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A “rock” is a player that hardly ever takes action at the poker table unless he or she has an amazing hand. Even then, they will rarely re-raise their hand because of their uncertainty. These players can be easily taken advantage of if you know what to do and how to recognize them.
A player who is both timid and tight with their chips will fold the vast majority of their hands. This in itself is not bad, you actually should fold most of your hands, but the way they fold is their problem. These players rarely bluff or make unnecessary contributions to the pot. Because of this, you can almost always know when they have a good hand. These good hands will be the only ones they play; a clear cut signal that they have you beat. When you are heads up against a rock, you have a couple options. Since they will undoubtedly have a superior hand, you will either want to fold or re-raise them. Folding avoids further damage, but re-raising can sometimes be the superior play if you think it will drive them out of the hand. This changes the hand dramatically since you are elevated from the losing hand all the way to the winning one. Rocks are timid and will sometimes even fold the best hand in this situation because they think that you will have a better hand; why else would you play against them?
Being heads up against these players is the best thing for you since your ideal situation is to have everyone fold and this is most often attained by having as few people as possible in the pot. Remember to get access to all the poker bonus codes before you start playing these Rock Players.