In order to run an effective deception campaign, sometimes you need to tell the truth.
I won about $200 last night telling people what I had but never showing them. I told the truth for once. These two players didn't realize that I did in fact get Aces, Queens, and then Aces again on the same table in about four hands. So I chatted what I had, then didn't show them. Until the last guy threw in $100 with a pair of fours because he refused to believe me. They threw their chips away because they assumed I was a regular table bully who was running a scam. I was, only it wasn't the scam they thought.
I was varying how I do things. I was adjusting how I play to make sure I don't give off a predictable pattern. That's part of making sure they call when you have a set and they have an overpair. You make yourself unpredictable so they don't know where you are in the hand. Since most are players are on autopilot it helps to throw in misdirection. You can't just worry about other players, you need to be unpredictable as well. That is what guarantees they play wrong against you. Most European players can't get over themselves long enough to pay attention. Exploit them!
I won about $200 last night telling people what I had but never showing them. I told the truth for once. These two players didn't realize that I did in fact get Aces, Queens, and then Aces again on the same table in about four hands. So I chatted what I had, then didn't show them. Until the last guy threw in $100 with a pair of fours because he refused to believe me. They threw their chips away because they assumed I was a regular table bully who was running a scam. I was, only it wasn't the scam they thought.
I was varying how I do things. I was adjusting how I play to make sure I don't give off a predictable pattern. That's part of making sure they call when you have a set and they have an overpair. You make yourself unpredictable so they don't know where you are in the hand. Since most are players are on autopilot it helps to throw in misdirection. You can't just worry about other players, you need to be unpredictable as well. That is what guarantees they play wrong against you. Most European players can't get over themselves long enough to pay attention. Exploit them!
