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In a 2-5 no-limit cash game, you have KK in the big blind. The young man in the back position raised to 20, folded to you, you raised back to 60, the young man called, and the pot was 125.

 

You and the young man each have 1,000 dollars. The flop came out Jh7s5h. You bet 100, and the young man calls. You think he has a pair like AJ/KJ, a flush draw, or a straight draw.

 

The pot is 325, and the turn card is 2c, which should be a completely useless card. You checked, and he checked too. The river card was 8h, which made not only a flush, but also a straight of 9-6 and 6-4.

 

What should you do at this time? If the young guy has a jack and doesn't make two pair, obviously you should make a value bet and hope he calls; if he makes a draw, obviously you should check; if he draws another straight and doesn't make it , he probably has a pair, and you should place a relatively small value bet in the hope that your opponent will follow; if he has nothing, you should check, hoping to induce a bluff. At this point you reach for your chips and start twiddling them in front of your face, as if measuring the size of your bet.

 

You suddenly raised your eyes and stared at him. He immediately reached for his chips, took out a lot, and stared back at you, as if to say, come on, I'm not afraid of you! You are a little intimidated by him, knock on the table and check, he shows 9-8, only a pair of 8, your KK wins the pot.

 

Generally speaking, when there is a relatively transparent and medium-strength hand in the front position, the normal strategy is to check/call on the river.

 

But in this example, the young man gave the protagonist a clue, but the protagonist didn't take advantage of it, which is really a pity.

 

After the river card came out, when the protagonist was playing with his chips, the young man immediately took out his chips to demonstrate, trying to scare the protagonist away! What does he mean by doing this? You can put yourself in his shoes and think about it.

 

If you made a flush on the river, would you intimidate your opponent and make him check? Of course not, you will definitely encourage him to bet, and then you will raise again.

 

Why do poker players have tells? In my opinion, there are two reasons. One is that they have enough knowledge, know their own hand strength, and try to maximize their profits; the other is because they are nervous, and when so much money is already in the pot, They will be very afraid of losing it.

 

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There are two types of people with tell-tale signs. One type is a natural reaction, they are not acting. For example, they have two pair, but the turn card comes three flush.

 

As soon as their opponents place a bet, they will look sad, make noises, and rub their cards back and forth, not knowing whether to follow or not, and often end up silently following.

 

The other kind of people are pure performers. They hit a nut flush draw on the flop, and the turn card hit a flush. Their opponents bet, and they have the same sad faces as the first kind of people, and they make a fuss.

 

They were rubbing their cards back and forth, seemingly considering whether to call or fold, but they suddenly raised the bet, or even went all-in. How to distinguish between the natural school and the acting school? In many cases, there is no need to distinguish, because you will always be based on his actions, not his body movements.

 

There are times when distinction is needed. There are times when the showman is slow-playing a hand, and they may just call, call, and then suddenly hit the river.

 

At this time, if you fall into his trap and think your top pair is a good hand, it would be very scary to keep betting to try to "kick him out".

 

How to tell the difference? In mid- and low-level live poker, many people act instinctively without special self-training. Most of what they do is due to their personality. As the saying goes, the situation is easy to change, but the character is hard to change.

 

A natural person will rarely give you a sudden performance; and an acting person will rarely show his honesty to you. At least he will not when he knows that someone is paying attention to him. In other words, the natural school will always be the natural school, and the acting school will always be the acting school.

 

So from the first minute you sit down at a card table, you should start classifying your tablemates, who is the natural type and who is the acting type.