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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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Short-handed limit against a group of friends
Thoughts on playing short-handed limit against a group of people who all know each other. Can feel like collusion even when it’s not.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Cash Game
Tagged limit hold'em, short-handed Leave a comment
Joe Hachem versus an amateur’s quads
Analysis of a hand on the Pokerstars Big Game show where Joe Hachem tries to bluff an amateur off flopped quad Jacks. I think the amateur gave off some tells of strength.
Posted in Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells
Tagged Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Pokerstars Big Game, strong hand tells, talking alot 7 Comments
Gambler’s Fallacy and why not to show opponents AA or KK
Continuing to talk about the Gambler’s Fallacy, and how it relates to poker. In this case, players are (mistakenly) less likely to give you credit for a big starting hand if you’ve recently shown AA or KK, so I don’t like to show these cards if I can help it.
Posted in Favorites, Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Psychology
Tagged gambler's fallacy, image, showing hands Leave a comment
Gambler’s Fallacy in poker. Defensive chip handling tell.
The Gambler’s Fallacy is when you think past events influence events, even though they are not linked in any way. I talk about its relevance in poker. I also talk about a specific player’s tell of defensively handling his chips when facing a possible bet, and how this usually means weakness.
A hand using poker tells – an introduction to the book
My planned introduction to the book, where I picked a hand I played where tells played a big part. I was trying to get feedback on the hand from a fundamental theory perspective on the twoplustwo forums, and there’s a link to that discussion.