It’s no secret that there is a lot of psychology to the game of poker. A basic knowledge of psychological principles can help a player plan his approach, read his opponents, and deal with his wins in a tournament setting.
Don’t believe those who say there are no tells in online poker. No way. There are plenty of them. You only have to be smart enough to distinguish them.
Can you imagine Greg Raymer without his orange fossils? Or Marcel Luske not wearing his sunglasses upside down? Of course not. It’s an essential part of their image, something like a trademark.
What do you think of when you see a guy with long hair? Most think he either has a save the whales sign in his closet and eats too much granola, or drinks Jack Daniels from the bottle and knows the words to every Deathtongue song. How about an overweight man with a comb over and a Hawaiian shirt? Does your mind immediately conjure up the words “mid-life crisis”?
Many questions have plagued human society. Why are we here? Who put us here? Should we have peel and eat shrimp for lunch or spinach quiche? One of the most enduring questions though is "Do the clothes make the man?", or in the case of professional poker, "Do the clothes make the player?"
Nothing is worse then someone who can’t stop chattering. When you are sitting at the table, trying to play the game, and one persistent voice becomes the white noise that accompanies every hand, then that person is talking way to much.
Tilting can mean a lot of things. Back in the dark ages, tilting was when two guys dressed like a Delmonte cans, charged at each other with pointy sticks and tried to shish kabob each other for fun and profit.
How has ESPN impacted the sport of poker? Well besides giving it exposure like it has never had before nationally, which is good, some negatives have come from the extra exposure.
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