Understanding Poker Personalities : The Locksmith

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Enemy or Friend?

If you’re thinking that a locksmith can be your friend, well all I can say is no they aren’t and they are not your enemies either. They are just a presence in the poker table that you cannot eliminate. They are like a lock made of ice because of their unwillingness to get involve and also one of the simplest opponent to take down. But playing with a locksmith will bring you little return due to the fact that they only play strong hands and you need to fold every time they raises a pot. But usually there are only there to sit and occupy the table.

Aggressiveness and Selectivity

The locksmith only plays a number of hands and its quiet small about 10% of the hands they are dealt with. They are quiet aggressive when they have a very strong hand. So if I were you I will be careful in dealing with a locksmith and will run in the first hint that they are going to raise.

The locksmith is a very tight player who is willing to raise every hand he has and they are also passive poker players. This trait of passiveness can be attributed to their fear that they are not the ones who’s holding the best hand in the table. Yes, they are willing to put the beginning bet but they will hesitate eventually to re-raise if they don’t have the best card in the game.

The range of 10% is a small range of play. In Hold ‘Em you only get a range of ATs+, AJo+, 88+. Other than that the locksmith would not turn over their hand and bet.

How Predictable They Are

The locksmith is very easy to predict by nature. They will not play any kind of deceptive plays because of the few numbers of hands they play. Too add up, the locksmith passivity will be their common weakness. You can also play with them when they raise the bet and you can actually defeat them when their passivity kicks in.

Adjustments

You will encounter a lot of locksmiths in your poker career. Each of them have different kind of Poker IQ. Some of them play tight and doesn’t bother to make changes in their game. But a number of locksmith knew a lot about poker and are open to make changes in their play to suit their opponents.

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