As I continually push the boundaries of life, both in business and through my writing, I find so many topics to help people gain better insights into themselves, especially when they play any game of poker. Although I’ve been known to be a little “obscure” at times, if you take the time and thoroughly read my books and articles published here in the Examiner, you’d realize they make perfect sense. Plus, not only can you apply these theories to your poker game, but you can apply them to everyday life as well.
Today we’re going to discuss the Fourth Dimension, along with other dimensions, and how we can learn to apply these theories to a winning game of poker. First, we have to understand, from a graphic, mathematic, and logic stance, what all the major dimensions are and what they represent. Then we can try to apply these dimensions to our poker game. With all this knowledge we can gain better perspectives of the game, visualize the cards better, delve deep into our opponents’ soul, and ultimately win more chips.
The five major dimensions (in general) are described as follows:
a) 0 dimension (a single point)
b) 1st dimension (one direction—either up or down—x or y)
c) 2nd dimension (two directions—length and height—x and y)
d) 3rd dimension (three directions—length, height, width—x, y, and z)
e) 4th dimension (four directions—length, height, width, infinity—x, y, z, and w)
There’s another unique dimension that I discovered, which is called “the 2.5 dimension.” I coined this dimension because it simply exists between the second and third dimensions. The 2.5 dimension (x and y prime), a graphical dimension, will be what you can use to visualize the cards in a different perspective. Or, for that matter, visualize our opponents in a different perspective. For example, if you were to lay out 5 cards of the same suit, the Ac, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c, continually cross your eyes, and then refocus them, you will notice the 2 of clubs uniquely stands out. You can do this with almost any consistent pattern, and you too will automatically be taken into the 2.5 dimension that I speak of. We can then apply this method to our poker game, by looking at the cards, or our opponents, to discover “tells” which enable us to ultimately win the hand in play. Gaze deep at your opponent, especially if you are playing “heads up” with him, to notice any irregularities that give away the type of hand he may be harboring.
Now, let’s discuss the fourth dimension and how it can be used in different ways as well. The fourth dimension is commonly known, in the graphical and mathematical sense, as the hypercube—an infinite dimension within the third dimension. Not too many people can see this dimension unless you are a mathematical genius, or a graphical genius. Unlike the 2.5 dimension I spoke of, the hypercube can’t really be used in a poker game. Not unless you can crawl through some sort of worm-hole and miraculously pull off a winning hand.
The fourth dimension can mainly be considered a form of sense—the sixth sense. People commonly are familiar with only five senses. There’s the sense of sight, taste, smell, hearing, and touch. The sixth sense (AKA the true 4th dimension) has more to do with the “mental” sense. This is an intuitive sense that we all have, but at times we cannot seem to make it work to benefit our poker game. However, there are people out there who DO have certain mental abilities, seeing auras, smelling colors, etc. The human brain has many unknown functions and unused sectors. For example, the superstar Phil Ivy is more in tune with his own extra-dimensional psyche than most people. As Mr. Ivy constantly eyeballs all of his opponents, he’s unknowingly more in tune with his psychedelic reception, and it somehow makes him better at poker than most people. On the other hand, Daniel Negreanu is in tune with the fourth dimension by his unique way of determining what hand his opponent has, therefore enabling him to make the correct playing decision on almost every hand of poker.
Finally, an aspect of the game that should be kept in mind, prior to looking at your cards, is the “chip stack” dimension. This is a crucial dimension that you should be aware of, especially with all of your opponents who enter each hand in play. Some players stack their chips in perfect increments of twenty and arrange them neatly on the table. Other players stack them up high, in a vertical manner. Then there are some players who stack their chips so they literally protrude towards the middle of the table. Each of these chip stacking dimensions play a vital role in any game of poker. Noticing these idiosyncrasies can be a key for you to play a winning game. Just the intimidation factor of someone’s chip stack dimension is what sometimes controls the whole game. Notice these signs, folks!
As complicated as this article may seem to most, it’s imperative that you at least try to understand that there are many dimensions that control the game of poker. Even in daily life, certain colors of flowers, for example, omit a fragrance that matches that color. When you are able to see (and sense) these unique facts, you can put yourself “inside other dimensions.” Then, and only then (Grasshopper), you will become a WINNING card player.
