TOP 5 tricks to Winning at Poker With the Psychology

Is a bit ' that I do not speak of persuasion, and NLP. As time has passed since I wrote of How to win the debates with persuasion .

A guest post today di Pietro, Pokerlisting.it administrator, you product is how to use psychology to ... Winning at poker!

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Have you ever thought of poker as a game of chance where everything depends on the cards that are assigned by fate? Well ... you are wrong.


The cards are only a tool, it rather dissolves in the strategy that you can build with them to win the match. Strategy that will be linked to within the game itself, but also and above all to the psychological dynamics that trigger in the players.

As usual it's all a matter of psychology, because, like any other type of competition, even for poker the key lies in knowing how to handle stress. We have then a series of tricks for anyone who approaches as passionate, professional, not the green table.


TOP 5 tricks to Winning at Poker With the Psychology


If you are instead of novices then the advice is to take advantage of a good Online Guide to the game of poker, there are many others, just to learn the terminology and get in the right mood. And now let's cheats!

1 – Practice

Will be trivial but it is critical to understand what are the contexts in which you feel comfortable, their opponents with whom you relate, how to minimize the stress and focus on the game itself.

This can be crucial to learn relaxation techniques, so you have that can be scrutinized by the opponent. There are practical courses that teach not only how to relax the body, but also how to exploit our potential in control of every single muscle, even to those.

2 – Watch

Even the most experienced players, despite attempt to simulate any emotion, then with betray each, but these moments and you have to learn to recognize them. Mario always closes his right eye when want bluff, Luca bites upper lips if has good cards and Claudia brings the hand left ear if he almost decided to fold.

Remember that it is mainly the hands that betray, as involved in the game actively, to point, fish and discard. This sort of attention to another was often the subject of researches and studies identified in increasingly large game professionals what is now commonly referred to as social intelligence.

3 – play chess

Of course this not expected. We displaced (another trick of poker player).

Yet directly from Las Vegas and world poker tournaments, WSOP, the confirmation arrives. The Board helps the mind to focus, to develop patience and control, and increasingly professional poker players are former world chess champions. Also, as we know, the brain reacts positively to lateral thinking (the creative resolution of problems), so if you are inexperienced in both games can be a good opportunity to familiarize simultaneously.

4 – Read
If you create the right context our mind can learn much faster. The bibliography can be wasted and we recommend a cult status among fans of the green table, every hand revealed, based on aggressive play and pressing of Gus Hansen, among the most famous poker champions.

The revelation actually lies in the personality of the player who demonstrates a great self-control, and an amazing ability to cold and mathematical calculation, all between bizarre behaviors and hazardous, hands that made it famous in recent years, perhaps more as a controversial character who as a professional player.

5 – Confused the opponent

Another important aspect in the game of poker is the unexpected handler, a match constantly remodels and changes during construction, and not everyone is able to maintain the strong nerves.

This is really the last step, where you are now so good to be able to not only control your gestures but also to transmit false messages. Have a strong hand and let it seep out, just for a moment, a modicum of Bluffs anxiety can be really instrumental!

What about, if not that these tricks will help you as long as your heart is you earnestly to the game of poker in order to be able to do the most important thing: cucirvi on your strategy.

Only you can finely understand what are the strengths of your personality that must be cultivated, and which weaknesses to mask, and the good news is that this won't help only in the game but also in everyday life.

If you just want to pass the time, and you are not interested in attending the next WSOP, you can always consider alternative ways more immediate to displace your opponent. How to do it? Just a little imagination. Take example from professional Shuan Debb, which frequently occurs to poker meetings disguised as a woman!