Seeing The World Through Their Eyes

by Bill Rini on February 5, 2005

Have you ever been left scratching your head trying to figure out why your opponent played the hand the way he did? I certainly did so I found a fish and hooked him up to the USB port on my computer and did the same to myself. The results of this experiment are below:

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This is how I saw the table:

gamb00l1 Seeing The World Through Their Eyes

And this is how the fish was seeing the table:

gamb00l2 Seeing The World Through Their Eyes

As you can clearly see, there’s a distinct difference between how the fish’s brain perceives the table and how most other players (if I am representative of “other” players) see the table.

Of course, these results are very preliminary. I will certainly need to perform more tests before coming to any conclusions. For instance, I will need to confirm this on a larger population of fish. I will also need to determine how fish react when shocked with high voltage in response to poor play (Ok, that one really isn’t part of this experiment. That’s just kind of fun.). However, I do plan on releasing a full study of this behavior in the hopes of advancing the science of poker.

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{ 9 comments… read them below or add one }

1 tyler June 3, 2010 at 6:20 pm: … and you made me laugh!
Really love your blog, I’m thinking about a big scientific study on fishy behaviour on the stock market haha :D
2 John June 9, 2009 at 6:01 pm: Your Photoshop skills suck dood, stop being cheap and hire a graphics pro.
3 MDB July 26, 2008 at 6:34 am: LOL … that’s beautiful… apart from the fact that is how I see the table when I’ve had a few beers
4 roqq December 17, 2005 at 11:53 am: the fold button isn’t broken, it’s just tiny and in a corner. U R a funny bastard, Bill
5 asphnxma February 8, 2005 at 2:36 pm: When holding unsuited connectors below ten, they get a +4 to runner-runner summoning, it’s true. It’s offset somewhat by a -3 initiative penalty though.
6 -EV February 7, 2005 at 7:43 pm: Great post! But isn’t the “fold” button broken or otherwise out of service for most fish? I suppose they also have the ability to summon runner-runner suckouts more or less at will… is there a button they have for that?
7 -EV February 7, 2005 at 7:40 pm: Great post! But isn’t the “fold” button broken or otherwise out of service for most fish? I suppose they also have the ability to summon runner-runner suckouts more or less at will… is there a button they have for that?
8 iggy February 5, 2005 at 1:55 pm: lol, well done. again.
9 April February 5, 2005 at 1:37 pm: I truly am LMAO. You rock Bill.