I've played a lot of high level bridge, and a fair amount of mid-level poker. You are definitely correct that there are a number of transferable skills between

I've played a lot of high level bridge, and a fair amount of mid-level poker. You are definitely correct that there are a number of transferable skills between the two games. Interestingly, a lot of these concepts are much more elaborated in one game or the other, such that playing one game will make you a better player at the other. In fact, I actually picked up poker to improve my bridge skills. For example, counting an entire deck is a critical and basic skill on bridge, and gave me a significant head start in poker. On the other hand, the psychological game is definitely applicable to both games, but is indeed much more developed in poker than in bridge. For example, in poker the concept of 'tilt' (being in a state where emotions are clouding judgment) is quite well developed. There are treatises on how to recognize that you're on tilt, how to get off tilt, how to deliberately play to put your opponents on tilt, etc. There is nothing written about this in the bridge literature, but at high levels it's hugely applicable.