gut instinct. This does not sit well with me, since I strongly value the use of evidence and reason in forming beliefs. And the conviction is strong even though I’m fully cognisant that it’s based on anecdotal evidence, a sample of one person’s experience, and is possibly subject to a litany of confirmation biases. Upon investigating this further, I’ve discovered a sample of recent psychological research suggesting that gut instinct, or “intuition”, plays a far larger role in decision making than previously thought. I’m a semi-serious poker player. I played a lot online “back in the day”: as poker players refer to the pre-Full-Tilt-collapse era of poker. Since then, I’ve…

Texas Hold ’em Poker, Just the Basics Specific Purpose: To inform my fellow peers about Texas Hold ’em Poker. Central Idea: Learning how to play the game of poker, its basic rules and how to apply them to Texas Hold ’em can lead to enjoyment as well as monetary compensation. I. Introduction A. How many of you would like to take $86 and turn it into $2.5 million in one weekend? B. That is what Chris Moneymaker, and yes that is his real name, did at the World Series of Poker Main Event in…

your opponents, the way you adjust to the changing game conditions will decide how much smaller your profits become (if any shrinkage happens in the first place). Once your opponents have a skill level that includes making basic considerations about what sort of hand you might have, then you have the chance to start making some very advanced plays using what's referred to as second level thinking in poker. There are a number of common flop scenarios which illustrate second level thinking in…

current density. Also Sui et al. modeled and optimized the catalyst layer and confirmed the above-mentioned results (Sui et al. 1999). Following surveys have evaluated parameters of the catalyst layer. For instant, Wang et al. studied the effect of structural parameters in the catalyst layer and determined oxygen diffusion coefficient, proton conductivity, and agglomerate size as key parameters (Wang et al. 2004). Furthermore, Sun et al. accounted for catalyst layer thickness, catalyst loading,…