Barbara Enright on Outplaying Your Opponents

Barbara Enright has been inducted into the poker hall of fame and has one of most enviable records in history.  Prior to the California Poker Players Conference, Mike Caro asked Barbara what the first thing is that you should do when you take a seat in tournament a tournament. 

Barbara’s answer?  Analyze the table.  Who do you know sitting there? 

What are you going to do?  Analyze own play, even though most people don’t.  Most people look around and say what donkeys!  You don’t want to be that donkey. 

You want your opponents to fear you!  To do that you can’t let them run over you.  You have to run over them.  Try to win the first hand you play and get the chips to manipulate the rest of the table.  Play tight in the beginning, until you get double up, then quadruple up.  Get that done in the beginning then use the chips to intimidate other players.

Hear more of Barbara and Mike’s interview at http://www.2007cppc.com/#enright.