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North-South Bias

#1 User is offline   KarenArk 

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Posted 2022-January-12, 12:52

Anybody else notice that the majority of good hands/combinations go to North/South? I'm talking tournaments and casual room deals.
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Posted 2022-January-12, 12:59

Lots of people have claimed things like this (as well as the opposite). They've all been proven wrong by statistical analysis. It's a case of confirmation bias and the well known fact that humans see patterns where there are none.
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Posted 2022-January-12, 13:01

Silly question: Are you playing a lot of "Best Hand" games with the bots?
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