Enemy or Friend?

If you’re thinking that a locksmith can be your friend, well all I can say is no they aren’t and they are not your enemies either. They are just a presence in the poker table that you cannot eliminate. They are like a lock made of ice because of their unwillingness to get involve and also one of the simplest opponent to take down. But playing with a locksmith will bring you little return due to the fact that they only play strong hands and you need to fold every time they raises a pot. But usually there are only there to sit and occupy the table.

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This is a progressive series about the various personages that you will come across while playing poker.

Enemy or Friend?

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Prediction is one familiar word we often hear everyday. Personages like Nostradamus, Cayce are related to this word in the eyes of both intellectuals and ordinary individuals. But there is an opposite of this word which is called postdiction which is not an everyday word unlike its popular counterpart. However, postdiction is as prevalent in the society as prediction is, though we might never know it.

Postdiction is a condition wherein you get a situation that had already passed and place a bias analysis on it. In the world of sports this is more commonly known as the Monday Morning Quarterback which popularize the infamous lines, “How can he leave Pedro Martinez in for the 8th inning?!?!?!?!”

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Intolerance in poker doesn’t define someone who show prejudice to other players or someone who can’t stand their manner. It means how individuals think and of course being broad minded to the probability that no matter how eccentric a situation is, it has everything to do on how that certain individual play.

Many poker players think that the way they play or accept things are the right one for everybody else if they have a winning streak or a stroke of luck. The intolerant player will think that anyone who’s not agreeing with his game play and make the strategy on their own are stupid.

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Blaming on the game is one of the worst mistakes a person can do in poker. This mistake is often associated with poker players who are new to the game. This is because when these new players got the basic poker knowledge, as they become aware of the mistakes they made and as well as their opponents bad plays they conclude that luck is the one stopping them to win a hand.

The blame game is simply passing the blame to anyone at your vicinity when the hand don’t go your way. Only a number of people can accept that they have their own faults.

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Do you know that baseball scouts use a system in order to look out for potential baseball players? They use 5 factors or 5 tools to know if a player is a good all around player or not. Here are the 5 tools:

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For those who wanted to identify a liar at their gaming table, one technique is best. Change the subject suddenly to get the info you want. If a player is lying to you they would want the quick change in subject. This is due to the fact that they are being uncomfortable while lying and a brisk change of subject is welcome instantly. But honest person’s will wonder what’s the cause of changing the topic soon and will then try to move you back to the subejct before.

Chatting is one of the best methods in order to track down a lie. Lots of poker players espeically the good ones talk in the tables endlessly. They save your reactions when your troubled and even when you’re calm. Your calm state will bring out your natural reactions which can be use as a weapon against you.

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Decisions, decisions are the common point in poker. If you are patient enough to learn how to make good decisions, you’ll be able to conquer this game. And if you always make bad decisions then its your loss. Simple concept that’s hard to get.

Decisions that we make in poker has a long term expected value shorten as EV. It is the standard win or lose situation of a player in term of long term goals. Here is one good illustration: You’ve been playing in a limit Hold’ Em poker game and you end up betting the nuts on the river. This move has a positive expected value of or +EV of $20 and if you’re lucky you can win $20 if you make this move and someone bet against you. On the other hand, folding a big blind in the same limit poker game you’ll get a negative EV of $10 every time you make this move.

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Some poker players declare that using check-raise in a friendly matched is not appropriate. Some poker sites will agree to that. But if you’re playing on a site like Full Tilt Poker, where check-raise is not banned and real money is at stake then all bets are indeed off!

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Limping with Aces is not an unusual strategy in poker. Websites about poker and forums online often talk about this strategy. Even Daniel Negreanu talks about the benefits you can get when limping with Aces.

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