Poker Face

Do you ever receive that itch? The itch to gamble, to head to the nearest gambling house, to find a superior stakes game of Hold em, to sit at a Chemin de fer table for hours on end. I like that itch. And I love to scratch it.

I also love to watch people wager. No two poker faces seem equal. When I bet I like to feel I put on a poker face that's impassable. Except I know I have certain mannerisms. For 1, the only time I smoke is when I play poker or Black jack. And then I smoke. But I smoke no matter whether I am succeeding or losing, no matter if I have a excellent hand or bad.

I once bet inside a weekly poker game. The game was usually 5 card draw. There was a guy who played with us every week who always wore a hat. When he was dealt a great hand, subconsciously, he would begin touching and playing with his hat. Needless to say, he in no way won.

The very best poker player I ever saw was a player who manufactured much more movements and gestures at a poker table than anyone I had ever seen. He was impeccable in the way he dressed. Constantly an expensive suit and tie, shoes shined and nails manicured. He was meticulous 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 study him for hours. I would tried to see if I could notice his tell. Choosing fuzz off his vest- did this mean he was bluffing? Stacking his chips within a short pile - did this imply he had a very good hand?

Many years later I ran into him in the bar in Boston and we had a beverage. I asked him if he had been aware of all those activities he created or if they had been subconscious. He informed me that each individual thing he did at a poker table was intentional. He said that everybody is generally checking out everybody else's poker face. They're trying to detect the the tell.

So his system was to provide them lots to believe about. His thinking was if they had been thinking about him choosing a piece of lint off his jacket and what it meant they sure were not thinking about their cards.

His process was diversion. And it worked for him. Never give up a process that works for you.

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