Which of Your Poker Images Should You Hang on To?

Most poker players are totally unaware that they project an image at any given time during a game

. They are either unaware that an image should be thoughtfully maintained or are attempting to project no image by keeping that "poker face." Some actually believe that their hooded sweatshirt, shades and moody expression communicates nothing to the other players.

Yet they are not invisible and they will always project some kind of persona and divulge enough information for the good player to decipher and use. What they are really doing is attracting better players than themselves to the table and detracting the lamer players that they could actually win money from.

To become utterly neutral is not the same as to become beyond observation. Active controlled communication with opponents, when managed correctly, is likely to yield much better result than a blank attitude. A blank attitude is most probably, in most cases, a sign of weakness rather than of sense or strength.

The blank attitude is a retreat from any active involvement and retreat is always a sign of weakness. In addition, these blank types are not aware that their more highly skilled counterparts can inevitably read their tells at some point during a hand because old stone face is still a human being after all.

Amateurs will for the most part prefer tables where they can have a good time. The successful businessman and the brilliant engineer, cruising around the room, are looking for a table where players are relaxed and friendly. They will look and listen for good times before they at all try to appraise potential partners' actual poker skills, and are most likely to opt for those tables where people seem to enjoy themselves most.

For the career player, these fun seeking amateurs are his bread and butter and he will cater to their every whim. The wise player knows that these good time amateurs are where his earnings originate and will encourage them to stay and play by being a witty raconteur while emptying their wallets. A not-so-great but happy player will linger at an amusing table, risk more and lose more while always in a good mood. This professional's dream player would not go near a table manned with stone cold zombies.

Sparkling conversation and a sense of fun in combination with compliments on others play will keep an amateur in a trusting frame of mind and keep him returning to that table again and again. They don't play for an income or for the thrill of risk so they will not be upset by losing to an amusing opponent.

Keep your weaker opponents in a good mood and you will keep up their good hopes, believing that luck may still take their side. Good time and occasional "luck" may turn them into regular players and into regular income and attract still more amateurs. But a show of cold indifference will only make them disgusted with themselves or the table or both.

Top professionals know that they always project an image and are always careful about what they project. They design the image according to the best of their interests, not to avoid contact. Their key to success lies not only in superior technique but often in the ability to create, through persona and ability to manipulate the game cleverly, situations which project a positive experience for their unsuspecting prey.

Which of Your Poker Images Should You Hang on To?

By: Thomas Kearns

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