Monthly Archives: November 2011

Poker tells at 2011 WSOP Final Table: Pius Heinz’ eye-contact tell

A look at a significant poker tell exhibited by 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion Pius Heinz.

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Situations where poker tells are most important

Thoughts on the most common situations where tells are likely to be useful; mainly in those spots where a significant bet is being made, and a player knows whether or not he wants a call or a fold. So, basically, there aren’t most tells in the large majority of spots.

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2011 WSOP ME final table = great poker television

Thoughts on the new format of this year’s WSOP where they had a 15-minute delay and you couldn’t see the hole cards until after the hand was over. It was great poker television.

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“Disclaimers”: a category for some common verbal statements in poker

This is about a category of verbal statements that I call “disclaimers”, which are statements intended to explain away the significance of an action. Like when a player says “I’ve only got a few chips left, so I’ll go all-in.”

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