2011
03.08

Distracting Players

Do you ever acquire that itch? The itch to wager, to head to the nearest gambling den, to find a good stakes casino game of Texas hold’em, to sit at a Chemin de fer table for hours on end. I really like that itch. And I really like to scratch it.

I also really like to watch folks bet. No 2 poker faces seem equal. When I wager I like to feel I put on a poker face that’s impassable. But I know I have particular actions. For one, the only time I smoke cigarettes is when I play poker or Black-jack. And then I chain smoke. Except I smoke whether I am winning or losing, no matter if I have a great hand or bad.

I once played in a very weekly poker game. The casino game was usually five card draw. There was a person who bet with us just about every week who often wore a hat. When he was given a very good hand, unconsciously, he would start touching and betting with his hat. Pointless to say, he in no way won.

The greatest poker gambler I ever saw was a man who made more movements and gestures at a poker table than anyone I had ever seen. He was impeccable in the way he dressed. Usually an costly suit and tie, footwear shined and nails manicured. He was meticulous in this manner. And he was usually brushing his pants or holding his hands or putting his chips in neat little piles.

I use to study him for hours. I would attempt to see if I could spot his tell. Picking lint off his vest- did this mean he was bluffing? Stacking his chips in a very short pile – did this imply he had a beneficial hand?

Years later I ran into him inside a bar in Boston and we had a beer. I asked him if he have been aware of all those activities he produced or if they were subconscious. He told me that each individual thing he did at a poker table was deliberate. He said that everyone is generally checking out everybody else’s poker face. They are attempting to notice the the tell.

So his program was to give them lots to feel about. His reasoning was if they were thinking about him picking a piece of lint off his jacket and what it meant they positive were not pondering about their cards.

His program was diversion. And it worked for him. Never give up a method that functions for you.

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