Using Your Opponents’ Words Against Them

That’s amusing, last night we had two people at my table doing that every hand they were in, and nearly every time they ende up showing down the hand that they were asking. ie, “You got nines?” they had ‘em.

Ed>”So if your opponent says something to you and you’re tempted to treat it like a puzzle and try to decode it, STOP! You’re being manipulated.”

It’s a good thing for Jamie Gold that most of his WSOP opponents didn’t seem to understand this bit of wisdom…

Ed, how many times do you plan on posting this? Are you looking for a high five on your super-read?
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this is so true. i lost a huge pot last time i was in vegas bc the guy kept talking and i had always heard that meant nervous. i wish i had just folded. he kept saying, “you have an overpair, don’t you? just fold.” i did indeed have an overpair. i didn’t fold and got v. expensive lesson about talking and what that means.