Being unpredictable

[Rengga Jati]

Is there a way that you can ensure being difficult to predict at Poker? For example, if you never bluff, people will eventually get to known that and it will reduce your ability to profit from good  cards? Anyone there knows techniques or trick to avoid being easy to read?

Does it mean offline poker betting?
Well, if it is about it, I think it is about emotional control. Some professional gamblers will have good emotional controls where the facial expression, body language, and also how they look are not predictable. Some people just play flat without noticed being happy or sad. So, it means that if you are ready to bet, it is better also to be ready in emotional control. Without it, we cannot control our emotions and we may have certain expressions that lead others to think or interpret something.

[dunfida]

Is there a way that you can ensure being difficult to predict at Poker? For example, if you never bluff, people will eventually get to known that and it will reduce your ability to profit from good  cards? Anyone there knows techniques or trick to avoid being easy to read?

Does it mean offline poker betting?
Well, if it is about it, I think it is about emotional control. Some professional gamblers will have good emotional controls where the facial expression, body language, and also how they look are not predictable. Some people just play flat without noticed being happy or sad. So, it means that if you are ready to bet, it is better also to be ready in emotional control. Without it, we cannot control our emotions and we may have certain expressions that lead others to think or interpret something.

One of the things i do like when you do play physically where you can really have that actual interactions between other players which you can really read up those kind of emotions that they might
displayed on but not all the times that would be precise because there are people who are just good when it comes to pretending and that what makes this situation harder.
For poker then experience will a the only thing will put you in advantage but being unpredictable thinking on online poker isnt really that something can be applied.

[iv4n]

Playing a poker face is the basic way to act unreadable in the game poker even though you have a good card you won't show your emotions instead act as if you will lose. Just playing mind games with your opponents will make them bait your bluff. In the end if you don't want this kind hastle play online so you don't have to worry about your facial expressions.

it will not be called poker face for no reason but this term became popular because it was the basic strat use by poker players but afaik poker face is a neutral reaction , if you will act as is you loose your oponnent will think that your feeling the opposite so i dont recomend that .

You don't have to worry about your facial expressions while you play online poker, but like in "online things" there are other things you are watching for! You watch players and how they play their hands when they push big or when they are passive... you use your rise button to test others and to see their reactions (more hands you include in your observation, more accurate will be)...

What is unpredictable in poker?! When you rise all-in before the flop? After 20 folded hands? Or when you just call/fold and after some time you start raising every hand?

In my experience (and I think I have experience playing poker live & online), we play poker with our two cards (texas holdem, probably the most played poker version), and if you play long enough you will run to all sort of hands... learning how to avoid bad hands, and how to play your winning hands is not exact since, everything depends on so many things: tournament/cash, 2/4/6/8/9 players on the table, current stack, where is the dealer...You need to adjust your play by all these factors, and as your cards are different every hand, every table will be different even more!

Nobody wins all the time in gambling, there are just people with a higher winning/profit rate...

[Mauser]

Playing a poker face is the basic way to act unreadable in the game poker even though you have a good card you won't show your emotions instead act as if you will lose. Just playing mind games with your opponents will make them bait your bluff. In the end if you don't want this kind hastle play online so you don't have to worry about your facial expressions.

it will not be called poker face for no reason but this term became popular because it was the basic strat use by poker players but afaik poker face is a neutral reaction , if you will act as is you loose your oponnent will think that your feeling the opposite so i dont recomend that .

A poker face is very hard to keep up for hours and hours of playing. There are quite a few people on the table who observe any expression of your face and even look at your throat how heavily you are breathing.  When playing serious for money I would recommend to wear sunglasses, a hoodie and. a scarf. This makes sure that other people can't read you that easily. Being unpredictable also helps, as long as you are playing good poker.

[AicecreaME]

Playing a poker face is the basic way to act unreadable in the game poker even though you have a good card you won't show your emotions instead act as if you will lose. Just playing mind games with your opponents will make them bait your bluff. In the end if you don't want this kind hastle play online so you don't have to worry about your facial expressions.

Yes, but that's not easy and the bluffing doesn't end on that, it's much complicated than you think. Bluffing is all about reading and analyzing your opponents card, and then the bluff comes after that, I meant, you can't bluff totally if you only know your card but not your opponents cards, what's the point right?

Based on the gambling movies that I've watched, there was a girl gambler who's face is all serious because she knows what's his opponent card is, that's why her bluffing is effective. I've searched it on how to do it and all you have to do is to know arithmetically the number of cards and the patterns of it once it get shuffled and distribute. It's not easy, it's not always accurate, but I think it's worth to try than to bluff without any basis.

[traderethereum]

Playing a poker face is the basic way to act unreadable in the game poker even though you have a good card you won't show your emotions instead act as if you will lose. Just playing mind games with your opponents will make them bait your bluff. In the end if you don't want this kind hastle play online so you don't have to worry about your facial expressions.

it will not be called poker face for no reason but this term became popular because it was the basic strat use by poker players but afaik poker face is a neutral reaction , if you will act as is you loose your oponnent will think that your feeling the opposite so i dont recomend that .

A poker face is very hard to keep up for hours and hours of playing. There are quite a few people on the table who observe any expression of your face and even look at your throat how heavily you are breathing.  When playing serious for money I would recommend to wear sunglasses, a hoodie and. a scarf. This makes sure that other people can't read you that easily. Being unpredictable also helps, as long as you are playing good poker.

Maybe we can use poker face in a limited time, so we do not have to feel tormented using that.
But for a pro poker player will figure out the other way to give a trick to their opponent, so the opponent will not know if they have a good card.
Using those things can help us be undetected by the opponent, but we should be aware of the rules because sometimes, the casino can use that rule.
But it is hard to be unpredictable in a poker game as we can meet the pro poker player, which is not easy to trick them.

[pinggoki]

Is there a way that you can ensure being difficult to predict at Poker? For example, if you never bluff, people will eventually get to known that and it will reduce your ability to profit from good  cards? Anyone there knows techniques or trick to avoid being easy to read?

I am playing poker for several years in the underground casinos and in live casinos in which there is called poker face in which you must not have any reaction on what so ever your card is because it will helps them to easily read you for every turns that you are not having a poker face. Whenever I am playing, I am always wearing a mask and a cap in order to hide my emotions by not allowing them to see my whole face and becomes unknown for every turns that is happening. There's a lot of good poker players out there and by just watching them you will be able to adapt some of their strategies.

[Lucasgabd]

Is there a way that you can ensure being difficult to predict at Poker? For example, if you never bluff, people will eventually get to known that and it will reduce your ability to profit from good  cards? Anyone there knows techniques or trick to avoid being easy to read?

Been unpredictable is really a certainty but you have to develop a strategy for yourselve. Getting to know how others remain unpredictable might not work for your own pattern of gaming. Poker games requires personal unpredictable formats developed by the gamer over time. Most of this strategies are quite simple but are even more technical than sophisticated patterns

Having the right attitude while playing poker in the table can really help you earn money, and this is not easy to practice because first you have to be good in Poker and second, you must have to practice this one during the live session.

Being unpredictable depends on every gamblers technique, some are just disguising as a newbie and some are just playing seriously, I personally played poker and just a typical silent player, I’m not sure if its effective or not but I’m always ready every time I play poker.

just realized that a good way to practice hiding emotions is also practicing theater.
and also using a mirror
but it may take a lot of technique to be able to control the body, quite hard to master, probably.

[Wexnident]

just realized that a good way to practice hiding emotions is also practicing theater.
and also using a mirror
but it may take a lot of technique to be able to control the body, quite hard to master, probably.

I'm pretty sure doing theater is overboard as practice when you just want to play? I mean, I'd sure as hell just spend my passion in theater all the time if I ever started it instead of staying in gambling. And you don't really need to master much when it comes to gambling, unlike in theater plays (Though it does help in body language, both in doing it yourself and reading it through the other actors). Still, the hardest to master would probably intentionally sending fake body signals and facial expressions to the other parties, since if they ever try to read you through that, you can just fake it out and turn that into your own advantage.

[MCobian]

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just realized that a good way to practice hiding emotions is also practicing theater.
and also using a mirror
but it may take a lot of technique to be able to control the body, quite hard to master, probably.

I am not a person who likes theater activities, although it is very good for training us to hide our emotions. But I will not do it, maybe I prefer to
train alone in front of the mirror. Many articles and videos have helped me how to practice hiding our expressions, and I have been practicing
in front of the mirror for several days. And it was not easy, there were many techniques that had to be learned. It takes patience to be able to
control our emotions and our bodies.

[xSkylarx]

This is difficult to do and from my experience, those people that with extraordinary ability to control their emotions can only do this and often times they treat gambling as their career. If in a normal situation or other type of gambling games we can't control our emotion then being unpredicatable in poker is really impossible. Each of us has a 1 or 2 particular strategy that we follow in gambling, if we stick to that then in the long run our opponent will get used to it. To be unpredictable is to use different types of strategy as well as learning to be emotionless in different situations.

[Reatim]

Playing a poker face is the basic way to act unreadable in the game poker even though you have a good card you won't show your emotions instead act as if you will lose. Just playing mind games with your opponents will make them bait your bluff. In the end if you don't want this kind hastle play online so you don't have to worry about your facial expressions.

It is not the Poker face is what you need but to Fold your emotion and never let anyone find it there.
But like one Poster , Yeah it won't be called as Pokerface if it is not adopted in that Game and strategy.

This is difficult to do and from my experience, those people that with extraordinary ability to control their emotions can only do this and often times they treat gambling as their career. If in a normal situation or other type of gambling games we can't control our emotion then being unpredicatable in poker is really impossible. Each of us has a 1 or 2 particular strategy that we follow in gambling, if we stick to that then in the long run our opponent will get used to it. To be unpredictable is to use different types of strategy as well as learning to be emotionless in different situations.

It does not need Extraordinary skill to do this mate, Instead all you need is to Maintain your emotion why Playing .
That will be the Best way for opponent not to Read you.

[Mauser]

Maybe we can use poker face in a limited time, so we do not have to feel tormented using that.
But for a pro poker player will figure out the other way to give a trick to their opponent, so the opponent will not know if they have a good card.
Using those things can help us be undetected by the opponent, but we should be aware of the rules because sometimes, the casino can use that rule.
But it is hard to be unpredictable in a poker game as we can meet the pro poker player, which is not easy to trick them.

Yeah if the tournament is being broadcasted on TV then it is very unlikely that you can fully cover your face. It will always be a tradeoff between entertainment for TV purposes and playing the best and most unpredictable poker we can do. The problem when our cards are being broadcasted is that all other players can watch the feed 30 minutes later and see if we were bluffing or not. This changes a lot for us because we aren't so unpredictable anymore. Since the pandemic a lot of more online tournaments are being broadcasted aswell, which takes away a big part of our strategy in poker to remain unpredictable.

[tabas]

A poker face is very hard to keep up for hours and hours of playing.

Just show no emotion if you're going to do that. People who have been in that game and managed to get to show no emotion, they know how to do it and can sit for a long time without showing what they feel.

There are quite a few people on the table who observe any expression of your face and even look at your throat how heavily you are breathing.  When playing serious for money I would recommend to wear sunglasses, a hoodie and. a scarf. This makes sure that other people can't read you that easily. Being unpredictable also helps, as long as you are playing good poker.

Yeah, it's always one factor that other players look at but it's not just all about having a poker face but you can also fake a smile or disappointment in front of them.

[Fredomago]

just realized that a good way to practice hiding emotions is also practicing theater.
and also using a mirror
but it may take a lot of technique to be able to control the body, quite hard to master, probably.

I'm pretty sure doing theater is overboard as practice when you just want to play? I mean, I'd sure as hell just spend my passion in theater all the time if I ever started it instead of staying in gambling. And you don't really need to master much when it comes to gambling, unlike in theater plays (Though it does help in body language, both in doing it yourself and reading it through the other actors). Still, the hardest to master would probably intentionally sending fake body signals and facial expressions to the other parties, since if they ever try to read you through that, you can just fake it out and turn that into your own advantage.

Faking your emotions helps if you master it perfectly. It's not as easy at it is but very possible if you are really taking things seriously.

A lots of strategy and practices that you needed to understand in order to have some good edge against those experienced players who knows how to read r how to anticipate and counter your attempts.

You need to work and make sure to analyze each moves that you are trying to use keep trying to enhance each time you participate in any game and see if what are the good things that's being added to your game. win/lose should be calculated.

[molsewid]

Does it mean offline poker betting?
Well, if it is about it, I think it is about emotional control. Some professional gamblers will have good emotional controls where the facial expression, body language, and also how they look are not predictable. Some people just play flat without noticed being happy or sad. So, it means that if you are ready to bet, it is better also to be ready in emotional control. Without it, we cannot control our emotions and we may have certain expressions that lead others to think or interpret something.

When I was young I was able to watched a gambling called poker when this became my mother past time and entertaining herself. Looking the faces of the player i can say that they are all seriously paying attention on the game, i just wonder does it really hard to play this game. I used to learn this game and now I can say that it is unpredictable game and a tricky at the same time. It is a game where we can't rely on luck and your skills, your techniques and your crucial thinking can lead you to win the game if not then you're just throwing your money in this kind of game.

[Smartprofit]

This is difficult to do and from my experience, those people that with extraordinary ability to control their emotions can only do this and often times they treat gambling as their career. If in a normal situation or other type of gambling games we can't control our emotion then being unpredicatable in poker is really impossible. Each of us has a 1 or 2 particular strategy that we follow in gambling, if we stick to that then in the long run our opponent will get used to it. To be unpredictable is to use different types of strategy as well as learning to be emotionless in different situations.

To learn how to hide your emotions, you can enroll in an acting improvisation group.  This is the so-called stand-up.  

Classes are held both in pairs (two partners) and in groups (several partners).  At the beginning of the session, participants perform exercises that develop attunement with partners.  Indeed, in acting improvisation, the main thing is not to interfere with the partner (not to pull the blanket over yourself).  

This is a very valuable skill for the player.  In some gambling games, the player needs to play not alone, but with a partner.  

It is important not only to skillfully hide your emotions.  

Perfect alignment with your partner is also very important.

[Stalker22]

It is a game where we can't rely on luck and your skills, your techniques and your crucial thinking can lead you to win the game if not then you're just throwing your money in this kind of game.

Is poker a game of skill or chance? Of course, it is both, but the question is whether one is more important than the other. Luck certainly plays an important role, but skill is important too.
People who insist that poker is primarily about chance are effectively saying that skill is somehow insignificant in the scheme of things. Although that may be the way some people play poker, the simple truth is that you can always learn to play better. Everyone has the chance to do this, as far as I can tell.

[ethereumhunter]

Does it mean offline poker betting?
Well, if it is about it, I think it is about emotional control. Some professional gamblers will have good emotional controls where the facial expression, body language, and also how they look are not predictable. Some people just play flat without noticed being happy or sad. So, it means that if you are ready to bet, it is better also to be ready in emotional control. Without it, we cannot control our emotions and we may have certain expressions that lead others to think or interpret something.

When I was young I was able to watched a gambling called poker when this became my mother past time and entertaining herself. Looking the faces of the player i can say that they are all seriously paying attention on the game, i just wonder does it really hard to play this game. I used to learn this game and now I can say that it is unpredictable game and a tricky at the same time. It is a game where we can't rely on luck and your skills, your techniques and your crucial thinking can lead you to win the game if not then you're just throwing your money in this kind of game.

I am not so lucky to learn how to bluff other people like you. But what I get is hard to learn the trick to become unpredicted for the other player, and I guess that is if we have more experiences of playing poker with many peoples, so we can learn how they bluff the opponent player. Maybe playing a poker game is not hard as it says, but the trick is hard to learn, so that is why many people fail to trick the opponent. I can imagine how the newbie playing with some people, and that newbie do not have something that can trick the other people. That newbie can lose many times without winning, but if he can learn how to trick the other player, maybe he can win one or two times.

[South Park]

Many poker players in order to avoid to have the reactions to be read by their opponents use a hat and even glasses and I have no doubts that when the pandemic is finally over and casinos can open the doors again many poker players are still going to use respirators or surgical masks to hide an even larger portion of their face, this may seem to be problematic but taking into account that when you play online you already cannot see what your opponent is doing then I have the tendency to believe that playing poker live will slowly morph into something very similar to what we see online already.

imo there'll still be a difference on playing online and irl because even if you can't see the whole face because of a mask or glasses there are still many other micro-movements that can be observed, you know? like the velocity of hands, the dillatation of eyes (if they have no glasses), how they look, how they speak, how they breath... being in the physical presence of someone totally changes the game.

You are right, there are still many other aspects that you can take a look at if you are playing in a physical casino, but there is no doubt that if people begin to hide their face completely, as I think it is going to be the case for many poker players after this pandemic, then it is going to be a lot more problematic to read your opponents, after all there are already players that go out of their way to try to minimize as much as possible the information they give by not talking at the table unless it is absolutely necessary and this will help them to reduce information that they give even further.