Distracting Players
Posted in Poker on 10/26/2012 07:21 pm by IzaiahDo you ever get that itch? The itch to bet, to head to the closest casino, to find a high stakes casino game of Holdem, to sit at a Twenty-one table for hours on end. I love that itch. And I love to scratch it.
I also love to watch folks gamble. No 2 poker faces seem identical. When I bet I like to consider I put on a poker face that is impassable. Except I know I have specific actions. For one, the only time I smoke is when I wager on poker or Pontoon. And then I smoke. But I chain smoke whether or not I am winning or losing, no matter whether I’ve a good hand or bad.
I once wagered inside a weekly poker game. The casino game was constantly 5 card draw. There was a person who played with us each and every week who always wore a hat. When he was given a good hand, unconsciously, he would begin touching and wagering with his hat. Needless to say, he by no means won.
The greatest poker player I ever saw was a man who created additional movements and gestures at a poker table than anybody I had ever seen. He was impeccable in the way he dressed. Often an expensive suit and tie, boots shined and nails trimmed. He was fastidious in this manner. And he was generally brushing his pants or rubbings his hands or stacking his chips in tidy little piles.
I use to examine him for long periods of time. I’d tried to see if I could spot his tell. Choosing lint off his jacket- did this mean he was bluffing? Arranging his chips in a very short pile – did this mean he had a good hand?
Years later I bumped into him in a bar in Vegas and we had a drink. I asked him if he were aware of all those actions he produced or if they have been unconscious. He told me that every single single thing he did at a poker table was intentional. He said that everybody is usually checking out everybody else’s poker face. They’re attempting to detect the the tell.
So his program was to provide them lots to feel about. His reasoning was if they have been thinking about him selecting a piece of fuzz off his shirt and what it meant they certain weren’t pondering about their cards.
His program was distraction. And it worked for him. By no means give up a technique that operates for you.