Poker is perhaps the most famous card game in the world. For many years there have been professional games that include national television broadcasts and huge cash prizes, making it a passion for many.
Real players say that you are not an expert if you can’t bluff, i.e. try to fool your opponents by pretending you have one hand when in fact you have another. This is something that all the pros do with great skill, so here are some tips to help you do it better.
Control your face and movements
Bluffing is not an easy thing to do, it’s actually quite an art; it requires suppressing all emotions and putting on the so-called “poker face”. That is, not expressing happiness when you have a good game, nor anger or annoyance when you receive cards that are different from what you expect. All this helps to make others bet and you can have bigger winnings.
Look good at the table
In order to throw others off the scent you need to be very clear about how you look at the table and how others see you. Sometimes it’s even helpful to practice your moves in front of a mirror so that you can make others think what you want them to think.
Don’t think about wins and losses
Try not to see the chips you have with you as money, because then your thoughts will be disturbed. Try only to see them as units for your game and it will make it easier for you to bluff and cheat everyone.
Don’t always do the same thing
Try not to repeat your actions in the same type of hand, otherwise you will become predictable and that is the worst thing that can happen to you in poker as the other players will notice and no longer believe the moves you make.
Watch your opponents
At the poker table there is only one winner and therefore everyone around you is your opponent, so from the moment you arrive at the game watch their moves, decipher them and your bets will be safer.
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What is card counting?
We tell you all about a technique that some players use to increase their chances of winning at the casino.
Blackjack is one of the most popular games in any casino in the world, among other things because of its simple rules, which consist of trying to get as close as possible to the score 21 without going over. However, in this classic game there is the term “card counting” which is somewhere between illegal and permitted, and here we tell you what it is.
Card counting originated with the game of blackjack itself, as in the early games fewer packs of cards were used, which made it easier for the more numerate players, as counting gave them an advantage, which they took full advantage of. Over the years, casinos, especially the big ones, have tried to stop this from happening by using eight packs of cards, which are constantly being shuffled.
Mathematician Edward Thorp, employed by the IBM company, even wrote a book called “Beating the dealer: a strategy for winning the game of 21”, in which he recounts his experience of feeding a computer with millions of hands of the game and which has helped many players win thousands of dollars.
A dangerous strategy
There are several card counting techniques, but the “simplest” or most basic is to group all the cards into three groups, where 2 to 6 have a value of +1, 1 to 9 represent 0 and 10 to Ace are -1. With this grouping the player can get an idea of which cards are coming up and which ones are left in the deck, so he can predict which cards are coming to the dealer.
It is important to remember that although it is not considered an illegal action, if players are caught counting cards they could be banned from the casino and not allowed back in, so it is not advisable to do so.
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