| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | How Poker Players Preceive You
- Saturday, 22 Apr 2006
When gambling at either land-based casinos or online sites, it is important to understand how other people preceive you. This is especially true when you are gambling on a game such as poker. Poker is a multi-faceted game that is always played at every gambling venue that you will attend. To win at a game such as poker, you need not only understand the gambling rules, but must also know how to present yourself to your competitors. Understanding how people perceive you at the poker table is often as important as knowing which cards to play.
In fact, the most important adjustment most gambling fans are forced to make in order to beat the world's best players is to become aware of how their play affects their table image. Here's an extremely simple example to illustrate the point. Let's say that in a 15-minute span you've been caught bluffing four times. Well, if your opponents are even slightly perceptive, they'll notice that tendency. Further bluffing is going to be much less effective. In one sense, your bluffing spree will likely cause your opponents to call you with much weaker hands. They're hoping that you're still bluffing. When you do catch a very strong hand, you won't have to do anything tricky to ensure getting full value for the hand.
On the other side of the coin, you have to be aware that your bluffs will be called more often, so you'd be wise to tighten up your play and wait for better starting cards. There are pros and cons to being pegged as a mad bluffer. You'll no longer be able to steal pots that you might otherwise have been able to take down with a timely bet. But at the same time, you'll get full value for your strong non-bluffing hands. As you can see, although your table image is established, you can make adjustments to exploit that image and use it to your advantage while gambling. | |
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