Would you intentionally put another player on tilt?

[Chica_bonita]

If it served my purposes then yes, sure I would. Being able to make someone to tilt is just one poker skill among others.


Making someone feel bad is not the goal but it can be the side-effect. The purpose is to throw the opponent of their game, and make them more exploitable and prone to errors.

These were more rhetorical questions. It is clear that, as a result, a person loses control and makes a lot of mistakes under the influence of tilt. The question is, why the hell would I try to put a person in a tilt state if I can just play my poker. And this is also a rhetorical question.🤔🙄

 

[jaymfc]

lots of ugly players here tilting players just because it's not against the rules but them showing me a bluff
doesn't tilt me, I realize bluffing is part of poker and get bluffed many times, I also call them a lot too.
I wouldn't tilt someone on purpose for many reasons but one being a player on tilt can still get the best hand and take your stack.
most of our players are infected with fancy play syndrome and make some pretty silly bluffs just because it is a freeroll
but I may fold anyway, depending on my read.

 

[Dzill_230]

Hello everyone. After reading your comments, I reconsidered my opinion. I sometimes showed my cards after a successful bluff, but I did not do it consciously to put the other player on tilt. I may be mistaken, but in some casinos it is customary to show your hand at the end of a round, especially if it did not reach showdown. But now my answer will sound like this - yes, I will use this method to gain an advantage in the game, even if there is a risk that the other player will become more unpredictable. They don't think that their behavior and thoughts of being the best at the table affect my game, but it will not go unnoticed.

 

[najisami]

I don't really like showing my cards except occasionally if playing with close friends. So I wouldn't show him for a few reasons. One of them is that I would've been showing the whole table, which I don't like to do. Another reason is that I prefer letting him play the way he does since he thinks he's better than everyone else, that is more exploitable than him being on tilt.
There is an exception though. I would show him a bluff if he has been too annoying, arrogant or disrespectful at the table.

Taking action to get people on tilt is definitely not against the rules, but "is it fair?" is a more difficult question to answer. It really depends on people. And people are known for their cruelty, especially when it comes to money. Fairness isn't black, nor white, there's a huge grey area in which I'm struggling, but surely leaning towards "not fair".

 

[pentazepam]

Of course, I will do everything that is legal to make money from other players if I'm playing stakes high enough to matter financially.

I'm not at the poker table to socialize or make friends so tilting someone is clearly a weapon I would use to increase my earnings.

And if you play high enough (or have in the past) you know that poker isn't a gentleman's sport. People do almost everything to win when a lot of money is up for grabs. And a lot of it is far worse than shoving a bluff to tilt someone.

I agree to some degree with Joan Rivers:

 

[sibkaz]

Depends on the table and what cards come..... If a card is not very good (it sometimes happens), I don't show them.... let them think about my monsters..... But if the bluff is rare, it is even necessary! Sometimes I bluff on purpose, against an opponent with a small stack, so that others can see ). Then he ollins, I check... and everyone sees... what a fish I am, bluffing with trash ))))

 

[Goggelheimer]

It's weird and I know a lot of people here who do it... in different ways... not only by opening cards...

But I wouldn't do that... What for? What's the point? Making a person feel bad?

If you like to play poker - play poker, and don't do nonsense.

A very honorable view.

But there are tons of people in our world that are able to have pleasure to see other people suffer in pain.
Also, a lot of people are working on the goal to see others suffer in pain.
It seems to be some kind of wealth and satisfaction for them.
Sorry to say that, but the world is not only nice and peaceful, despite the wish for world peace.
Even our nearest relatives the primates have those social and ranking structures and fights.
One saying in germany: “Life is not a pony farm!”
Poker is like all human activities a mirror of life and society and all circumstances.

 

[Sebbour]

You are playing at a table with a player who believes he is the best player at the table and is known to tilt easily when he is bluffed. You get into a hand with him and successfully bluff him into folding! Do you show him your bluff? Is it fair play to take actions that tilt other players?

At first sight of thread subject I thought that my action of putting him on tilt would include some potential questionable ethical dilemma. But considering it only includes action by showing or not showing him the bluff which is way inside within the rules of the game it's pretty easy decision. I would show him the bluff if that's my gamestyle. But, I'm not showing my cards (of course when I'm not obligated to show them), either online and live and by that action it would put me out of my comfort zone (even if I know that shoving him the bluff would put him on tilt). I tend to believe that that action would backfire at me very soon because I would know (or could see) that he is on tilt and I would lose my focus (I would maybe widen card ranges with which I play when I'm against him or even towards the other players at the table etc.). But, on the other hand, I would love to see that some other player shows him his bluff and put him on tilt.

 

[maronza1]

I will show him my bluff, and wait for a strong hand and get involved in the action with him, since i showed him my bluff i will now bet for value and will likely call thinking i am repeating what i have done.

 

[yogo9]

I usually try not to show bluffs in general as a large part of my game is applying pressure and taking down pots uncontested, But in this situation i will show him my bluff and tilt him than i will play tight and knock him out from the game, Yes it is a fair play to take actions that tilt other players and i think it is another way to improve at strategic games is to increase the chances that your opponent tilts.

 

[ObbleeXY]

All the time.

There is no easier person to get chips from than someone who thinks they "deserve" them.
Generally I don't show my cards unless I'm trying to convey a message and it is important that people read it.
For example, if I've played and raised several hands in a row, I might show my hand to demonstrate I wasn't bluffing.

But putting someone on tilt and showing my bluff cards are a diffferent thing.

Generally, I do not want to alert people to the fact I'm bluffing. Sure, I want them to understand I am capable of a bluff...but I don't want to give them any indication of which hand that is. THIS is why you need to pepper your play with some variable moves.

But the others in the thread are correct. Putting someone on tilt can be dangerous....as any two cards *can* win... but generally, I like the odds, so I don't mind having to call of a shove whgen I've got the better hand going to the flop.

regards,
JT

 

[ObbleeXY]

I usually try not to show bluffs in general as a large part of my game is applying pressure and taking down pots uncontested, But in this situation i will show him my bluff and tilt him than i will play tight and knock him out from the game, Yes it is a fair play to take actions that tilt other players and i think it is another way to improve at strategic games is to increase the chances that your opponent tilts.

that's the way to do it!
good strat.

 

[billibooo]

I only show my cards when I am on a client that gives me the option and there is a friend at the table and I feel bad for taking their chips Or my team is railing me and I wanted to show them I had something. I can see the different strategies with showing./not showing bluffs to tilt but I prefer to play calm people. Much easier to read <3

If there is a butt head on my table, I will do other things that I will keep to myself but showing my cards is never a tactic I use <3

 

[Gallarado777]

Sometimes when I bluff it happens very rarely. I try to show my cards to my opponent so that he thinks that's how I play and next time he'll think I'm bluffing and I'm not really bluffing and he damn it, like everyone else, loses to me a very large pot sometimes helps but it's better to use such things very rarely

 

[Nipa90]

Well its part of the game and you want to win as much as you can, if a player goes easy on tilt Id say go for it and take his/her whole stack.

 

[odonob]

Its Fair to put your opponent under pressure and let them beat themselves, within the rules of the game of course.

 

[Mr.$t0k]

I think you have to play your game without paying attention to others and keep your emotions in check

 

[Claudiunm]

You are playing at a table with a player who believes he is the best player at the table and is known to tilt easily when he is bluffed. You get into a hand with him and successfully bluff him into folding! Do you show him your bluff? Is it fair play to take actions that tilt other players?

Clear. Inducing your opponent to make a mistake is one of the most classic strategies in Poker.

 

[Ron112355]

I most definitely would but only if I thought that by doing so would tilt the villain,.Otherwise, I wouldn't want the rest of the table to get free information, so I prefer to keep them guessing.

 

[MK_]

I mean the answer is in the question.. "is known to tilt easily when he is bluffed". It would be poker malpractice to not tilt this guy!
I think of poker as the art of war, not a tea party... the goal is take the other guys chips.
I have a lot of friends who play poker but I have no friends on the poker table, if anything we play each other harder and it's more fun that way, it's fun to bluff your friends too since we know each others game so well it's much harder to do.
There is nothing unfair about utilizing info within the rules of the game at all👍

 

[jaymfc]

I like it when they show me the bluff and think I'm on tilt and I get aces the next hand an easy double-up most times

 

[bapfel]

It is a good way and the probable weakness of LAG players. So of course it is a possibility, not even to show bluff cards, but insteadly raise small, when you once got him short stacked. But also keep some careful behavior, not to stack him up again.

 

[MK_]

....it's fascinating how even the mere question about tilting a hypothetical player has seemingly tilted some people 😅...

 

[Luvepoker]

I would not show him the bluff. Yes it may tilt him but it would also put a target on my back with this player and other players at the table would know I can bluff. While I can see the value of bluffs being see there is really no reason to just show them. Also lets say I have a solid tight image. Once the table sees the buff it will change that advantage I have.

As a ex athlete I think going after a player would be wrong but to tilt them? Its up to a player to keep themself calm and not let things get to them but to go after a player who can lose it i would not call fair play. Its not what you just doing to them but to the table as a whole. It your actions affect him and if he looses it and affect others around the table would be not fair.

 

[dreamer13]

As poker wisdom goes:Bad players make money in poker. Therefore, your goal is to pay maximum attention to these players and try to take their stacks as quickly as possible. And you do this by playing as many pots as possible with them in hopes of putting them on tilt. Always try to play against players who are worse than you. If you want to make a player tilt, you have to irritate him as much as possible.