Being unpredictable

[South Park]

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.

I would lean more on skill because even if you have a really shitty probability landing on you, you can still bluff your way into winning the round. The reason that they think that it is a game of chance is because they only see the shuffle of cards and not how the players try to play mind games with other players, in short the people who say that poker is a game of chance are the mediocre ones.

I am sure if you study, if you practice enough to learn how to read body language, it is probably one of the greatest treasures that you can own.
If I get that sort of skill and I also get to understand how it works with players I will be able to have a good edge on my own.

I don't know if that's going to happen, but that's one of the goals I have.

Poker players do everything that it is within their ability to do to give themselves an edge and they do so because they know that if they do not do it then someone else will do so and they will have an edge over them, been able to decipher body language is critical because it can help you to make a better decision just when you need it the most, in fact I have seen Phil Hellmuth do some incredible reads on the table that save him a lot of money.

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[joker_josue]

Players need to have skills about gambling and do market analysis before participating in any game guesswork is not always the same in order to achieve good things, you have to use your intellect and learn well your own knowledge is more effective than others.

There's no need for market analysis for poker and being unpredictable mate. What you need to do is to make yourself unpredictable by doing things that are not possible to be read by the other players sitting opposed to you.
Maybe if someone explains to me the relevance of market analysis and being unpredictable in poker, I might understand it.

There are players who, to create confusion in their opponents, sometimes lose because they want to, in order to make it difficult for opponents to create a pattern.

[Fortify]

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?

There is a big difference between playing online and playing at the casino tables, although both rely on a solid knowledge of the odds as the cards play out. I would worry less about giving off an "image" or trying to represent a certain play style online, just don't let people steamroll you all the time. If everyone is playing a tight game, either switch tables or be prepared to loosen up and push harder with some lousy stellar hands. You'll either bluff your way through to success, or encourage people to bet against you more often and this can be helpful when you get great cards. Learn all the hand odds calculations, keep practicing and play consistently if you want to win over the long term. So many players try to rush the game out of impatience and you just need to be ready to suck the money up when they crack.

[bitzizzix]

Just knowing how to play poker is not enough, and you also have to learn the overall strategy, how to bluff and how to deal with opponents who are bluffing.
And when you are bluffing, try not to do it over and over again and if you do, other players will find out about your plan and realize that you are just bluffing, and you will lose if the other players read you.
play in a relaxed and calm manner so that it is not easy to read when you have a good or bad hand, and if you know someone who is good at poker then it doesn't hurt to ask that person for help or advice.

[joker_josue]

Just knowing how to play poker is not enough, and you also have to learn the overall strategy, how to bluff and how to deal with opponents who are bluffing.
And when you are bluffing, try not to do it over and over again and if you do, other players will find out about your plan and realize that you are just bluffing, and you will lose if the other players read you.
play in a relaxed and calm manner so that it is not easy to read when you have a good or bad hand, and if you know someone who is good at poker then it doesn't hurt to ask that person for help or advice.

Good tips!

Another suggestion is to train to play on free platforms, with other players. Of course here, since the money is not real, the players' behavior is different, as they risk more. Either way, after a few hours of playing, you will realize that each person has a different attitude to the game, and that can be a good workout.

[Smartprofit]

It takes a lot of practice in real life to become unpredictable in gambling (especially poker). 

In the morning after training, brush your teeth not only with your right hand, but also with your left hand.  This will allow you to use both the right and left hemispheres of the brain.  Write down your dreams.  Dreams are the work of your subconscious mind.  Knowing yourself better will help you become unpredictable in gambling. 

Avoid boilerplate behavior.  Walk with your back forward more often (but do not cross the road, otherwise you will easily provoke an accident). 

Try to do unusual things, visit unusual places, meet new people.

[Lucasgabd]

It takes a lot of practice in real life to become unpredictable in gambling (especially poker). 

In the morning after training, brush your teeth not only with your right hand, but also with your left hand.  This will allow you to use both the right and left hemispheres of the brain.  Write down your dreams.  Dreams are the work of your subconscious mind.  Knowing yourself better will help you become unpredictable in gambling. 

Avoid boilerplate behavior.  Walk with your back forward more often (but do not cross the road, otherwise you will easily provoke an accident). 

Try to do unusual things, visit unusual places, meet new people.

I like the way you think.
other cool exercises are:
-praticing new skills
- doing everyday skills balancing only in one foot

not being afraid of being silly is a huge advantage.

[South Park]

Players need to have skills about gambling and do market analysis before participating in any game guesswork is not always the same in order to achieve good things, you have to use your intellect and learn well your own knowledge is more effective than others.

There's no need for market analysis for poker and being unpredictable mate. What you need to do is to make yourself unpredictable by doing things that are not possible to be read by the other players sitting opposed to you.
Maybe if someone explains to me the relevance of market analysis and being unpredictable in poker, I might understand it.

There are players who, to create confusion in their opponents, sometimes lose because they want to, in order to make it difficult for opponents to create a pattern.

I do not totally agree with this not a single player is going to lose on purpose a hand just to try to confuse their opponents, what they can do is that once they realize that they're going to lose they might as well just confuse their opponent and try to get some advantage of a hand that they know they're going to lose already, this way the next time they are the ones that have the best hand they are more difficult to read for their opponents and they can extract more money out of them.

[joker_josue]

Players need to have skills about gambling and do market analysis before participating in any game guesswork is not always the same in order to achieve good things, you have to use your intellect and learn well your own knowledge is more effective than others.

There's no need for market analysis for poker and being unpredictable mate. What you need to do is to make yourself unpredictable by doing things that are not possible to be read by the other players sitting opposed to you.
Maybe if someone explains to me the relevance of market analysis and being unpredictable in poker, I might understand it.

There are players who, to create confusion in their opponents, sometimes lose because they want to, in order to make it difficult for opponents to create a pattern.

I do not totally agree with this not a single player is going to lose on purpose a hand just to try to confuse their opponents, what they can do is that once they realize that they're going to lose they might as well just confuse their opponent and try to get some advantage of a hand that they know they're going to lose already, this way the next time they are the ones that have the best hand they are more difficult to read for their opponents and they can extract more money out of them.

That's what I wanted to say. I was not able to explain correctly. Thanks for the help in the reasoning I wanted to present.

I am sorry, my English is not very good, and I have difficulty explaining the idea correctly.

[tabas]

Players need to have skills about gambling and do market analysis before participating in any game guesswork is not always the same in order to achieve good things, you have to use your intellect and learn well your own knowledge is more effective than others.

There's no need for market analysis for poker and being unpredictable mate. What you need to do is to make yourself unpredictable by doing things that are not possible to be read by the other players sitting opposed to you.
Maybe if someone explains to me the relevance of market analysis and being unpredictable in poker, I might understand it.

There are players who, to create confusion in their opponents, sometimes lose because they want to, in order to make it difficult for opponents to create a pattern.

Hmm, yes possibly. Just to create a stir and confusion, they allow themselves to lose with small amounts that they can easily recover afterwards upon winning.
That will surely create them a confused pattern which they can't use to follow your decision making as you play.

[Mauser]

There are players who, to create confusion in their opponents, sometimes lose because they want to, in order to make it difficult for opponents to create a pattern.

Hmm, yes possibly. Just to create a stir and confusion, they allow themselves to lose with small amounts that they can easily recover afterwards upon winning.
That will surely create them a confused pattern which they can't use to follow your decision making as you play.

The problem I see here is that we need to play sub optimal just to stir up our pattern. So while this might make us unpredictable it will also make us lose money if we don't play optimal in the long run. Poker games can be fully analysed with Solvers. So for any given hand there is a GTO (Game Theory Optimal) perfect strategy which good poker players use. Most professional poker players will make small adjustments but stick close to the optimal strategy.

[adzino]

You can be easy to read if you keep on repeating whatever you are doing or follow certain pattern. In poker, you have to be unpredictable by playing your opponent. If you keep on folding when you have a bad hand, you become very predictable when you have a good hand. When you keep on folding when the cards flop just because you don't have good combination, then people will know when you make a move, you have a very good pair/combination. You should be very random. Play bad hands! You can also achieve this through bluffs! And try to call peoples bluff sometimes. When they see you fold every time they bluff, they can take a very good advantage of you.

[tabas]

There are players who, to create confusion in their opponents, sometimes lose because they want to, in order to make it difficult for opponents to create a pattern.

Hmm, yes possibly. Just to create a stir and confusion, they allow themselves to lose with small amounts that they can easily recover afterwards upon winning.
That will surely create them a confused pattern which they can't use to follow your decision making as you play.

The problem I see here is that we need to play sub optimal just to stir up our pattern. So while this might make us unpredictable it will also make us lose money if we don't play optimal in the long run. Poker games can be fully analysed with Solvers. So for any given hand there is a GTO (Game Theory Optimal) perfect strategy which good poker players use. Most professional poker players will make small adjustments but stick close to the optimal strategy.

That's actually the plan, to lose but you don't intend that to happen to have a losing streak. It's like an icebreaker for that guy if ever he's really wanting to lose to confuse.
I haven't heard about that GTO strategy you've said, I'll do a search regarding it.

[South Park]

You can be easy to read if you keep on repeating whatever you are doing or follow certain pattern. In poker, you have to be unpredictable by playing your opponent. If you keep on folding when you have a bad hand, you become very predictable when you have a good hand. When you keep on folding when the cards flop just because you don't have good combination, then people will know when you make a move, you have a very good pair/combination. You should be very random. Play bad hands! You can also achieve this through bluffs! And try to call peoples bluff sometimes. When they see you fold every time they bluff, they can take a very good advantage of you.

One thing to remember as well is that we also need to mix our style depending on the kind of table in which we are, we do not play against computers but other players and the table dynamics are going to be different in each game, if we see a table that is full of loose players that play many hands then tightening our style makes sense as you do not want to to play against those people unless your hand is rock solid, an if the table is composed mostly of tight players then you should adjust and become more loose, this way you can steal the blinds over and over again.

[joker_josue]

One thing to remember as well is that we also need to mix our style depending on the kind of table in which we are, we do not play against computers but other players and the table dynamics are going to be different in each game, if we see a table that is full of loose players that play many hands then tightening our style makes sense as you do not want to to play against those people unless your hand is rock solid, an if the table is composed mostly of tight players then you should adjust and become more loose, this way you can steal the blinds over and over again.

This is sometimes the problem for less experienced players, not being able to adapt their game to the circumstances of the table and their opponents.
To have this ability you have to play a lot, and maybe even lose many times. Play and watch others play.

Whether we like it or not, we all have a style, even with its possible variations. Therefore, we have to train this style, to be able to adapt it to the situations of the table, and in turn not to create clear patterns for the opponents.

[acquafredda]

I would like to mention that successful poker players try to leave as little as possible to chance. Instead of playing randomly, they do so by following a set schedule. Why not use an online calendar or Excel spreadsheet to schedule and note down your playing and study hours?
Remember not to overdo it and save time for other activities as well. Playing too much can cause burnout, which in turn causes you to make poor decisions at the table.
When opening a business, it is normal to make projections about how it might work. Although this should apply to a poker career as well, there are so many players who skip this step.
Another important aspect is bankroll management, want an example? A player should not participate in a cash game whose buy-in is not at least 25 times lower than his bankroll: if such a player wants to participate in a cash game whose buy-in is $50, his bankroll should be at least $1,250. A player who participates in a tournament should never invest more than 2% of his bankroll in the buy-in. This attitude may seem too conservative, but it is very important not to underestimate the weight of variance in poker. In cash games, even experienced players may not win for more than 10 buy-ins, in tournaments such negative series may be even longer. The management of our bankroll must be designed to allow us to survive even in conditions of prolonged heavy losses.
Sun Tzu could be your friend in that.

[Fredomago]

One thing to remember as well is that we also need to mix our style depending on the kind of table in which we are, we do not play against computers but other players and the table dynamics are going to be different in each game, if we see a table that is full of loose players that play many hands then tightening our style makes sense as you do not want to to play against those people unless your hand is rock solid, an if the table is composed mostly of tight players then you should adjust and become more loose, this way you can steal the blinds over and over again.

This is sometimes the problem for less experienced players, not being able to adapt their game to the circumstances of the table and their opponents.
To have this ability you have to play a lot, and maybe even lose many times. Play and watch others play.

Whether we like it or not, we all have a style, even with its possible variations. Therefore, we have to train this style, to be able to adapt it to the situations of the table, and in turn not to create clear patterns for the opponents.

This practiced needs a lots of time and possible lots of money to spent, knowing your opponents and trying your emotion being take care.

There are lots of well experienced gamblers who can easily track you down and use each emotions from you to read up what's inside you, those learnings are very important to improved your chances of countering them and make them failed each time they attempt to go against your call.

Time consuming but very rewarding once you done it in the right manners,.

[tabas]

Whether we like it or not, we all have a style, even with its possible variations. Therefore, we have to train this style, to be able to adapt it to the situations of the table, and in turn not to create clear patterns for the opponents.

Practice is the way to do that so that the opponents won't be able to track your style. It's the way of other players to be unpredictable and it's not just happening within a single timeframe but it takes a lot of time before they master it or at least near perfect it.
From the emotions, their playing style, moves and other noticeable actions that can be seen by the opponents.

[Saisher]

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?

You are lucky if you have a poker face but it's still go down on your preparation and practice, I think doing Yoga can achieve your goal of having no expression or feeling at all, it's hard to suppress your expression if you are winning it takes a lot of practice to display a poker face, but it's a must if your competitor have no idea what's behind your face, so practice a lot.

[Eureka_07]

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'm not a pro in playing these poker games,  but I do think that anyone can fake out their emotions when playing to try to mislead the other players. It depends probably on the personality of the player if he can do that. It always won't be easy to predict someone's gameplay if he's making fool of the situation and mislead other players through his reactions/emotions. I somehow can do that sometimes lol.