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Originally Posted by WereBeer
Counterpoint: I sometimes say 'yeah that's poker' to people in a monotone because hearing yet another totally standard bad beat story is unendurable (also, yeah, that's poker).
Why tell him you played millions of hands online? Why correct him on minor poker things?
Agreed! I want players to underestimate me. I don't want to give anyone a clue that I know what I'm doing, in fact I cultivate an image that is very different from how I play.
I'm a conservative guy by nature. I don't curse, I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, I don't insult anyone. I always wear a dress shirt and pants to a live tournament (and just about everywhere else.) I'm also 61 years old and white--the perfect Tight Old White Guy stereotype. Also, I'm mostly an online player (which I would never tell anyone) so I'm not good at things like handling chips because I don't do it very often. I even add to my tight conservataive image by doing things like shining my shoes before I play a live tournament.
No one needs to know that I study 10 hours a week, play online seven days a week and play a lot of speculative hands.
I remember a live tournament where there was an all-in, the cards were turned up and someone said to the guy with the worst hand, "You're three and a half percent to win." I checked when I got home and the exact percentage was 3.7. If I see that guy at the table again, I'll know that he's a serious player who runs equities and he's probably pretty good.
You do NOT want other players to know things like that about you.