Poker Tells - Reverse it and use it - Lead them by the nose.
I wrote previously about predictable playing - getting a read on players because they bet certain types of hands in consistent ways.
So it seems obvious what you should do with your own cards - dont play predicably - dont bet the same hands in the same ways - well yes and no.
This is where you can really crank up your game - Don't just try to behave unpredictably, randomly racing around trying to make confusing bets.
Be unpredictably predictable ... bet different hands but in the same ways.
If you have one type of hand bet it exactly as you did another. Make a real point of betting the same amount - you will make them think that they know what you have - and they will be wrong - and that is always a good thing.
Now I am not the best poker mathmatic, I can get my head round pot odds if you give me a while. But the point is Poker is a game about players not just about your cards ... play them and play they're cards as if you own them.
If you've figured out their hand and one of there scare cards comes up - bet like you've got 3 of 'em - If your in the right position and the right game against the right player - it doesn't matter that you were on a semi-bluff - you won a hand that wasn't rightfully yours and that's good.
I only have a few basic bet sizes and during the game, say an $80 raise, a half pot, pot sized, twice the pot, all-in and a say random $237 bet.
Preferably early in a SnG I will advertise a couple of them for all to see.
This trains other player to "think" they know what I have the next time I bet in the same way - leading them by the nose.
If I raise / or re-raise preflop regardless of position on the first 3 hands I see in a SnG what "tell" or info does everyone think they have picked up ?
He's a loon ? Aggressive ? Raises but folds to a bad flop ? Inexperienced ?
So all of a sudden for the cost of what $120 chips you have taken control of players minds at the table in a whole load of different ways.
Now this is the important bit - by playing this way you have tilted everyone else a bit but DONT start tilting yourself - you must always be disciplined.
Now I also do alot of betting the pot, this really bugs people - they convince themselves your stealing pot after pot, maybe you are but eventually they will start to call you down with any old junk and that is when you want and will have hand.
Playing aggressively like this but with discipline is how you get action going and how you get the max reward safely when you get dealt AA or KK.
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