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Trying to influence villain to call or fold (false tells)

An email thread from a guy asking about the efficacy of using a false poker tell to get an opponent to call or fold.

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Gambler’s Fallacy and why not to show opponents AA or KK

Continuing to talk about the Gambler’s Fallacy, and how it relates to poker. In this case, players are (mistakenly) less likely to give you credit for a big starting hand if you’ve recently shown AA or KK, so I don’t like to show these cards if I can help it.

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