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Posted by: mrsnake3695 at October 26, 2006, 11:27 pm

Topic: Am I playing too tight??? Forum: Card Chat

There are some good books out there on poker psycology, I'm at work now and I don't remember the names though.

As far as thinking most people are bluffing, alot of players feel that way and they rarely do well in the long run. Almost everybody bluffs at times, but someone that bluffs alot is probably only bluffing 20-30% of the time. Unless you have a specific read or a reason to be suspicious of a certain bet, you may find you lose alot calling with 2nd best hand. It's called being a calling station and it's not something you want to be.

You are better off folding to a bluff then calling someone who has the nuts. In your example I would probably believe I was beat. Why?, well alot of online tourney players think any ace is the nuts and will call a raise with ace X. He called your preflop raise and then reraised post flop with an ace on the board. I would have a tendency to believe he has an ace unless I had info to indicate otherwise. That is why it is so important to pay attention to other players betting patterns and hand selection. Is he someone that will call a raise with any ace?, does he make big bets on draws (there was a possible straight draw on the board)? Etc. If you don't have any information then you can't call here.

By the way on the first example you gave, did you bet preflop? You don't say. If you limped or made a mini bet then the button can justify making a call with almost any hand, since he has position. His reraise with 2 diamonds was probably a semi-bluff since I doubt he put you on a set. It's been my experience that a set is the hardest hand to read.

"Also, point 2) I was on button and needed to do something to stop the madness!!!"

The above statement seems alot like someone on tilt here. The BB was only 30 and you had over 700, no need to panic here and play mediocre cards. When players feel like they are losing or on a bad streak they do exactly the opposite from what they should do. The play bad cards trying to get back when they should be tightening up.

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