at b&m games with strangers, i try to be as talkative as possible. i act like a fuckin brat when someone makes a dumb play, let them respond to it, and let them get nervous. the last time i played 2/4, i was sitting next to some fat guy, and some guy across the table was talking a lot of shit to him. i felt bad for the chubby guy to my left, who was starting to look a little sad, so i said "just ignore him, i'll break him within an hour." this was a pretty stupid thing to say considering we were playing 2/4 limit... yet somehow the shit talker managed to donate 8.5 big bets (he had 9 when the hand started) to me when i had the nuts and he had like aces with 9 kicker... after that everyone at the table was a little timid in hands against me... i actually pulled off 2 bluffs... in 2/4 limit... im still amazed that they worked hahahah
anyways yeah i reccomend using table talk to extract as much information as possible from people... also its a lot more fun than sitting there saying nothing to anyone the whole time.
-jB
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