[GypsyTea]

Hi All This is My 500 post on this forum, The last time I hit 500 on a forum I told a Joke, This time I am going to do this:-



To Show or Not to show, that is the question. Gypsy's Holdem


Well I guess most people say do not give free information, OK I dig this, do I agree...


NO Not in LIVE play, but having said this there is a time to show and a time not to show.


Why IMHO, In live play not many, if any make notes on paper in regard to how people play, Live play is a lot slower, and on a Psychological Warfare Level, what information you do give away, has a price, or should always have a price to be paid, Simplified the price for the information is that:-

“They” believe YOU for when you do decide to BLUFF!


I think in the early stages of a live tournament showing you were not BLUFFING registers deep in the opposition’s subconscious, Showing strong hands even when everyone folds also shows you are running HOT getting better cards than “THEM” some people start to think “It’s not going to be there Day”


If no one bets, and every one folds after your pre flop raise, you might as well show your AA and get some benefit from the Psychology, setting up a “gypsy” play with a check re-raise at a later time when you get AA again.


To ‘Moi’ Table Image is everything, I set out to stay around a long time, others set out to get chips early, I take the view chips are important but

“You CANNOT win it if you aint SAT IN it”

So I don’t get My knickers in a Twist, if I have under 10BB, I look for a premier hand to bet out on. I always remember an old poker pro saying to me

“ALL IN can also mean ALL OUT” as well Son!

When Not to Show you hand!


Well if I tell you this, and there are 3 pages of why you don’t show and when you don’t show, YOU would be a bigger SMART ASS than I know I am, so am I going to tell you........NO!

I might as well get the £35.00 each off you for My new book.

BTW that’s around $70.00USD for the hard of

“pounds understanding” amongst you.

Good Luck

Play well in the swamp

Regards

The Gypsy