[_dave_]

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Is there anything a live noob can do other than get more tables hours to improve live?

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Maybe, here is a trick - maybe work for you, maybe not...

Watch the video I linked above.

In it, there is the "high card / low card" bluff detection exercise. Do this with a few friends, even better with other people. We used to do this in one of my A-Level classes, was either psychology or communication studies, can't remember.

Concentrate on the eyes, do it for a few hours, you will get better.


Here's a tip - if you actually see the "tell" it is 75%+ a reverse tell. A real tell is too fast to be consciously observed, you will just get that gut feeling true or false.


I would imagine most everyone here can identify with the feeling of speaking to someone, knowing they are not on the level, but you can''t quite place ehy... it is all in the eyes.

It takes an extraordinary skill to overcome the subconscious tells your eyes portray, when observed by a skilled reader - sunglasses are no doubt an effective read blocking mechanism, but of course they will reduce your visual acuity. The EV of waring them depends upon your ability to control your own tells, but traded against how much information you can read from your opponents.

Seriously, try "high card / low card", ideally with strangers - but that's not so easy to organize [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

dave.