4 Ways to Beat a Poker Bully

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4 Ways to Beat a Poker Bully
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Introduction

• The game of Poker is full of action- the kind of
  action that is not loud, but takes place silently
  amongst the minds of players at a Poker table.
• Thats what makes this game distinct and more
  exciting.
• To be a successful online Poker player or an
  offline one, you need to examine and understand
  the actions of your opponents and decipher who is
  a threat and who isnt.
• Poker bullies will not attack or harm you
  physically, but will try to control and dominate
  you mentally. 
• But like every other bully, they are weak on the
  inside and can be tackled with the right Poker
  strategy. Time to train-

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1) Know them

• All bullies are aggressive players, but all
  aggressive players are not bullies. The first
  thing to do is to identify a Poker bully. 
• Bullies will strive to push you off the pot
  before pre-flop itself. 
• A three-bet (a re-raise indicator of a super
  strong Poker hand) is what they will use to scare
  you. And fear is exactly what a bully preys on.
• Dont give in and keep playing more hands to show
  that you will not be dominated.

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2) Talk to them

• Most bullies are weak and silent, and thus look
  for weakness in others.  
• They will prefer to just find your weak points
  and exploit them instead of having a chat with
  you. 
• When you engage a Poker bully in a conversation,
  you take them out of their comfortable, silent
  zone and come across as a confident player. 
• Most probably you wont be targeted anymore
  because Confidence cannot be bullied.

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3) Fight with a Four Bet

• As mentioned earlier, a three-bet is the weapon a
  bully uses to frighten his target.
• He will be desperate to make you fold before the
  flop so as to maintain his bully image and
  increase fear.
• If you have even a moderately strong Poker hand,
  you can fight back with a four-bet, i.e. a raise
  on the re-raise.
• This Poker strategy will help establish the fact
  that you wont be scared easily.

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4) Pick your fight

• There will be a lot of chances to teach a bully
  the lesson he deserves. 
• This is simply because of the frequency in which
  he will mess with you- a bully will try to beat
  you down numerous times and that actually can be
  a good thing as this will create opportunities
  for you to beat him down.
• Plan out a bluff keeping into account the pot
  size, other players stacks and your enemys
  stacks.
• Once the bully falls for the bluff, it will
  automatically be announced to the table that you
  are the player that knows how to beat a Poker
  bully.

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Conclusion
Roll up your sleeves, its time to beat the
bullies as you play online Poker and win cash and
respect at the Poker table.