Poker Kiwi

www.pkr.com - Whether it is your own behaviour, or that of your opponents, reactions to circumstances play an important role in what decisions end up being made. Sometimes this behaviour can be talking an opponent into or out of calling, intentionally, or giving away signs in your body language unintentionally. I think different types of player will pay more attention to these reactions than others, and you can even try and throw a false signal to players who you know, look for these reactions.

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It has been said that players will throw chips into a pot with more emphasis to convey strength when they are actually weak, and vice versa. But if you depended on this type of behavioural change to make your decisions, you would leave yourself open to someone being aware of this and doing the reverse of what you would expect.

There have been players in televised games before who have seemed arrogant and talked incessantly, and I do not like this type of behaviour myself, but it does work sometimes for pro players such as ‘Tony G’. The reason he is being abrasive in his goading and talking on a regular basis, is to induce his opponents to make a call that they wouldn’t normally make. I think this goes against the spirit of the game and I would not do this. If you are ever faced by a similar type of player, it is always best to remeber, the only reason they do it, is to force you into reacting with your emotions as opposed to your logic.