The biggest issue here is paying attention. Is someone overbetting? You only know if you’ve been watching their showdowns or folds when raised or re-raised.

You can’t play poker effectively while you’re talking to your girlfriend or boyfriend. You might get away with that for awhile if you’re a really tight player in a big tournament.

Otherwise, you need to pay attention.

If you find that a player is making big raises with crap like 10 J off, then you establish that person as a target for yourself.

Maybe they exhibit the same behavior with AA at some point, and you get burned. It happens. In my experience, some players get into a bully habit if they think you are a tight player. It depends on the blinds, their chips, and your chips… but you often have an advantage against those types of players when calling their BS with a mid pocket pair or what you believe to be strong overcards.

The point here, is that you have to watch their behavior to know what’s going on. Players who do that usually do it in somewhat late position. If they’re doing it in early position, they might be gone before you get a chance to exploit it. You have to watch to know.

Posted by as Learn Poker, Texas Hold Em at 2:38 AM GMT

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