Postdiction is a condition wherein you get a situation that had already passed and place a bias analysis on it. In the world of sports this is more commonly known as the Monday Morning Quarterback which popularize the infamous lines, “How can he leave Pedro Martinez in for the 8th inning?!?!?!?!”

Poker players are very guilty in committing postdiction. They often times employ it to justify the destitute play they just made in order for their pride to be intact. For example, a player assumes that he’s hand will draw after 6 outs but in fact it was 10 and only realizes it when the hands are turned up. This player then sort of use this fresh info to rationalize their call. And because of this, your opponents respect for you will be higher, because they thought that you have read on spot due to the info you’ve given.

This kind of mistake is highly dangerous practice to be caught upon. This is due to the fact that playing poker should be making the right decisions given all the data you have in hand and not about the conclusion of a hand. So if you become dependent to postdiction in order to rationalize your wrong decisions then you’ll have a difficulty in reforming the minuscule leaks in your game play.

Long time losing players often hold on to postdiction in playing poker. The certainly know the game because they have a vast experience but they always state that they are the most unfortunate person in the universe. Fact is, this kind of people are victims of postdiction and mistakes in their gameplay are quiet astounding.

Its really simple to play Monday Mornign Quarterback than accepting that you made a major blunder. Keep in mind that in life and poker the simple way out is not the best choice. It takes a lot of guts and hard work in order for someone to be honest with themselves and to become triumphant in this game.