Many of you might not know that I've been writing a monthly column for Bluff magazine for the past year and a half. The editor of Bluff, Lance Bradley, approached me in mid-2013 to take over the poker tells/behavior column that Mike Caro had been writing. If you'd like to see some of the articles I've written for Bluff, here's a link. ...
Tommy Angelo writes foreword for Verbal Poker Tells
If you don't know who Tommy Angelo is, you should read his respected book Elements of Poker. If you want a reason to read it, check out these reviews: “Finally I have a legitimate reason to buy an iPad.” – Phil Galfond, about the ebook release of Elements of Poker “Elements of Poker is the best poker book I’ve ever read.” – Jay Rosenkrantz He's also written a book called A Rubber Band Story ...
A couple televised poker hands and analysis
The following is an email from Thomas Hutchinson, a reader of my books, interspersed with my responses: "Firstly I just want to say thank you very much for writing both Verbal Poker Tells and Reading Poker Tells, I have read both books cover to cover many times and would consider them the best poker tell books out on the market at the moment. So thanks again :) I have a couple of questions which ...
WSOP mention & early-hand ostentatious behavior
I got a few texts from friends the other night, telling me I’d gotten another shout-out from Norman Chad on the latest WSOP episode. Here’s the clip below; the hand starts at 29:30: Dan Smith goes to raise with Qc 9c and drops a chip. He smiles sheepishly and says emphatically, "Terrible omen; I'm going to make it 90 thousand anyway." He then slams down his chips in an exaggerated ...
Trip report: Hypnotherapy session with Elliot Roe in Las Vegas
I was in Las Vegas this summer, doing a few poker tells presentations. Jonathan Little, me, and hypnotherapist Elliot Roe were working together doing full-day seminars. (You can read more here about my poker tells part of the presentation.) This blog is about me doing a 1.5-hour hypnotherapy session with Roe. This summer was my first time meeting Elliot, although I’d known him virtually on ...
Scott Seiver’s verbal behavior in One Drop
People have been talking about Scott Seiver's table talk in this year's One Drop tournament. Here's the video: Zach Ralston (a poker player and a producer of a lot of poker footage content) had told me about this hand via email and here was my response (edited a bit): ...
Poker Tells Webinar on September 25th
I'm doing a live poker tells webinar on September 25th at 6pm PST (9pm EST). It costs $55. Tickets are on sale now on this page: www.readingpokertells.com/poker-tells-webinar. The webinar is basically the same presentation I did live in Las Vegas this past summer. The response to those seminars was very positive. You can read some attendee testimonials here: ...
Got a mention in 2013 WSOP ME Final Table from Norman Chad
I meant to put this up a lot earlier, but here it is. Last November (2013), I was in Vegas, hired by Amir Lehavot to study his opponents (and himself) at the WSOP ME final table. After Lehavot went out in third, I still watched the final heads-up portion of the game closely from a hotel room on the 15-minute delay. Earlier in the WSOP ME coverage, on Day 6, Norman Chad had given me a very ...
Jason Lavallee on immediate bets being polarizing
Kristy Arnett interviewed Canadian poker pro Jason Lavallee in 2013 for PokerNews (click here for full audio interview.) In the audio interview, he talked about a queen-high call-down he made in a European Poker Tour event. His opponent's bet-timing played a role in his decision. Basically, he thought that an immediate bet meant that her range was polarized, because most players don't know what to ...
Jonathan Little: Paying attention to opponent behavior
The following is a guest blog post from Jonathan Little. Little is a two-time WPT champion with over $5,000,000 in career earnings. He is the owner of the training site FloatTheTurn.com and is the author of numerous best-selling poker books. You can follow him on twitter @JonathanLittle. Jonathan is running a series of live seminars during the 2014 WSOP with poker tells author Zachary Elwood. ...