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Alright so I'm going to post in here about situations I'm unsure of and feedback is more than welcome. I'm still relatively inexperienced in live games despite the insane amount of poker I've been playing lately. On the internet you can pretty much say what you want and get away with it, if you're so inclined. In person you will run into a lot of the same people over and over again, and even though they might be completely in the wrong having a negative energy person feeding off of trying to get a reaction out of you can get very distracting from playing the best you can.
So, here's a spot. I had him from the start, pocket 5's, flop 5jj.
a King came on the turn and he bet out big, I smooth called. The river was a blank. He made a big bet and I thought about it and decided he had trip jacks to my boat. Of note he had just lost a huge hand to someone with another hand that was a close 2nd to best, and he was very tilted. As in the case with that opponent he started a 5 minute or so series of questions and looking for body language tells. I do know a brief amount of fbi body language tells that I use and I do know how to spot people looking for them. you want to be careful of thumps pointing down, etc. if you're on a bluff or whatever, and you want to be careful of looking too confident when trying to induce a call. Sometimes if I want the call I'll maybe play with my chips then mess up a little like I'm nervous about getting a call. They call that "Hollywooding", and many pros see through it. The casual player usually doesn't.
Anyway so I'm standard tight aggressive and it becomes completely obvious if you sit at the table with me long enough. The situation is we each have about $250 in the pot and I'm all in for $250.He launches into a series of questions including actually calling me out on my exact hand "did you flop the pocket 5's and sit on it?" to which I responded "I plead the 5th amendment". I know many people would say something like "you have to pay to see" but to me this in a sense means "I want you to call". Another question of his was "if I fold will you show me one card?" so in other words "if you want me to fold, say the word yes and then I'll likely call". If he did receive a yes I'm guessing his move would be to instantly fold. Also, you don't want to say something like "that's your decision, and your money, I can't make it for you". People can try to make it personal real quick when you take a good chunk of change from them.
What do you think you would say or do in this spot to try to do everything you can to induce the call, while remaining respectful to your opponent?
So, here's a spot. I had him from the start, pocket 5's, flop 5jj.
a King came on the turn and he bet out big, I smooth called. The river was a blank. He made a big bet and I thought about it and decided he had trip jacks to my boat. Of note he had just lost a huge hand to someone with another hand that was a close 2nd to best, and he was very tilted. As in the case with that opponent he started a 5 minute or so series of questions and looking for body language tells. I do know a brief amount of fbi body language tells that I use and I do know how to spot people looking for them. you want to be careful of thumps pointing down, etc. if you're on a bluff or whatever, and you want to be careful of looking too confident when trying to induce a call. Sometimes if I want the call I'll maybe play with my chips then mess up a little like I'm nervous about getting a call. They call that "Hollywooding", and many pros see through it. The casual player usually doesn't.
Anyway so I'm standard tight aggressive and it becomes completely obvious if you sit at the table with me long enough. The situation is we each have about $250 in the pot and I'm all in for $250.He launches into a series of questions including actually calling me out on my exact hand "did you flop the pocket 5's and sit on it?" to which I responded "I plead the 5th amendment". I know many people would say something like "you have to pay to see" but to me this in a sense means "I want you to call". Another question of his was "if I fold will you show me one card?" so in other words "if you want me to fold, say the word yes and then I'll likely call". If he did receive a yes I'm guessing his move would be to instantly fold. Also, you don't want to say something like "that's your decision, and your money, I can't make it for you". People can try to make it personal real quick when you take a good chunk of change from them.
What do you think you would say or do in this spot to try to do everything you can to induce the call, while remaining respectful to your opponent?
