Deliberately making enemies online

[nutbag]

I have witnessed more than a few times(of course on party, but probably elsewhere too), a player chatting acting drunk/idiotic and backing it up with his bets and then proceeding to tighten up and make back a much larger sum than he invested trying to look stupid. Has anyone else noticed/tried this? Do you consider it an effective strategy?

[TajaUk]

Often see it late night on ladbrokes.com it tends to me drunk peeps or just complete knobs trying to get a reaction and an edge.

It does seem to work on some people, making them play hands they shouldn't touch just becasue they are wound up and ready to explode.

[jimmytheg]

Same thing happens in live games all the time. Back before Phil Gordon got all famous, he and his buddies were this group called the Tiltboys. Google that name, and read their trip reports...great stuff. Couple of the guys would always go out of their way to make people tilt, it was just part of the gameplan

[GeoffM]

Helmuth talked about it in his book. One player would join a ring game, raise in the dark before the flop for one full orbit, and then tighten up. The table often became wild and called with hands they wouldn't normally call with, even after the guy tightened up. He would usually lose a lot of big bets in the first orbit, but the damage to the other players psychologically had already been done.

Heck, I often do this myself at O8B limit to varying success rates.

[Talking Poker]

I've seen this done a number of times. They key is to follow through with it. some players have too much pride and eventually admit what they are doing, which ruins it.

I've tried it a few times myself with mixed results. It goes against my general personality, so I don't really like it.... but you do get more aaction. That's for sure. People will be gunning for you.

[GeoffM]

If you're tight all the time, people will catch on and everyone will get out of your way= no chips. If they immediately see you as a maniac, it is hard for them to change that perception.

[johnbaker]

this is OT, but do people say 'knobs' alot in england? a friend of mine says it here (in california) and i thought he invented the word lol... just wondering

-jB

[Tuff Luck]

I've never done this, and in live games, I think it's pointless around here. I mainly play with friends, and they wouldn't pick up on that stuff.