Do you ever have that itch? The itch to gamble, to head to the closest casino, to find a good stakes casino game of Texas hold’em, to sit at a Twenty-one table for hours on end. I like that itch. And I really like to scratch it.
I also like to watch folks wager. No two poker faces seem the same. When I gamble I like to consider I put on a poker face that is impassable. But I know I’ve particular mannerisms. For 1, the only time I smoke cigarettes is when I play poker or Chemin de fer. And then I smoke. Except I smoke whether I am succeeding or losing, no matter whether I have a excellent hand or bad.
I once wagered inside a weekly poker game. The casino game was always five card draw. There was a man who bet with us every week who often wore a hat. When he was dealt a excellent hand, unconsciously, he would begin touching and playing with his hat. Needless to say, he never won.
The greatest poker player I ever saw was a gentleman who manufactured more actions and signals at a poker table than anybody I had ever seen. He was impressive in the way he dressed. Always an high-priced suit and tie, boots shined and nails manicured. He was fastidious in this manner. And he was always brushing his pants or rubbings his hands or stacking his chips in neat little piles.
I use to examine him for hours. I would tried to see if I could notice his tell. Picking lint off his jacket- did this imply he was bluffing? Stacking his chips in a short pile – did this mean he had a excellent hand?
Years later I bumped into him within a bar in Chi town and we had a beverage. I asked him if he had been aware of all those movements he produced or if they have been subconscious. He informed me that each and every little thing he did at a poker table was deliberate. He said that everybody is often checking out everyone else’s poker face. They’re trying to spot the the tell.
So his method was to give them lots to think about. His reasoning was if they were thinking about him selecting a piece of fuzz off his jacket and what it meant they sure weren’t pondering about their cards.
His system was diversion. And it worked for him. Never give up a process that works for you.