RainmanTrail
Straight Flush
Not sure if serious but if so you will always have an open seat in my game
Yes, I'm serious. And I doubt you want me to play in your game
Not saying I'm amazing or anything, but I played professionally for most of my adult life and have over 1MM in winnings.http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/?query=RainmanTrail&content_type=0&game_type=0&table_size=0&language[]=en&submit=Search
I think you guys are misreading my post about the food. I'm not saying "either he has nothing or he has something". That, of course, would be rather silly. My statement is very specific. You have to read it carefully. When a player is eating food and decides to continue playing rather than to sit out, they often give a lot away about the strength of their hands. When they get their cards, if their hand sucks, they will usually continue eating their food and wait until called upon to fold their shitty hand. Basically, they are more interested in the food than the game. But if they get a good hand, they will forget the food, scoot in close to the table, and watch what's going on until it's their turn to act. They also usually will tighten up their range, and are less interested in hands like QT, 22, J8s, stuff like that (depends on the player of course). But it's a tell for sure. If you are in the cutoff and the button has food but he's sitting in close, you should pay attention because you're less likely to steal through him than if he's chomping away. This is somewhat obvious though.
However, once that player is in the hand, they will often have split attention between the hand and their food. If they have something like a pair or two pair, they're going to be locked into the game the entire hand, watching what the other players do. But if they have a drawing hand, they usually only want to pay attention so long as they have a chance in the hand. If they have Q9hh for instance, and the board comes out Ks4s4h7d, they'll usually revert back to their meal and be done with the hand before it's their turn to act. However, if they have something like A4hh and the board is 7hThKc9h, they will also revert back to their meal because they no longer are in anticipation of their draw coming in. They have the hand locked up and subconsciously, or otherwise, want to seem disinterested, so they will go back to their food so as not to give anything away.
Here's the big takeaway from this tell. If you're in a hand, and you notice someone's attention switching back and forth between the hand and their food after a flush card falls on the turn, and when it's their turn to act and they now become the bettor, or they put in a raise, get the fuck out of the way. It means they have it locked up almost every time. This is a very reliable tell. If they had one pair, or two pair, they'd be locked into the hand the entire time, having forgotten about their meal. My point about them having nothing, is just to say that if they are into their food, it could also just mean they're done with the hand. In which case, they'll just fold when it's their turn to act. But if you notice them paying attention to the food after a draw card comes in, and they suddenly become the aggressor, that's a pretty strong tell.
Make sense?
Note, this isn't just with food. It can be the same tell if there's a big game on tv that they're really interested in. If they're seemingly checked out of the hand, but then come back in for a big raise, GTFO
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