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| Understanding Bet Conversations |
The best thought process I can impart to you about how to know what's going on at a poker table is to see all the betting, raising, checking and folding as a CONVERSATION between the players, because that's what it is. We have created a list of hands that we play preflop, and we know how we are going to bet, raise, fold or call with them, correct? In other words we know what we're going to SAY and how we're going to SAY IT. Now let's look at what other people are saying to us.
Basic Conversation:
- Fold - "I don't want to play any more."
- Bet/Raise - "I like my hand; I think I'm going to win."
- Reraise - "I love my hand and I know I'm going to win."
- Check - "I want to see the flop (or the next card)." or "I may be winning, but I'm not positive."
- Huge Bet after the flop or turn - "I'm pretty sure I'm winning now, but I don't want to see any more cards because I'm vulnerable."
- Check/Raise - "I tricked you and I have a better hand than you do."
- Small Bet - "Is someone going to raise?" Small bets are often questions where big bets are exclamations.
It's a simple conversation. The secret, however, is seeing the PATTERNS that arise in the conversation, and know what they mean. Because, sometimes people tell the truth and sometimes people lie. The secret for performance poker is twofold:
- Understand what people are saying and play our cards appropriately
- Manipulate our conversation to misinform those playing against us and get them to make mistakes.
Here's a most basic conversation:
Player 1 Calls - I want to see a flop.
Player 2 Raises - I think I'm going to win.
Everyone else folds - They don't want to play.
Player 1 Calls the Raise - I STILL want to see a flop.
The flop comes.
Player 1 Checks - I want to see what you are going to do before I decide what I'm going to do.
Player 2 Bets 2/3rds the pot - Nothing on that flop gave me a reason to think I'm not going to win this hand.
Player 1 Folds - I don't want to play anymore, I believe you and I didn't see what I wanted to see on the flop.
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