Playing poker online when you are steaming is quickest way to giving away all of your chips. Finding players who are steaming themselves, on the other hand, can be like finding an open bank. They play too many hands, get themselves over involved, and against them the value of your hands is raised significantly. Against players who are steaming, opponents are much more likely to give action and put their money in the pot with less holdings.
Putting on the image, then, that you are steaming can be a great way to get that heightened action when in reality you are for the most part playing the average range of hands as ever.
Manifesting this online poker image can be as simple as changing how you sit at the table. Appearing frustrated, throwing your chips around and not stacking them, acting rowdy or drunk even than you might beall of this adds up to circumstantial evidence that other players, if only the less savvy ones, might use to decide you are playing against your will.
Likewise, showing down loosely played hands or well timed bluffs can add to this image, fortifying physical perceptions with actual evidence.
It may not work well against more seasoned poker online players, but depending on your game, sometimes image is everything.