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- Another example of Pius Heinz avoiding eye contact with a big hand
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- "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
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- A hand using poker tells - an introduction to the book
- Decision fatigue in poker
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- Some tells in a $5-10 no-limit game
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Tag Archives: stillness
Studying Guy Laliberte’s poker tells, Part 2
A second post about Guy Laliberte’s possible poker tells, this time delving back into some footage from High Stakes Poker, the Big Game, and some tournaments, all from several years ago.
Posted in Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged facial expressions, Guy Laliberte, looseness, relaxation, stillness Leave a comment
One Drop Tournament: Guy Laliberte’s poker tells
First of a series of posts on Guy Laliberte’s possible poker tells. Covers some general Laliberte poker history and focuses on his performance at the $1 Million buy-in One Drop poker tournament.
Posted in Poker Tells, Poker Tournament, Psychology
Tagged facial expressions, Guy Laliberte, One Drop, poker tells, relaxation, stillness 1 Comment
Repetitive body movements and stillness
Someone emailed me a question about “repetitive behavior”, and the sudden stopping of repetitive behavior, and what it means. In general, if someone stops exhibiting a repetitive movement, it will mean they are more anxious than normal.
Posted in Poker Tells, Psychology
Tagged movement, post-bet tells, stillness, weak hand tells Leave a comment
Watching the players directly to your left
Some thoughts on watching the players directly to your left. Not only can you get some last-minute tells from them regarding their actions, they are the players who pose the biggest threats to you.
Posted in Favorites, Poker Strategy, Poker Tells, Poker Tournament
Tagged hand movement, hole cards, multi-way pots, pre-flop, stillness, strong hand tells Leave a comment
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.
Bluffing and hand tension
Observations about a tell that influenced a hand in a $5-10 NLHE game, involving how much tension/stillness a guy’s hands had.
Posted in Favorites, Poker Cash Game, Poker Tells
Tagged hand movement, post-bet tells, stillness, tension, weak hand tells 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
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
Leg shaking at the poker table
A leg-shaking tell that influenced my play in a $100 tournament. This particular player was prone to shaking his legs a lot when he had a good hand, and not shaking his legs when he was more vulnerable.
Posted in Poker Strategy, Poker Tells, Poker Tournament
Tagged Joe Navarro, legs, Mike Caro, Phil Hellmuth, stillness Leave a comment