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Originally Posted by flushymcacey
I'm into rhythm. Sometimes in the heat of a hand if you say re-raise right after they say raise, they get caugh up in the adrenaline of the moment and let that influence their decision. Likewise, thinking for a really long time before a big river bet and making them possibly sweat can also give them time to calm down, get anxious or sometimes mentally prepare themselves for a call regardless of bet size.
I think about this as a major unconscious factor for most peoples decision making process. But beyond a few moment moves where I quickly will verbally raise against certain types of "alpha-type" players, I wish I had more theories on how to use anticipation or surprise to influence my opponents decision making process.
I imagine the advice most experienced players will give won't be to randomize the length of your decisions. You are going to level yourself into making bad decisions at the table if you're focused on how long it's taking you to make choices. I've seen some posts before when players have reccomended standardizing the length of your decisions so as to prevent identifying strength/weekness. Repeating behaviors and betting movements during every hand so that they feel natural and can be repeated helps. Usually the emotion associated with hands goes away over time and it will become easier to maintain specific behaviors. Usually players feel rushed to make a decision and act faster when they can take a reasonable amount of time to act whenever it gets to them.
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