Great thanks for the feedback leavesofliberty and refinedsugar , i don't think i'd ever do this myself. I don't think you have to be cut-throat to be a good successful poker player.
I kind of thought it was very uncool at the time, but I lost the pot, so I guess I would.
A good lesson learnt.
refinedsugar your reply has reminded me of something similar in live poker i've noticed.
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Weak is strong, strong is weak.
Not related with strength of hand, but still following this 'opposites pattern'. When I wanted someone to call me before, I think I said save your chips, and tried to make it sound semi genuine. The player did fold, perhaps I made it seem too genuine!
I fell for the same move , which is terrible, given I had said something similiar months before.
I was playing an MTT, and player said, save your chips... I had a marginal hand, ended up calling, they were super strong.
So this 'save your chips' line, actually meant, please call me.
I didn't deliberately set out to manipulate my opponent when I said it and wanted them to call me, it was just something I said instinctively on the spur of the moment when I wanted them to call me.
But you just reminded me of it, with the talk of opposites (weak/strong) etc.
Have you encountered this line before? Do you find it to mean, 'call me please' if you have?
Extrapolating this idea, do experienced live players, typically think it's a wise idea to just basically assume the opposite is true of what ever anyone says at a poker table, during a hand? Or is that too simplisitc?