Importance of chip tricks

[Malone Brown]

I've recently watched a WPT show where Dutch Boyd was talking about the importance of chip tricks in a poker players arsenal as a means of intimidating other players. When I think about this, it makes sense to me that players may be less inclined to bluff or go into a pot against someone who looks like they've been around a poker table before and can handle themselves, but I've never had any experience with it. What does everyone think?
Krserre

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

The last I checked, manual dexterity had precisely zero to do with the ability to play poker.

Oh, yeah, and by all accounts, Dutch Boyd is a thief and an idiot.

[Malone Brown]

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The last I checked, manual dexterity had precisely zero to do with the ability to play poker.

Oh, yeah, and by all accounts, Dutch Boyd is a thief and an idiot.

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I haven't heard much about this kid besides what I seen on WPT. I heard that he claims to be part of some "crew" that's going to take the poker wolrd by storm (lmao) but why is he a cheat?

and with regards to the chip trick question, I'm referring to its effects on fairly inexperienced players, I know better players will see through this in a second.

[Trefo]

Dutch boyd is pathetic! He's an amateur that caught a couple of miracle cards to get that far in the WSOP......I would love to play against that loose calling fool..........

[Chad4yew]

Hes not going to take the poker world by storm.
Hes an idiot that is/was 'unknown' so he had some mystery in him.

Im glad he got out, but if he made a chip trick video, i'd probably buy it.
I do chip tricks to keep myself occupied when im out of a hand. During the hand, im a statue and dont do anything that could potentially be a tell.

[Tommy Angelo]

KSofM,

I've been wanting to tell you for a long time that I really like your 2+2 handle. Partly because Kurn is SUCH a supercool badass, and partly because my girlfriend calls me and my brothers "The Sons of Ralph."

You wrote: "The last I checked, manual dexterity had precisely zero to do with the ability to play poker."

I've always felt that players who have exceptional control over their hands enjoy an inherent advantage over clumsier folk. But I have no way to back that up.

(Oh looky here. :-) If someone is good with his hands at online poker, would we say he has Emanual dexterity?)

As to sunglasses, I can see how they might be helpful to any player under bright lights in high-stress games, but at a regular casino, at mid-limit, sunglass-wearers smell like fear.


Tommy

[Ulysses]

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but at a regular casino, at mid-limit, sunglass-wearers smell like fear.

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OK, where do I fit in here, Tommy? I'll often wear sunglasses during a session, but take them off when I'm involved in a hand.

And how about a paragraph on the importance of chip-stacking techniques?

[slavic]

Personally I cary a full Dark Helmet(from Space Balls) mask and cape to the table. Very usefull.

[Bozeman]

[CrackerZack]

If you have to specify where dark helmet is from, the joke isn't worth making.

but the real question is, do you flip the mask up or down when in a hand? and when you have the nuts, do you put the mask down and state, "Keep firing A$$holes!"?

That would be good fun.