The Many Faces of a Poker Player

Poker is not just a game played at any table anytime, anywhere.

Prizes are at stake, and the more you experience different plays in one sitting, the more you gain knowledge from it.

A beginner at Poker should have a sound foundation at all times.

The very best poker players do not always have this sound foundation, but if you sit in back of a good player for an evening, you will be surprised to see on how few bad hands he wastes even one chip.

And when he does waste this one chip it is strictly for advertising purposes.

Then we come to the middle-game or main structure. If his hand is not developing as well as his opponents' seem to be, watch the good player abandon the few chips he has already put in the pot and get out quickly.

The fact that his foundation may have been supersound means nothing to him if the middle-game developments are unfavorable to him and favorable to the other players.

Then we come to the superstructure, and here is where the expert really shines.

Other players may build their foundation and middle structure just as well as the expert, but on those hands where a large final bet is called it will be found that the expert wins much more than half the time.

With general habits, the Poker players are divided into three classes: the ingenuous player, the tricky or coffee housing player, and the unreadable player.

When the ingenuous player looks worried, he probably IS worried. When he takes a long time to bet he probably doesn't think much of his hand.

When he bets quickly, he fancies his hand. When he bluffs, he looks a little guilty, and when he really has a good hand you can see him mentally wishing to be called.

This ingenuousness, incidentally, is seldom found in veterans. A player of this type usually quits Poker at an early stage on account of his 'bad luck.'

At least ninety percent of all Poker players are the tricky player. He has a great tendency to act just the opposite of the way he really feels Thus with a very good hand, he trembles a little as he bets, while with a poor hand he fairly exudes confidence.

There is one little coffee-housing habit that practically never fails to act as a give-away--- that is, showing too much nonchalance.

This casual player is at least going to call you and is very likely to raise you a bet. Accordingly, if you do see that sign, unless your hand is really very good, refuse to bet for him and simply check.

The unreadable player--- this particular individual, of course, the hardest opponent of all. Invariably he knows the rules of correct play but departs from all of them on occasion.

Unlike the ingenuous player, who acts the way he feels, or the coffee-houser, who acts the way he doesn't feel, this player has no consistency.

Accordingly he fact that he exudes confidence or looks nervous gives no clue to the nature of his hand. When there is such a player in the game, many Poker players, as much as possible, try to steer clear of him.

But if you do find yourself in a pot against him, no method which works reasonably well. That method is to relax completely and then see if some impression is conveyed to you in a subtle manner.

Then, having secured this impression, act directly against it. In other words, if the impression is that he is bluffing, you may drop; if the impression is that he has a good hand, you may call.

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