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Poker Tells in Texas Hold’em Poker – Part 1 of 4
“Poker, like a lot of things in life, is all about strategy. Sometimes it pays to act weak when you are in a position of strength.” – Poker Professional Daniel Negreanu in a Commercial for Poker Site FullTilt.NET
An observant person can get insight into a player’s hand but observing “tells,” which are subconscious actions made by that player. Mastering the psychology of poker is crucial to winning poker, and reading tells is one of the skills you need. When you first sit at a table, — or, even better, as you are watching a table to decide if it is where you want to play — pay attention to the players. It is easier to observe players actions when you are not in a hand and it gives you time to notice tells. This is one of the reasons that, when you first sit at a table, you choose a seat where you will be waiting for the blind to come to you, rather than paying to start playing immediately.
Both your opponents’ and your own tells are extremely important in Hold’em poker. For more than two decades, Mike “The Mad Genius of Poker” Caro and many others have made a living espousing the importance of players’ tells. His most commonly quoted tell is “Weak is strong and strong is weak.” In simple terms, if opponents, through their words or deeds, act as if they have a strong hand, they very often have a weak hand and vice versa. Since it is such a well known tell, many people try to reverse it, so beware of this tell when it is out of character for the opponent. Phil “The Poker Brat” Hellmuth, winner of eleven WSOP bracelets, says that figuring out just two tells a tournament can make the difference between cashing out and busting out.
Try to spot any obvious tells that may give you an advantage later. You need to know what many of the common tells represent and then attempt to see them in the players around the table. Be sure that you yourself are not providing tells to your opponents. You can either stifle obvious tells, or, more effectively, do the opposite. The best defense is to mix it up and, from time to time, “make strong mean strong.” Though tells can be important information and a needed weapon in our poker arsenal, it is equally important to realize that tells are only one small part of the entire story and should never be taken in isolation or as an absolute truth.
Not providing betting tells to your opponents is just as important as observing your opponents’ . You do this in one of two ways. One, keep your bets the same size whether you are holding King-King or 5-7 offsuit: Take the same amount of time to bet the monster hand as you do when you fold. Two, constantly change the size of your bet. By making the bets different sizes for the same cards, you portray a confusing pattern to opponents. By being inconsistent, you do not allow your opponents to get a read on your style. Remember that the less information you provide your opponents through your own betting patterns, the better.
Daniel L. Cox is the editor of Poker Insider Magazine, an e-zine dedicated to poker. He is also the award-winning author of “Winning Blue-Collar Hold’em: How to Play Low-limit Ring Games and Small Buy-in Tournaments” and three upcoming books on poker. He can be found on Facebook and Twitter at PokerInsiderMag, where he gives you a daily poker quote or pokerism.
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Question by sabes99: dream wsop main event final table?
if you got to choose the 9 players at the final table of the wsop, who would you choose? for entertainment and/or skill purposes
the nine i’d want to see:
daniel negreanu
phil ivey
mike matusow
phil hellmuth
t.j. cloutier
doyle brunson
chip reese
barry greenstein
allen cunningham
Best answer:
Answer by Reggie
Me against any of those other 8 players.
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