A TIP

Notice how the good bluffer has set your teeth on edge.

You can learn how to use this tactic by carefully evaluating yourself, your emotions and reactions to certain stimuli. When you recognize your responses are anger or joy, you can usually translate those responses into what almost everyone would feel under that set of circumstances. Watch you own emotions. This is the tip-off on how to use those emotions to manipulate your opponents.

Emotional Control

Sometimes it is not a pretty sight. The guy in number seven seat flopped the nut flush in a low-limit Omaha High/Low split game. He also had the nut wheel draw. He made the wheel on the turn and lost the high end of the hand when the board paired the three on the river. He ended up with one-third of half of the pot. His face got red. He tried his best to stay calm. He got up and walked around the poker table three times, all the while lambasting the dealer. When he finally sat down, he did not even look at his cards before he raised. This guy was far out, totally out of control.

His substantial stack of chips lasted twenty minutes. Then he slammed his chair into the aisle and he stormed off into the night.What is the lesson here?
Don't let this happen to you. Low-limit poker is alive with this kind of situation. Unless you accept the risks and let them flow off your back, you are in danger. Beware!