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31 May 2019, 4:03 am

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That's actually an interesting question in terms of communicating extreme hands but not moderate ones.

I suppose you would realize by the lack of clattering when they are definitely not 1) Bluffing with a s**t hand, or 2) Playing for value with a genuinely strong hand. That information would be somewhat valuable. You could probably bluff them off the table by being aggressive when they're playing their moderate hands (not clattering).

but how do you know their sheet hand is not behind the clattering, that their terrible hand is disturbing them?



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31 May 2019, 7:38 am

auntblabby wrote:
dyadiccounterpoint wrote:
That's actually an interesting question in terms of communicating extreme hands but not moderate ones.

I suppose you would realize by the lack of clattering when they are definitely not 1) Bluffing with a s**t hand, or 2) Playing for value with a genuinely strong hand. That information would be somewhat valuable. You could probably bluff them off the table by being aggressive when they're playing their moderate hands (not clattering).

but how do you know their sheet hand is not behind the clattering, that their terrible hand is disturbing them?


You would know that, and also when they have a great hand. It's those moderate hands, like if they have a potential for a flush after the flop but don't have one currently, that would be communicated by lack of clattering.


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02 Jun 2019, 2:00 am

dyadiccounterpoint wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
dyadiccounterpoint wrote:
That's actually an interesting question in terms of communicating extreme hands but not moderate ones.

I suppose you would realize by the lack of clattering when they are definitely not 1) Bluffing with a s**t hand, or 2) Playing for value with a genuinely strong hand. That information would be somewhat valuable. You could probably bluff them off the table by being aggressive when they're playing their moderate hands (not clattering).

but how do you know their sheet hand is not behind the clattering, that their terrible hand is disturbing them?


You would know that, and also when they have a great hand. It's those moderate hands, like if they have a potential for a flush after the flop but don't have one currently, that would be communicated by lack of clattering.

ah so, you are good at the calculating thing :star:



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06 Jun 2019, 10:09 am

I am absolutely garbage at poker. But I don't have a flat affect as one of my symptoms. I'm easy to read.



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06 Jun 2019, 7:41 pm

Honestly Im pretty good at it. My brother taught me it because I was good at analyzing patterns and could count cards while playing. Ive got a great poker face but Im also able to fake my expressions well enough to fool others into thinking I have better or worse cards than i really do. Throw in some practice and a good strategic mind and Im a pretty solid player.
But I dont really like it lol. Im not much for card games


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07 Jun 2019, 5:19 am

I played Texas Hold 'em against a few former classmates many years ago now. I had a a perfect poker-face, because I had no bleeding clue what I was doing, and I ended up winning on accident and played it like it was intentional. :lol:


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26 Jul 2019, 10:25 pm

I think we're all good at poker because we have no body language giveaways to our competitors lol.. we have the best "poker face". Its just our natural face we arent trying. Cause we wouldnt get nervous and make weird faces while we were doing something that we enjoyed, unlike other people playing poker that might freak out and think that someone can read their nervous face.



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26 Jul 2019, 10:26 pm

also has anyone been to a casino and counted the cards during a game of blackjack. I did it before I knew that it was against the rules.



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07 Oct 2019, 12:57 pm

I feel like that's a rain man stereotype, I've played a few times but I forget how to.