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Spotting good and bad opponents

Sky_PokerSky_Poker Member Posts: 2,715
edited February 2014 in Poker Chat

How do you personally spot good or bad players?
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  • splashiessplashies Member Posts: 3,680
    edited February 2014
    Just player search anyone who posts in BBV
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  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,607
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Spotting good and bad opponents:
    How do you personally spot good or bad players?
    Posted by Sky_Poker
    Any player whose screen name is based on the letters RICHORFORD is, according to Tikay, useless.

    Spotting the good players is easy, once I've been sat at the table for 20 minutes they are usually the ones with all my chips.
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  • The_Don90The_Don90 Member Posts: 9,818
    edited February 2014
    Pretty simple, tendancies. 
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    Pretty simple, tendancies. 
    Posted by The_Don90

    How do you know what someone is like? Watch what they're like lol

    I think they meant what tendencies.

    Imo...
    Open limping
    Limp/calling often
    C/f too many flops (just playing fit or fold)
    In MTTs, still 3x'ing when stacks are <40xBB

    lots more but will let others join in
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  • The_Don90The_Don90 Member Posts: 9,818
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents : How do you know what someone is like? Watch what they're like lol I think they meant what tendencies. Imo... Open limping Limp/calling often C/f too many flops (just playing fit or fold) In MTTs, still 3x'ing when stacks are <40xBB lots more but will let others join in
    Posted by Lambert180
    If their name is Lambert180 ;) 

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  • WilhelmWilhelm Member Posts: 1,730
    edited February 2014

    I use this handy chart.




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  • TeddyBloatTeddyBloat Member Posts: 1,419
    edited February 2014
    People who comment on others play.

    Usually its self hatred. You know when someone says they HATE benifts cheats / homosexuals / bullies and wont shut up about it? Its usually because they have their own scams/ have experimented in their youth /  were horrendous bullies and are protecting their own self worth by criticising in others what they dislike about themselves. 

    So if you get called a bingo player, you can guarentee they'll be limp/calling-off T6o for 12bb

    If you get called a nit, dont bother calling off their 3bets as they will always be nutted

    And if you get callled a donk, rematch as often as you can.
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  • oynutteroynutter Member Posts: 4,773
    edited February 2014
     I spotted a bad player once, he called utg and had 2-J off, he messed up the hand and was away for a while
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  • tomo_efctomo_efc Member Posts: 716
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
     I spotted a bad player once, he called utg and had 2-J off, he messed up the hand and was away for while
    Posted by oynutter
    ME
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  • Sky_PokerSky_Poker Member Posts: 2,715
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents : How do you know what someone is like? Watch what they're like lol I think they meant what tendencies. Imo... Open limping Limp/calling often C/f too many flops (just playing fit or fold) In MTTs, still 3x'ing when stacks are <40xBB lots more but will let others join in
    Posted by Lambert180
    Interesting list, thank you.
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  • stokefcstokefc Member Posts: 7,890
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    People who comment on others play. Usually its self hatred. You know when someone says they HATE benifts cheats / homosexuals / bullies and wont shut up about it? Its usually because they have their own scams/ have experimented in their youth /  were horrendous bullies and are protecting their own self worth by criticising in others what they dislike about themselves.  So if you get called a bingo player, you can guarentee they'll be limp/calling-off T6o for 12bb If you get called a nit, dont bother calling off their 3bets as they will always be nutted And if you get callled a donk, rematch as often as you can.
    Posted by TeddyBloat
    put ex-smokers in that list,people who have never smoked dont like it but let you get on with it,ex-smokers think you,re the scourge of society.
    what was this thread on about again :)
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  • memfnomemfno Member Posts: 461
    edited February 2014
    people who are of the opinion that poker isn't gambling. they must be bad because they don't even realise that placing a bet in the expectation/hope of a particular outcome is the very definition of gambling.
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  • F_IvanovicF_Ivanovic Member Posts: 2,412
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    people who are of the opinion that poker isn't gambling. they must be bad because they don't even realise that placing a bet in the expectation/hope of a particular outcome is the very definition of gambling.
    Posted by memfno
    Are casino owners gamblers?
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  • memfnomemfno Member Posts: 461
    edited February 2014
    are casino owners gamblers? depends if they play roulette/blackjack/craps or not? dont really unerstand your point Ivanovic
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  • cenachavcenachav Member Posts: 2,682
    edited February 2014
    All insurance is basically gambling.  Life insurance is gambling that you will die.  If you die, you win and someone else gets the money!  
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  • memfnomemfno Member Posts: 461
    edited February 2014
    Cenachav, with life insurance you are betting on a certainty, its not gambling, cus eventually life insurance pays out on all customers!
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  • cenachavcenachav Member Posts: 2,682
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    Cenachav, with life insurance you are betting on a certainty, its not gambling, cus eventually life insurance pays out on all customers!
    Posted by memfno
    Not if you stop paying the premiums :)
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited February 2014
    In Response to Re: Spotting good and bad opponents:
    are casino owners gamblers? depends if they play roulette/blackjack/craps or not? dont really unerstand your point Ivanovic
    Posted by memfno
    I believe his point is that casino owners 'gamble' everytime they let someone place a bet on roulette/blackjack etc but they do it knowing they will win long term (much the same as winning poker players).
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