How To Read Your Competition
by admin on 12/08/09 at 3:26 am
Reading your opponents in poker happens at all the big poker tournaments. The fine art of reading your opponents happens when a player with a frail hand makes an opponent with a good hand to fold. It’s extremely important to have total control of your expressions and emotions when reading your opponents. It’s vital that you hide any clues, that you could give off when you pick up a frail hand or a sturdy hand.
The very first step at succeeding in reading your opponents is to keep your opponents from being able to read your hand through your mannerisms. If you act predictable it’ll assist you in a successful bluff. Other players are watching what you do as much as your watching them and they’ll be trying to figure you out. Its important that you know the cards well. If you are in a game that uses face up cards, then you should make a little mental note of the cards that are face up and the cards that you could have that would make for a sturdy hand.
When reading your opponents, always remember to look for the behaviour patterns in each player as that’ll give you a great idea of what cards they are holding. As the saying goes, the first flinch is probably the right one. A player may accidentally leak a sign before trying to hide it. Now you know how the term “poker face” came about. You are trying to keep all indication of your hand, whether it’s a good hand or bad one, from being communicated to your opponents.