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Does anybody else play like this. I've been reading Phil Gordon's Little Green Book and he makes note of how he never looks at his cards until it's his turn to act.
I never look at my cards before it is my turn to act. I find that if I look at my hand as soon as the cards are dealt, I am often uninterested in the action if I have a bad hand and overly interested if I have a good hand. Players who are paying attention can easily pick up this tell use it against me when deciding if they should play their hands. Waiting until it's my turn to act before looking at my cards also helps me to stay focused on what everyone else is doing. By concentrating on how each opponent acts before the flop, I often pick up valuable information that helps me later in the hand and in the game.
This sounds like a really good advice to stay focused on the game. Anyone else who does this?
I never look at my cards before it is my turn to act. I find that if I look at my hand as soon as the cards are dealt, I am often uninterested in the action if I have a bad hand and overly interested if I have a good hand. Players who are paying attention can easily pick up this tell use it against me when deciding if they should play their hands. Waiting until it's my turn to act before looking at my cards also helps me to stay focused on what everyone else is doing. By concentrating on how each opponent acts before the flop, I often pick up valuable information that helps me later in the hand and in the game.
This sounds like a really good advice to stay focused on the game. Anyone else who does this?