If you play your game too consistently, other players will be able to read what kind of player you are once they see you. You will be predictable in the table and you can be bullied around in the table as a result. Be like Stu Ungar (photo right) and Sam Farha – completely unpredictable!

As you read your opponents, switch up your pace and do things that they do not expect. Bluff when they think you will not and play straight when they think you will bluff. Add some mystery to your playing and you will be bringing home more pots in the long run.

It can be presented here mathematically how changing pace can win you games but it will be better if we use some analogies. If you will be playing soccer and you need to win games, you need to learn how to read the goalie of the opponent. When he tends to go left more, you tap the ball to the right and there will be a high potential that you will here the swish of the net.

Look at Kobe Bryant, while dribbling the ball his mind will process his possible moves like a super computer or even better. Will he go to the left or right of the defender? Does the defender think he wants to cross over, fake, and dunk the ball? When least expected, he releases the ball from beyond the arch and swoosh! The defender is caught flat footed.

Same is true for poker. Do some crossovers when least expected and catch your opponents wide eyed wondering what just happened. You will be going home and sleeping with a smile on your face.