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- Chris Moneymaker getting a live read on Chris Oliver
- Phil Ivey talks about poker tells
- Reading Poker Tells e-book now available
- I'm interviewed on Badugi Allstars poker podcast
- More poker tells in Rounders (besides KGB's Oreo)
- Trying to influence villain to call or fold (false tells)
- Betting motion behaviors in limit
- Poker tells in limit hold'em: A critique of my book by Philip Newall
- Loose hand movements associated with high hand strength
- 2011 WSOP: Martin Staszko's (Possible) Poker Tells
- Watching the players directly to your left
- Another example of Pius Heinz avoiding eye contact with a big hand
- Poker tells at 2011 WSOP Final Table: Pius Heinz' eye-contact tell
- Situations where poker tells are most important
- "Disclaimers": a category for some common verbal statements in poker
- Self-delusion and overconfidence in poker
- A tricky player with a rather unique betting motion tell
- Looking down quickly when betting a weak hand
- Limit players who make it obvious they’re calling your bet
- Gambler's Fallacy and why not to show opponents AA or KK
- Gambler's Fallacy in poker. Defensive chip handling tell.
- A hand using poker tells - an introduction to the book
- Decision fatigue in poker
- Most ridiculous poker hand ever televised
- Great live poker advice from Limon
- Immediate calls and raises, and talking a lot after betting
- Bluffing and hand tension
- Pre-flop looking-at-hole-cards tell
- "Sick Call" Kenny vs. guy with good hand
- Some tells in a $5-10 no-limit game
- Phil Galfond and some great thoughts on poker
- Looking down when betting. Studying body posture.
- Best strategy for playing a limit game with a kill
- A forceful bet on the river and fake aggravation
- Pushing/throwing chips into the pot
- Betting movement tells - betting forcefully vs. betting gently
- Direct eye contact after betting and what it usually means
- Freeze-up bluff tell in $30-60 Limit Hold'em hand
- Facial expressions of strength and weakness
- Checking quickly vs. taking a long time to check
- Limit player who holds chips defensively
- Jeremy Sisto and some pre-flop tells meaning strength
- Acting weak when strong, starring Matt Damon
- Hole card tells in Guts games and 5-Card Draw
- Jamie Gold, lies, and ambiguous statements
- Most useful tells in limit poker
- Threatening-to-turn-cards-over tell
- Kido Pham vs Doug Lee: verbal trickery and making speeches
- Staring at hole cards usually means a weak hand
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Making mistakes in poker and forgiving yourself
I went out in 5th in a big tournament ($400 BI), playing a hand very badly and being very angry with myself because I should have known better. I wrote this post to try to deal with the anger and the frustration at making basic mistakes at this point in my life.
Posted in Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tournament, Psychology
Tagged anger, forgiving yourself, mistakes, Stu Ungar 4 Comments
The importance of poker tells in poker
I discuss the importance of poker tells in poker, and I address some common objections to using poker tells. I take some of these objections from Dan Harrington’s book “How to Win at No-Limit Hold’em Money Games”, where he states a few reasons why tells aren’t important. I discuss why his objections to poker tells don’t hold up under more scrutiny.
Posted in Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells
Tagged Dan Harrington, poker tells 1 Comment
Threatening-to-turn-cards-over tell
Thoughts on the threatening-to-turn-your-hand-over tell, where a player who is bluffing, when facing a potential call, acts like he’s ready to turn his cards over to show a winner. While this tell can sometimes be very obvious, it can also show up in very subtle ways.
Posted in Favorites, Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells
Tagged bluffing, hand movement, weak hand tells Leave a comment
Movement and stillness when bluffing
Thoughts on a weird player who behaved the opposite of most people; this player got all antsy and moved around a lot when he was bluffing. Whereas when he had a real hand, he would be more still. This is the opposite of most people, so it got me thinking that maybe there’s certain people who do this…
Posted in Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells, Poker Tournament
Tagged bluffing, movement, stillness 2 Comments
Greatest skill in poker is understanding opponent psychology
Just some thoughts on how the greatest skill in poker is understanding how your opponent will react to your decisions. This is basically a psychological skill, which is why it is a very hard area to interpret or describe easily. I think this hard-to-describe psychological understanding of opponents is the reason behind why some people like Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan can excel far behind people who are experts at fundamental strategy and hand-reading.
Posted in Poker Strategy, Poker Tells
Tagged Phil Ivey Leave a comment
Beginner thoughts on playing pot-limit Omaha 8 online
Just some meandering thoughts on starting to play pot-limit Omaha 8 online. I am not skilled at this game, so this post would only be interesting to a real beginner.
Posted in Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tournament
Tagged online, PLO8, Pokerstars Leave a comment