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Trying to influence villain to call or fold (false tells)

An email thread from a guy asking about the efficacy of using a false poker tell to get an opponent to call or fold.

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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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