strategy changes based on chat?

[Skipbidder]

Do you frequently make strategy changes based on chat?
I'm specifically wondering about situations on the bubble when an opponent starts lecturing or insulting you because you are frequently pushing.

Sometimes when you get heads-up, an opponent will compliment your play during the tournament. Do you change how you play here?

It seems like there ought to be ways to take advantage of these situations, but I can talk myself into thinking that opposite ideas are both plausible, so I was hoping to get a little input.

Thanks.

[vindikation]

I recently felt bad because someone complained that I was taking their blinds. So stupid me gave them a break one time...of course I go from chip leader with 6 left to busting out in 4th place (the guy complaining made the money).

I am NOT going to do that again. I'll save being nice for my friends not my poker competition.

[hummusx]

That sucks though. I think he means to ABUSE the situation though, not give them a break. I don't know how you could really take advantage much. I would think you should be aware that you might have a better chance of getting called by someone that is annoyed with your pushes. This could go either way, depending on what you have to push with. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Sam T.]

I think the one place that this can make a difference (at the $10 level where these things happen), is if someone makes a complete bonehead play and sucks out. If the loser hangs around and calls him a XXXXing moron for a while, he'll often tighten up, just to prove he's not a XXXXing moron. You can push this guy off a ton of hands.

Sam

[TheUsher]

Let me tell you a story about an idiot in a $55...

I'll let HH's and chat say it all:

***** Hand History for Game 1975037109 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11769111) - Sat Apr 30 00:55:38 EDT 2005
Table Table 14531 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: The_Program (2955)
Seat 5: sammy128 (1120)
Seat 6: pleaseload (1515)
Seat 7: pjloch (2130)
Seat 9: TMcC57 (1440)
Seat 10: Kid_Schellin (840)
Kid_Schellin posts small blind (150)
The_Program posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to The_Program [ 9h, Kc ]
sammy128 calls (300)
pleaseload folds.
pjloch folds.
TMcC57 folds.
Kid_Schellin folds.
The_Program checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ah, 6d, 3h ]
The_Program checks.
sammy128 bets (820)
sammy128 is all-In.
The_Program folds.
Creating Main Pot with $1570 with sammy128
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1570
Board: [ Ah 6d 3h ]
The_Program balance 2655, lost 300 (folded)
sammy128 balance 1570, bet 1120, collected 1570, net +450 [ Qc Js ] [ high card ace -- Ah,Qc,Js,6d,3h ] (he shows)
pleaseload balance 1515, didn't bet (folded)
pjloch balance 2130, didn't bet (folded)
TMcC57 balance 1440, didn't bet (folded)
Kid_Schellin balance 690, lost 150 (folded)

sammy128: anotherb great bluff


***** Hand History for Game 1975069738 *****
400/800 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11769111) - Sat Apr 30 01:01:40 EDT 2005
Table Table 14531 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: The_Program (3355)
Seat 5: sammy128 (1120)
Seat 6: pleaseload (225)
Seat 7: pjloch (4560)
Seat 9: TMcC57 (740)
The_Program posts small blind (200)
sammy128 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to The_Program [ 5s, Tc ]
pleaseload folds.
pjloch folds.
TMcC57 folds.
The_Program raises (3155) to 3355
The_Program is all-In.
sammy128 folds.
Creating Main Pot with $3755 with The_Program
** Summary **
Main Pot: 3755
The_Program balance 3755, bet 3355, collected 3755, net +400 [ 5s Tc ] [ high card ten -- Tc,5s ] (I show)
sammy128 balance 720, lost 400 (folded)
pleaseload balance 225, didn't bet (folded)
pjloch balance 4560, didn't bet (folded)
TMcC57 balance 740, didn't bet (folded)

The_Program: thanks for provoking me when i sit to your right
The_Program: idiot

Then I go on to steal his BB a couple more times...

***** Hand History for Game 1975099677 *****
500/1000 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11769111) - Sat Apr 30 01:07:18 EDT 2005
Table Table 14531 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: The_Program (6205)
Seat 5: sammy128 (810)
Seat 7: pjloch (2325)
Seat 9: TMcC57 (660)
The_Program posts small blind (250)
sammy128 posts big blind (500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to The_Program [ 9h, 6h ]
pjloch raises (1200) to 1200
TMcC57 folds.
The_Program folds.
sammy128 calls (310)
sammy128 is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $1870 with sammy128
** Dealing Flop ** : [ As, 3s, Js ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 8s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 8h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1870 | Side Pot 1: 390
Board: [ As 3s Js 8s 8h ]
The_Program balance 5955, lost 250 (folded)
sammy128 balance 0, lost 810 [ Qh 7h ] [ a pair of eights -- As,Qh,Js,8s,8h ]
pjloch balance 3385, bet 1200, collected 2260, net +1060 [ 6d 6s ] [ a flush, ace high -- As,Js,8s,6s,3s ]
TMcC57 balance 660, didn't bet (folded)

sammy128 finished in fourth place.

The_Program: how'd that bluff work again
The_Program: ?


Let me add that I don't usually do this and there's a whole other story involved on how I think he was colluding with pleaseload since they were dumping chips to each other. Also might I also include their Poker Prophecy stats which are VERY weird for 2 players single-tabling the 55's at the same time and sitting next to each other. They might just both be idiots so my whole "theory" between the 2 of them could be nothing.

Player sammy128
Games played 87
Wins 11 (12.64%)
Losses 76 (87.36%)
Average Buy-In $20.29
Players with better winning percentage
Players with worse winning percentage
$50 Table: 1 wins / 11 losses / 8.33% wins
$30 Table: 2 wins / 8 losses / 20% wins
$20 Table: 4 wins / 26 losses / 13.33% wins
$10 Table: 2 wins / 16 losses / 11.11% wins
$5 Table: 2 wins / 15 losses / 11.76% wins


Player pleaseload
Games played 309
Wins 52 (16.83%)
Losses 257 (83.17%)
Average Buy-In $16.2
Players with better winning percentage
Players with worse winning percentage
$100 Table: 0 wins / 1 losses / 0% wins
$50 Table: 15 wins / 28 losses / 34.88% wins
$30 Table: 0 wins / 14 losses / 0% wins
$20 Table: 11 wins / 46 losses / 19.3% wins
$10 Table: 4 wins / 41 losses / 8.89% wins
$5 Table: 22 wins / 127 losses / 14.77% wins


Don't you just love Fridays?