Internet Players in Live events.

[johnbaker]

thats a negative... hes a pretty good tournament player, only because he mixes up his play so randomly that no one can put him on anything. After winning in 2003 his poker self-esteem went WAY up, and now he has the confidence to play great even against the top players in the world.

-jB

[Tuff Luck]

Yea, just because he didn't do so hot at this years WSOP doesn't mean he's a one hit wonder.

[johnbaker]

yeah look at how many great players got knocked out early... helmouth, ivey, chan... you dont think theyre one hit wonders too, do you?

[GeoffM]

Harrington didn't get knocked out early, he is the man!

[badblood44]

I think playing the majority of your poker behind a computer screen doesn't quite prepare you for the B&M experience.

All your tells are hidden online. Offline, live play veterans will see right through your bluffs and know when you have a great hand.

Online play teaches you very quickly about betting patterns and how they relate to hand strength, but picking up others and hiding your own tells will only come with hours of B&M play.

[GeoffM]

Well, I don't really see how a pro could tell if I was bluffing or not if I was the same way every time. I think the best way around giving off any tells is to first wear sunglasses to protect your eyes, and also to bet and then simply look down at the ground with your arms at your sides. Tell me how someone will get a tell from that?

[badblood44]

Well they wouldn't. But what I'm saying is that without practice, you may be giving away tells you yourself are not even aware you're doing. Some people can pick up on even subtle nuances that cannot be hidden by sunglasses, etc.

We all have tells. While you may be quite good at masking them, my hunch is that there are some people who would be able to read you quite well. Of course, I could be wrong about you in particular, having never played with you. I'm merely speaking of the general internet-only player.

[ChipFish]

Breathing patterns, shaking/twitching, how you placed the chips in the pot, to name a few.

[SirFWALGMan]

I would be perfect live.. I am too stupid to know if I have a good hand, so I would give off Monster Hand Tells when I had TPTK and everyone would fold!

[rchamberlin]

I just went and played live for the first time in Vegas. I did so much research on table etiquette. I can't imagine what I'd do if I were to play in a WPT event or some such thing. Not that I pretend to be good enough right now, but it would intimidate the hell out of me.

[drewjax]

Did Moneymaker place 2nd in a WPT event that will be televised this coming season? If not did I miss it? when will it air again?