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On Simplifying Decisions

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jason Schlachter

As much research and many news reports have indicated lately, willpower is a muscle that can be worn out with use, and needs time to be replenished and restored.  This is the reason that advice columnists suggest that you remove … Continue reading →

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Bad Projections and the Presidential Debate

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

I was reading an article about ancestry.com and I came across this quote, “genealogy is a demographic projected to grow 36% by 2020.”  My first reaction was to laugh at their attempt to predict this sort of thing that far into … Continue reading →

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Life Variance

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

Variance is a description of how far numbers in a set are from their average. There is a lot of variance in poker.  Your expected earnings, the amount of money you can expect to make in a time period, can … Continue reading →

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Why I Rarely Play Tournaments

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

Tournaments are great for the game of poker.  They bring together many people who are interested who are able to play without concern of losing a lot of money, and have the chance of winning a big prize at the … Continue reading →

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Flexibility

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Jason Schlachter

Poker as in life, requires a great amount of flexibility.  Things come up, plans change,  and the ability to adapt and let things roll off your shoulders affect the way you deal with the current situation and influences the way … Continue reading →

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