Poker...been trying an experiment..

[Nickatilynx]

I play people , not cards

[MorganGrayson]

Technick...wonderful to read, as always.

Nick...that's why you win.

I don't know how it's done in online playing, but I have heard that B&M poker players are experts in reading facial expressions and body language. (Called "tells," I believe; as well as the famous "poker face.")

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Technick...wonderful to read, as always.

Nick...that's why you win.

I don't know how it's done in online playing, but I have heard that B&M poker players are experts in reading facial expressions and body language. (Called "tells," I believe; as well as the famous "poker face.")

Online it is betting habits etc etc...

What hands they will start with , When they call , when they check , when they raise...

These are also big tells in B&M.

In B&M I never look at my down cards immediately ,or at the cards on the flop.

I'm too busy watching the reactions of other players to the flop.

[Sysprod]

Playing people, online, is much harder then in a gold old B&M game. Even tho I like playing online, at times it's very impersonal. It gets hard trying to figure out if a person is taking sometime thinking about their play or their dialup connection is droping out heh.

At the same time being able to write down notes about the people at your table is much easier then a live game, where your writing notes down on the palm of your hand