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Length of time looking at hole cards: a really useful heads-up poker tell

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Zachary Elwood — Get a free poker tells course here

I got heads-up in a NLHE tournament the other night and noticed that my opponent had a very common poker tell: when his hole cards were weak, he'd stare at them for a couple seconds on his initial look at them. This can be a useful tell at a full table, but I've found it's especially common when in a short-handed or heads-up situation. Instead of posting this story here, I got permission from ...

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Beginner thoughts on heads-up Hold’em online

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Zachary Elwood — Get a free poker tells course here

I played my first real heads-up no-limit cash games yesterday. I've played heads-up in tournament situations before but I've never played a pure heads-up game. I've been hearing so much about all the heads-up nosebleed action through Twoplustwo (Isildur, Durrrr, Jungleman, PA, and all those guys) that I got a little intrigued. I felt that working on heads-up would definitely improve my game. ...

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Filed Under: Online Poker, Poker Cash Game, Poker Strategy, Psychology Tagged With: heads-up, online, Pokerstars

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