Re: Tells
Hi BalugaWhale,
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Well, since I posted two hands tonight that got no responses
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I just answered both, was busy watching TV earlier and just got here and had a multitude of posts to wade through!
Tells - for most people weak means strong and strong means weak so you're friends advice is usually good. Mike Caro's Book of Tells is excellent in showing via pictures a bunch of good tells. Some of the more obvious ones ... staring at the flop means they missed it. Quickly looking away means they hit it. Glancing down at either their chips or your chips means they hit it good and plan on betting. You have to be watching your opponents and not the flop to see these.
How I mask my own tells when in Vegas - I go with a long beard so they can't see my neck. I wear a thick leather jacket so they can't see my breathing rate (I'm a thin guy). I wear extremely dark sunglasses so they can't see my eyes or where I am really looking. I also wear a baseball type cap pulled low to further hide my eyes/face. I sit motionless and don't engage in any conversation when in a hand, and look like I am just staring at the pot the whole hand (though behind my sunglasses I am checking out villain).
Online tells - how fast or slow they check/bet/raise. Table talk. Of course betting patterns and bet sizes. Find out what street each villain likes to bet. Some will wait one street after they hit their hand to bet, others will bet when they hit it.
Garon
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