What should I do ?

[Shadow6969]

Should I maintain awkward and hollow eye contact during heads up play, or should I recede into my hoodie and stare at my 3 remaining chips?

 

[austral]

Neutral facial expression and controlled body language,
Conscious decisions about when to look at your opponent and when to avoid them,
Consistency in your gestures to avoid giving away obvious "tells,"
A psychological strategy that depends on your hand, pot odds, position, and opponent's read.

 

[Mauricio Perrotta]

No matter what you do, your opponent will pay the same if they have good cards.

 

[Prophet]

a different behavior can give clues to your opponent regardless of whether you have the best hand or not.
you must have a consistent behavior, regardless of the hand


If you fart every time you bluff, your opponent will call every time he smells it.

 

[s0ftdumps]

being as stoic as possible has given me the most success. look nerdy for extra points

 

[Emily Trott]

My "poker face" is a smile. It is on my face pretty much 95%+ of the time I'm at the table. I enjoy playing so it comes naturally to me, though it might not for others. When I'm head to head and just made a bet, sometimes my opponent will be looking at me like Clark Griswold playing the "Pick a number from 1 to 10" game (See below). Worried or not, I'll just shrug my shoulders and give them a look like "Hey...I don't know." In the end I just try to be consistent with my expressions and movements.

 

[WladiYoga]

I would say, a healthy mix of both. You need to assert yourself through eye contact, only there can you see the core of your opponent. When you make a bluff or semi-bluff, let him stare at you, just look like in a 30 degree away from him in front of you and remain calmness. Try not to move a single muscle, breath freely but tense at the same time. If you have, 3 chips, smile, go All-in and then home.

 

[Renolin Sindraj]

Should I maintain awkward and hollow eye contact during heads up play, or should I recede into my hoodie and stare at my 3 remaining chips?

Once I had the shortest chip stack on the main tournament table with composure and a bit of luck I won the tournament. Sometimes you win some and sometimes you loose some. Trick is not going into tilt I suppose and keeping emotions in check is crucial in poker I believe.

 

[WrongUsername]

eye contact always is the best approach

 

[LUKADONCICMVP]

it's a good way to try get some live tells keep it up

 

[Omar.Imrane]

I’d say go with whichever option scares your opponent more… Honestly, awkward eye contact gives them the feeling that you know something they don’t. But if you shrink into your hoodie and stare at your 3 chips, they’ll instantly know you’re in goodbye, friends mode. So go for the staring… at least it gives the impression you’re still in the game!

 

[Cozmin]

Direct all-in