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Common Poker Tells (#7): Table Talk

Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 Professional

My first poker teacher told me that poker players will tell you how they play, sometimes they will even tell you what they have in their hand; all you have to do is listen. Table talk is the most common source of information you can get at a poker table. Its free, it never stops and [...]

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Common Poker Tells (#6): My Favorite Tell

Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 Professional

We have talked about betting patterns as a tell and chips as a tell; now let’s combine the two into my favorite poker tell. There are basically two ways to put chips into the pot; you place the chips or you toss the chips. Now clearly to avoid a chip betting tell, you should always [...]

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Common Poker Tells (#5): The Chips

Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 Professional

The most common action a player takes at the table is to fold; you don’t get a lot of useful information when a player folds. The second most common action is to not fold, which requires the player to bet. Betting action requires using your chips and chips are the source of many different tells. [...]

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Common Poker Tells (#4): Betting Patterns

Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 Professional

The most common action players take at the table is betting. How a player bets can give away huge amounts of information about their holding. Being aware of any “patterns” in how your opponents bet will give you information about their hand. Betting patterns are one of the easiest tells to overcome yet many players [...]

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Poker Tells (#3): The Eyes

Date: Mon, Apr 14, 2008 Professional

We mentioned body language first for the big obvious nervous tells. Then we spoke about the Poker Face or rather the lack of poker face that so many players show. Even more specific and perhaps the hardest tell to control is the eyes. I remember when I went to get my first pair of [...]

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Common Tells (#2): The Poker Face

Date: Sat, Apr 12, 2008 Professional

If body language is an important tell then the most important part of your opponent’s body to watch is their face. We’ve all heard the term “poker face”, but truly controlling your facial expressions is not as easy as it sounds. Take just one session at the poker tables (or just stand near a [...]

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Common Poker Tells (#1): Body Language

Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2008 Professional

No we are not saying that body language is the most important nor the most common tell in poker. In fact, the truth is that the best tell is probably the one you read the best. If you see it and use it, that is a good tell. Body language is the tell most recognized because [...]

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Tells

Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2008 Professional

“Their” tell is anything your opponent does to give away their hand strength. “Your” tell is any mannerism you inadvertently repeat that lets the other players know how good your hand is. There are many, many tells. Your eyes can look the same direction when you have a good hand. Your face my flush when you have [...]

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“No Fold’em” Hold’em

Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2008 Professional

Low Limit Hold’em is often referred to as “No Fold’em Hold’em”, this refers to the fact that a lot of these games have four, five, six even seven callers before the flop. After the flop a single bet will still have multiple callers. Because these games play very passive and for very low stakes, [...]

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