When people check in the dark...

live play sucks balls and this guy sucks balls, checking the river is a terrible mistake any way you slice it.

Genjix, i deal in a casino in the midlands and it happens alot. Equally i find people check in the dark, when they arebasicly on a check call line, it makes me think people are not getting away from the hand.

On February 01 2010 12:00 rS.Wisdom[9] wrote: they're all doing the live equivelant of pushing random buttons and are terrible. "yea, that's what I wanted him to think" translates to 'wow i have no idea wtf i was doing, better act like i planned this all along!'

This

On February 01 2010 14:45 mrspooh wrote: Genjix, i deal in a casino in the midlands and it happens alot. Equally i find people check in the dark, when they arebasicly on a check call line, it makes me think people are not getting away from the hand.

1 relevent reply out of 28, ty LP...

On February 01 2010 12:00 rS.Wisdom[9] wrote: they're all doing the live equivelant of pushing random buttons and are terrible. "yea, that's what I wanted him to think" translates to 'wow i have no idea wtf i was doing, better act like i planned this all along!'

This is exactly correct.

randomly clicking buttons is a very underrated strategy...i do it all the time

in this situation it probably means they always have some short of SD value and never a semi bluff (i.e possibly KQ with a club and never AcJx).

Though yeah with live poker some people dont have any logic in what they are doing but the above should be correct quite often. If they are drawing and c/ring turn they wont be checking dark river incase they hit. now if he check called turn and checked in the dark for river then its different

i dont think either of these guys are lvl 2 thinking payers.. the dude check minraised thinking he was making a value bet, when the guy called he got scared, decided to check dark because he was gonna check light anyway, and it might make the other guy value bet lighter.

alot of live players just play hands on instinct and gut feeling, they dont know the logic behind it but in this case the guys gut feeling was he was either beat or close to beat, so he didnt wanna get more money in the pot.

if he checks in the dark i bet in the dark and say LOL OWNED!

I didn't read the hand (playing) but if I was to check in the dark it'd be because I decided to give up on the hand because I was bluffing.

At my local casino regs like to raise preflop in the dark to mess about/gamble a bit. Maybe the want to look loose... I don't know how they think.

Heres how I like to establish my image when i arrive at a live game:

First, once ive taken my seat, I put on my mirrored shades.
I pull out my Moneymaker Medallion card protector and lay it down
I post my BB out of position, and immediately declare "check dark"
If anyone raises PF, I say "timebank dark" before it gets to me
After a little hollywood so they cant get a read, ill usually say "fold dark"
Then ill ask if we're at the feature table.

On February 01 2010 20:26 byrnesam wrote: Heres how I like to establish my image when i arrive at a live game: First, once ive taken my seat, I put on my mirrored shades. I pull out my Moneymaker Medallion card protector and lay it down I post my BB out of position, and immediately declare "check dark" If anyone raises PF, I say "timebank dark" before it gets to me After a little hollywood so they cant get a read, ill usually say "fold dark" Then ill ask if we're at the feature table.

you forgot the ipod with white earphones, the hat/beanie with poker site representation and shirt with obscure poker reference

On February 01 2010 20:26 byrnesam wrote: Heres how I like to establish my image when i arrive at a live game: First, once ive taken my seat, I put on my mirrored shades. I pull out my Moneymaker Medallion card protector and lay it down I post my BB out of position, and immediately declare "check dark" If anyone raises PF, I say "timebank dark" before it gets to me After a little hollywood so they cant get a read, ill usually say "fold dark" Then ill ask if we're at the feature table.

rofl

On February 01 2010 20:26 byrnesam wrote: Heres how I like to establish my image when i arrive at a live game: First, once ive taken my seat, I put on my mirrored shades. I pull out my Moneymaker Medallion card protector and lay it down I post my BB out of position, and immediately declare "check dark" If anyone raises PF, I say "timebank dark" before it gets to me After a little hollywood so they cant get a read, ill usually say "fold dark" Then ill ask if we're at the feature table.

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On February 01 2010 12:10 genjix wrote: i play live a lot for fun in casinos and home games and never have seen anyone check in the dark.

these 2 statements do not correlate

On February 01 2010 20:26 byrnesam wrote: Heres how I like to establish my image when i arrive at a live game: First, once ive taken my seat, I put on my mirrored shades. I pull out my Moneymaker Medallion card protector and lay it down I post my BB out of position, and immediately declare "check dark" If anyone raises PF, I say "timebank dark" before it gets to me After a little hollywood so they cant get a read, ill usually say "fold dark" Then ill ask if we're at the feature table.

hahahahahaha. This and another thread made my day

... i check back in the dark

you should bet in the dark
you should be pressuring ur opponents in the dark
if you take away their sense security in the dark they gon be vulnerable
its like lil kids being afraid of the boogie man

I have a friend who I frequently play HU with, common lines for us:

raise preflop dark/call dark/check flop dark/check back flop dark

sometimes all of these are done in a single hand.