tell hunting
 

this situation has come up with me a few times now:

i bet, opponent folds, i muck. opponent asks me a question about my hand. i answer whatever i feel like saying (true or untrue), and then i say "what difference does it make? you'll never know if i was telling you the truth." and then i get this. "it doesn't matter, i just wanted to see how you'd respond."

what could my opponent gain from seeing "how i respond" if he doesn't know if i'm telling the truth? gauge how i look when i said that vs when i've said something that's obviously truthful? that's the only thing i can think of. that, or he's just saving face because he really has no point.

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i think you're right on with "saving face".

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A lot of people just respond, "I had the winning hand." It's always true regardless of what you held.

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Next time say

"You gotta pay to see em"

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"You gotta pay to see em"

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This is my favorite.

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A lot of people just respond, "I had the winning hand." It's always true regardless of what you held.

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This is good. Other guys say "Jacks." Its pretty funny, when they say it for the millionth time in a row.

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i just dont say anything i just look at them and smile, it always gets them all riled up because they think that you bluffed them then the next time u have the hand they will bet into you, it happend to me last night infact

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i just dont say anything i just look at them and smile

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If they're a reasonable player I'm getting on with OK, I usually either tell the truth or say something else that was reasonably consistent with how I played the hand. Being friendly is more +EV than extra secrecy in the lower limit live games I play (4/8 and 6/12).

If I'm interested in stirring them up a bit I'll either say, "I don't remember," or "Dunno. I never looked at them."

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I usually say middle pair

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I always say "Don't worry, if you had me beat you definately would have called." It makes em happy and it doesn't really tell em anything.

-Yarney

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I always say "Don't worry, if you had me beat you definately would have called." It makes em happy and it doesn't really tell em anything.

-Yarney

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This is good. It's amazing how much can be accomplished with a little ego stroking/flattery. People are such sheep.

I know it would be difficult to accurately gauge this, but I'd say that a pleasant, curteous, flattering demeanour would increase someone's win rate quite noticably, particularly in lower stakes games.

Swede

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I agree with whoever advised to say you had Jacks. It nearly always makes sense with any board to say you had Jacks, win or lose.

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A lot of people just respond, "I had the winning hand." It's always true regardless of what you held.

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This is good. Other guys say "Jacks." Its pretty funny, when they say it for the millionth time in a row.

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hey, I resemble that remark.

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This is why I love these boards. I now have a million things to say when I'm asked this question for the millionth time.

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I usually say "I forgot" or just makeup a nickname for a hand, people are so afraid that they'll look dumb they just go along with it.

"So what'd you have that last hand?"
"Oh I had the old bow and arrow"

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I'd say that a pleasant, curteous, flattering demeanour would increase someone's win rate quite noticably, particularly in lower stakes games.



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This is good. Thanks swede

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I usually say "I forgot" or just makeup a nickname for a hand, people are so afraid that they'll look dumb they just go along with it.

"So what'd you have that last hand?"
"Oh I had the old bow and arrow"

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LOL, good stuff.

I'm with Yarney. I always say that they wouldn't have folded a hand that beat mine. It makes them feel smart and also allows me to bluff them later.

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hey, I resemble that remark.

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Nah, the guy I'm talking about is better.

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I like to tell people that I had 72 offsuit. It lightens the mood a bit and makes people laugh, and they tend to stop asking me what I had.