Three times recently, players have said to me, after a showdown and once a bust out, “That was so unlike you”. Twice it was the same player at a different game. When are these guys going to notice the “me” that they’re referring to is based solely on their profiling impression. At first I thought it would be a disadvantage to be playing so many of the same people much of the time, but since they never revise their impression, it doesn’t seem to be.
I always have the nuts
For example, in one hand, I made what was really a great 4-bet out of the BB against a loose player on a paired flop which would cost him 2/3 of his stack to call. He could only call if he had one of 2 remaining cards in the deck for trips, which he did. Still , it was a good bet. The table was shocked when I showed my hand (which had hit the unpaired card on the flop). I make a point to remember what I’ve shown i.e. nuts or bluff and when someone new comes to my table, what they’ve seen. This might be a waste of brain space given people’s lack of adaptability, but I can’t not do it.
And I thank everyone who refuses to adjust their evaluation of my play. In the meantime, I continue to be so unlike me.
