Table control can mean so many things. The obvious won to control the table with your play. The other form of yelling and berating people at the table to control your image. The third one is dealing and controlling the rules. As you will find the game uses all these to make a
table image of yourself and that is what the players look at. If you are yelling an screaming and berating players at the table what do you think that players are going to think of you. If you control your table by betting and raising and re raising players will either respect you as a player or put a target on you. Controlling the table is also by following the table rules and the dealer to wit your turn and play in session. A great player will use all these tactics to take your chips. A player like well since he is on my mind Phil Helmuth, will play by berating and targeting himself waiting for a monster and hoping you push all in on him. That is how he makes the whole game about himself and controlling his table. A player like Gus Hansen controls the table by his big bets and making players think about their hand a lot. This makes the players make bad decisions and usually fold under pressure. Now the expert in all these fields of control by dealing, play, and berating would be the grinder Mzrocky i know i messed up that spelling. He use to deal in Tampa at the Hard rock casino and now plays professionally. His play is to distract players by his weird bets and making them loose sight of how ace king could still be good after the flop by his bets. Jumping in front of a player to make a move bending the rules to his advantage. He controls his table to the highest level. Making players make moves when he holds the nuts. Make players go all in when they are drawing dead. Controlling the play at the table that's has to be one of the biggest tricks in your bag. If you can not dominated 9 players how will you ever win a tournament. Control the tables that is the key to big stack poker.

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