Tag Archives: manipulation

Kido Pham vs Doug Lee: verbal trickery and making speeches

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Zachary Elwood

Interesting hand between Kido Pham and Doug Lee, where Pham flops the straight and talks a lot, trying to manipulate Doug into thinking he’s weak. In general, I think it’s one of those cases where the more a player is talking, the more you have to be cautious, because speeches usually equal strength.

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Bet timing tells. Strategic use of calling the clock.

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Zachary Elwood

This is about a guy I’ve played with a few times who regularly takes a super-long time to act, and about how I deal with that by calling the clock on him. It’s also about a strategic use of calling the clock, based on how I think this player perceived my use of calling the clock on him. Also some talk about bet-timing, and how players who take a long time to act when they’re strong will tend to act fairly quickly when bluffing.

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Staying friendly with someone you’re bluffing

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Zachary Elwood

When someone asks you “What’d you have last hand?” or stuff like that, I realized it’s a good strategy to say something like, “I don’t mind telling you, but I don’t want to tell everyone else. I’ll tell you later.” Later, of course, you can tell them whatever you want.

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