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Being the Table Bully

Being the Table Bully You will be able to run a table over from time to time, especially in tournaments filled with satellite qualifiers. Go out of your way to pick up as many pots as possible whenever you observe players folding far too often before the flop. This will give you the image of a maniac, so when you actually make a hand like top pair, you should not be too willing to fold it. Realize that at some tables your opponents will only play back at you with the nuts.

My most memorable experience as the table bully

My most memorable experience as the table bully occurred at the Aussie Millions $10,000 buy-in tournament. This tournament was made up of around 90-percent online qualifiers and I was pretty sure the players at my table had all won their seats. I got to my table on day 2 and played my normal loose-aggressive game for the first 30 minutes or so before I realized no one was playing back at me at all, despite everyone having around 100BBs. Once I figured this out, I started to raise every time it was folded to me before the flop. I doubled up within an hour with no showdowns and very few flops seen. After a while I raised with 7-2 from middle position and a tight, older lady in the big blind called. The flop came 9-8-6. She checked and I made a standard continuation bet. She thought for a while and called. I didn’t think this flop hit her range too well, so I decided to fire most turns. The turn was the 3. She checked, I bet again and she called. I decided I was done with the hand unless a scare card came on the river. The river was the beautiful 7. I wasn’t happy because I had a pair. I was happy because I was fairly certain a 10 or 5 wasn’t in her range, which should have let me steal the pot. She checked and I put her all-in for around 3/4 pot. She instantly called and lost with A-K. I was amazed at the call but in her head, I had been so loose that I couldn’t actually have a hand. Apparently she didn’t realize that on a 9-8-7-6-3 board, I am usually going to have at least a weak pair. After I showed down 7-2o, players played back at me a bit more, so I toned down the aggression. Most table bullies don’t understand that once your opponents know you are a total maniac, you have to nit it up. Before I showed down 7-2o my opponents thought I was crazy, but after they saw the hand, they knew I was crazy, and they were a bit more willing to call me down with a weak hand. You should be fine as long as you are constantly aware of your table image and how your opponents will play against you.