Hello,
Last night I was in a 1/2 Holdem event. The ending wasn’t good as I can easily be read then. Whenever I flop a straight, I became serious and so players then easily perceived I had the nuts.
I remember back then when I was holding JQ suited and flop came and brought 8 9 10. I then placed a bet and player who told me I had obvious tells earlier part of the game folded his K 10 on the flop. In some similar situations, I remember he raised someone and not folded.
Any thoughts? Please help me.
All the best,
Caleb Martin
Caleb,
You need to evaluate your play or have someone you trust evaluate how you play. You may play too tight and only raise with premium hands. There may be some mannerism that you give off that gives away your hand strength. If your mood or demeanor during the hand changes when you have a strong hand, that would be a tell. Do you have a little shake to you when you bet that you only have when you have a strong hand? That may be another tell. You will want to work on your mannerisms to try and make the same movements and act the same way regardless of the hands you have. If your problem is from playing too tight, loosen up your style a bit or play a couple of hands that get shown down that will change everyone’s perception of your tightness. Get caught bluffing once in a while. Doing little things to change your image can pay off.
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