Randomizing Chameleon
A common problem for a lot of poker players who play against the same poker online players regularly is that once the players get a read on you, they begin to exploit your playing style just as you’ve exploited theirs. So in this article we’re going to talk about 4 easy adjustments you can make ingame to help throw off your trial and get your opponents thinking differently about you again. Think of randomizing your play preflop and postflop. Say you usually slowplay pocket Aces, and big bet a medium pair in middle position. Next time you get pocket aces in middle position, big bet them as you would your middle pair. Now, let’s talk about the pro’s methods. Harrington’s second hand method. Using a wristwatch, you decide what to do based on the second hand. Since you have three decisions, call, raise, or fold, or reraise, you use your watch divided into quarters, to help you decide what to do. This method of randomization requires you look at your watch every hand though so as not to give a tell by trying to elimiate one. Next is Skalansky’s Poker Hot Card Method. He suggests using certain preselected cards to randomly trigger your bluffing. So you set up a range of cards before the game that you plan on bluffing with regardless of flop texture. So say a red ace is your bluff card, any red ace, and you’re betting. This method is harder to work, but it does help get people off of your online poker hand range if you’re constantly changing your autobluff card. Listening to the Flop. Sound odd, but think about it. Let’s say you have KQd and the flop comes A 10 7 two diamonds. You’re know to semibluff your big draws. So start looking to sometimes just call instead of reraise, or check instead of betting as you usually would. This will confuse players who get a read on you on the flop. Finally, Cards can Talk, though they don’t have a voice. You’re dealt a pocket pair. You’re up against a player who you don’t know. About 50% of the time you call, 25% you raise, and 25% you fold. You can use the cards to help you make the decision for you. Set up a formula. Say two black cards you fold, two red cards you raise, and a mixed set you just call. This will randomize what you do with your pocket pairs. Hope it helped.
