There are many elements to the game of poker. The cards you have, the way you bet, and of course, luck. While there are many parts of a poker game that may seem to be out of your control, there is one weapon that you can use too great effect, the poker face. The poker face is more than just not showing expression. In a poker game the right face can win or loose a game for you. In fact many hands of poker have been won by people who had absolutely nothing because of their poker face. The trick to correctly using a poker face is the knowledge of what face to use and when to use it.
The first question many people ask is what exactly a poker face is. The simplest definition of a poker face is lack of any expression in a poker game. However, there is more to a poker face than not showing emotion. In fact good poker players use their lack of emotion to express almost every feeling known to mankind. They just do it without changing their expression. Learning how to do this is not necessary to be a good poker player, but having it under your control will help you out a lot.
The reason a poker face is so important is because it makes you unreadable to your opponents. Someone who is not showing expression is very hard to predict. When someone is hard to predict, it is hard to make decisions based on their actions. In poker, not knowing what decision to make can win or loose a game. For this reason every inspiring poker player should learn to keep their own poker face and be as unreadable as possible.
