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- 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
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Category Archives: Limit Poker
Immediate calls are usually a drawing hand
A player’s immediate call of my turn raise lets me narrow down his hand range greatly.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Tells
Tagged immediate call, limit hold'em, limit strategy Leave a comment
Silence in previously talkative guy equals discomfort
A guy who’s been talking a lot suddenly gets quiet after raising pre-flop. This tells me he’s not feeling too comfortable with his hand.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Tells
Tagged limit hold'em, limit strategy, silence, talking alot, weak hand tells Leave a comment
Genuinely angry call means weakness
In a limit game, I raise on the flop and a guy exhibits genuine anger when calling my raise. This obvious poker tell allows me to narrow his hand range greatly.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Tells
Tagged anger, limit hold'em, limit strategy, poker tells 2 Comments
Betting motion behaviors in limit
I talk about a couple players I played with in a $15-30 limit hold’em game who showed some reliable betting-motion tells.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Tells, Poker Tells Book
Tagged betting, betting gently, betting movement, hand movement, limit hold'em, limit strategy, smile Leave a comment
Poker tells in limit hold’em: A critique of my book by Philip Newall
A critique by Philip Newall (author of The Intelligent Poker Player) of my book. His critique went into uses of tells when you’re getting really good prices on calling, as in fixed limit.
A tricky player with a rather unique betting motion tell
A crazy, weird limit player and a tell I noticed he had. On the river, he’d make slower, more roundabout bets when he was weak, because he was trying to get a sense if his opponent was calling or not so he could potentially abandon his bet if he saw they were calling. If he had a strong hand, he’d just push the bet in more straightforwardly and quickly.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged aggression, angle shooting, betting movement, bluffing, weak hand tells Leave a comment
Looking down quickly when betting a weak hand
Some thoughts on a limit player who had a reliable tell of looking down at his chips for a second when he was betting with a vulnerable hand.
Difficulty of categorizing and remembering tells
Knowing how to categorize and remember the behavioral information you see at the table is the hardest thing to do. It’s impossible to absorb all information, so you need to figure out the easiest way to absorb the most important information. I give some thoughts on that.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged limit hold'em, poker tells Leave a comment
Limit players who make it obvious they’re calling your bet
Thoughts on the common move you see where a player holds out his chips and makes it real obvious he intends to call you. This generally means weakness, but a player is still capable of calling when he does this. A lot depends on a player’s specific tendencies.
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
My limit game has sucked lately
Just venting a bit about how my limit game has sucked lately. Fancy play syndrome, not aggressive enough, etc.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Strategy
Tagged Fancy Play Syndrome, forgiving yourself, limit hold'em, making mistakes Leave a comment
Plugging leaks in my limit game
Just some thoughts on some stupid leaks in my limit game, mostly stuff I technically know but for some reason am not doing.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Strategy
Tagged Fancy Play Syndrome, limit hold'em, making mistakes Leave a comment
Looking down when betting. Studying body posture.
Some thoughts on a specific player I play with and how he would exhibit the looking-down-when-betting behavior. Also some thoughts on body posture and how “weak” postures often mean strength.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Cash Game, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged looking down, Mike Caro, posture Leave a comment
Best strategy for playing a limit game with a kill
In a kill game, you are essentially punished for winning two pots in a row by having to pay the mandatory kill. So you should play tighter after winning a hand.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Strategy
Tagged kill pot, limit poker Leave a comment
Raising too much pre-flop against loose players in limit
Some thoughts on playing loose players in limit and how that should make you raise less pre-flop.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Strategy
Tagged aggression, fold equity, limit hold'em, limit strategy Leave a comment
A forceful bet on the river and fake aggravation
A limit hand where a player’s tells of having a strong hand (looking disinterested, mainly) caused me to check back the turn and fold the river.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged acting upset, betting forcefully, betting movement, eye contact, limit hold'em Leave a comment
Pushing/throwing chips into the pot
Some thoughts on applying some general betting-motion tells (talked about in my last blog post) to a specific player I play with in a $15-30 limit game.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged betting forcefully, betting gently, betting movement Leave a comment
Freeze-up bluff tell in $30-60 Limit Hold’em hand
An interesting limit hand where I call a guy down pretty light based on a stillness-based tell he has when he’s bluffing.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged limit hold'em, movement, stillness, tilt, weak hand tells Leave a comment
Anxiety and low self-esteem in poker
Some thoughts on my low self-esteem and anxiety issues, and how that affects my poker game.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Cash Game, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged anxiety, self-esteem Leave a comment
Limit player who holds chips defensively
Interesting limit hand at $20-40 with me against a guy who tends to hold his chips defensively when he’s weak and waiting for you to act. I had 22 and was ahead, but folded to a semi-bluff raise when he got a great draw on the turn, but I should have known what he had.
Posted in Favorites, Limit Poker, Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged holding chips defensively, limit, weak hand tells 1 Comment
Long-term mindset and handling variance
Just some mainly boring thoughts on taking a long-term mindset in poker and how you really have to have a good grasp of the variance that’s possible. Mainly I wrote it to make myself feel better because I’ve been running pretty bad at limit.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Cash Game, Psychology
Tagged limit Leave a comment
Most useful tells in limit poker
Some thoughts on what I think are the most useful tells in limit poker (as opposed to no-limit). The ones I discuss are: reaching for chips, looking down after betting, honest indications of folding, and intimidating postures and expressions.
Importance of a tight image in fixed limit hold’em
Some thoughts on the importance of being perceived as “tight” and “solid” in a limit game. Even though it seems obvious, it’s something that it’s taken me years to fully understand and realize and absorb in a meaningful way.
Posted in Limit Poker, Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy
Tagged bankroll, image, limit, tightness Leave a comment