Wednesday, July 18, 2007

"Doc, Don't be Such a Poker Face"

Wow, I really am not using this psychologist thing to the fullest of my abilities: (Hat Tip: Don Surber).

LAS VEGAS — Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist who uses his professional training in his card-playing arsenal, won the top prize Wednesday of $8.25 million at the World Series of Poker.

Yang vaulted quickly from eighth to the chip lead soon after play began Tuesday afternoon.

He knocked out seven of the eight other players at the final table, reminiscent of last year when Jamie Gold ran over his opponents. The main difference, Yang did it from the back of the pack.

"The only way I would win this tournament is to be aggressive from the very beginning and that's exactly what I did," he said.

An ethnic Hmong person who grew up poor in Laos, Yang said before the final table began that he would donate 10 percent of his winnings to charity, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Feed the Children, the Ronald McDonald House and his alma mater, Loma Linda University.


Since he uses his psychological skills at poker, I wonder if he uses his poker skills in his psychology work? I can just hear him with his clients now. "The chips are down, but you'll be okay." "Hey, what's with the poker face?" "If you aren't getting what you want from the relationship, just up the ante." Anyone know anymore slang expressions from poker?

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20 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry, Doc - I don't play. I throw away enough money without making a game out of it.

Good luck with the terminology, though.

8:22 PM, July 18, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good poker playing comes from observing opponent's behaviors and some math more than cards.

-SayUncle

8:30 PM, July 18, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’m willing to bet we will have a break through today.

Sorry I can’t fit you in today I have a full house.

If you two want this marriage to work you are going to both have to double down.

I can tell reliving your childhood is embarrassing to you because you look a little flush.

I am not trying to take advantage of the Dr/patient relationship but you do have a nice pair.

You are not a lesbian trapped in a man’s body! Don’t try to bluff me.

You need to stop deluding yourself. I think it’s time you lay all your cards on the table.

8:38 PM, July 18, 2007  
Blogger tomcal said...

How about "All In"?

Sorry, that's a leftover from my days working my way through college as a roughneck drilling oil wells.

9:07 PM, July 18, 2007  
Blogger ricpic said...

Never draw to an inside straight.

10:12 PM, July 18, 2007  
Blogger El Duderino said...

Enough of this "coffeehousing" nonsense, tell me what's bothering you?
Why do you keep "tapping the glass" when you know the man's a "fish"?

12:32 AM, July 19, 2007  
Blogger Frieda said...

The chips are down, but you'll be okay."

LOLOLOLO

1:50 AM, July 19, 2007  
Blogger Meade said...

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5:58 AM, July 19, 2007  
Blogger Meade said...

It looks like you have issues. Deal.

6:00 AM, July 19, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To a client receiving relationship counseling: "Lucky at cards, unlucky in love."

9:55 AM, July 19, 2007  
Blogger Stander said...

No, really, it's okay to feel like a flop once in a while. But don't fold just yet -- Fourth Street's right around the next turn. Who knows...you could turn into Big Slick a little ways down the river.

11:22 AM, July 19, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are great!

11:26 AM, July 19, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry - that was a comment on the amusing application of poker terminology to psychotherapeutic dialog. Yelling "These are great!" during a card game would obviously be a bad idea.

11:29 AM, July 19, 2007  
Blogger Pablo said...

"I guess a simple resolution to your problem just isn't in the cards so let me give it to you straight: if you don't get your act together, you're going to go bust."

9:42 PM, July 19, 2007  
Blogger blake said...

A gut shot could lead to a monster on the flop, so don't wait for rainbows and go on a tilt or you'll end up limping in.

3:57 AM, July 20, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You got to know when to hold 'em.

Know when to fold 'em

Know when to get your PhD.

Know when to run from the angry peasant mob with the guns & torches & crude religious icons who want to strap you up & submit you to a horrible death...

Did I get that right?

4:15 AM, July 22, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i dont post much. does that make me ante social? doddsj

7:20 PM, July 25, 2007  
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