Hey everyone! My first post here, I recently got back into poker after quite a long time off (about a decade). I used to do a lot of online poker back in the day, however this time around I've started playing live poker. So I joined a £60 tournament at the local casino, twice in one night I saw two different guys at two different tables from each other on the same night do the same thing.

There were a pre-flop raiser, a couple of limper and these guys are in late position, then they just shove all in. Everyone folds, and they show something like 37o with a little smirk on their face as they willingly flip the cards over and show everyone how amazing they are that they stole the pot with nothing.

My immediate thought is that these guys are good at reading situations, and that they want to set it up so that next time they shove all in with a premium hand, they may be more likely to get a call as everyone assumes they're maniacs and could be holding anything, so this makes me thing these guys may actually be decent at the game.

However saying that I saw one of the guys about an hour later make a mistake and lose maybe half his stack, tilt and immediately shove all in on the next hand before the cards are even dealt, which then makes me doubt my first impression of him, as surely no long time (decent) poker player would allow themselves to tilt this hard from one dodgy hand.

Anyone else seen something like this? Are these guys actually decent at the game? Or was my judgement incorrect? This is the second live game I've ever played, so I'm not used to seeing people and noticing their reactions etc...

Any insights greatly appreciated!