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Old 02-16-2006, 04:11 AM
PokerBob PokerBob is offline
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Tonight's Canterbury 15/30 session got me thinking about some of the hilarious tells that one can experience while playing live poker. I have many that I enjoy, but for the purposes of this thread I will share one that I saw several times tonight from the same jackass. It is the "I-am-trying-to-pass-a-kindey-stone" face as they 4bet the river with the stone nuts. What's one of yours?
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Old 02-16-2006, 04:24 AM
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It's as old as Caro's book, probably older, but the shaking hands thing always tells me what I need to know. I'm not much of a "tells" player, but hands have a way of letting out one's most inner secrets. Always watch the hands.

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Old 02-16-2006, 04:36 AM
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Friday night at Commerce 20/40 I open UTG with KK and it gets folded to an aggressive CO who 3-bets, the BB comes along and I cap that [censored]. The flop comes 8-high. The BB checks, I bet, the CO raises, the BB folds, I 3-bet and the CO now says "oh, I see you're just showing off for your friends" and calls. That was his tell that let me know he had 88 or AA. I took the cheap line to showdown and got shown AA.
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Old 02-16-2006, 04:48 AM
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Bet speed.

By far the easiest to use.

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Old 02-16-2006, 04:53 AM
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Friday night at Commerce 20/40 I open UTG with KK and it gets folded to an aggressive CO who 3-bets, the BB comes along and I cap that [censored]. The flop comes 8-high. The BB checks, I bet, the CO raises, the BB folds, I 3-bet and the CO now says "oh, I see you're just showing off for your friends" and calls. That was his tell that let me know he had 88 or AA. I took the cheap line to showdown and got shown AA.

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Half the time this means AA/88, other half it means he really hates that you're pretty.
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Old 02-16-2006, 05:00 AM
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I love when kids are wearing sunglasses and peek back at their holecards when the board comes 2flush.

The grimacing, I see that more than ANYTHING.
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Old 02-16-2006, 05:13 AM
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The "lean in and stare at the 3rd spade that came off then look away disinterested, sigh, and check softly"
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Old 02-16-2006, 05:22 AM
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The "lean in and stare at the 3rd spade that came off then look away disinterested, sigh, and check softly"

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You must be looking into a mirror when you play
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Old 02-16-2006, 06:12 AM
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I love the bet twice as much as I'm allowed to on the flop in a limit game.

ex. Opening for $6 in a $3/$6 game
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Old 02-16-2006, 06:20 AM
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Friday night at Commerce 20/40 I open UTG with KK and it gets folded to an aggressive CO who 3-bets, the BB comes along and I cap that [censored]. The flop comes 8-high. The BB checks, I bet, the CO raises, the BB folds, I 3-bet and the CO now says "oh, I see you're just showing off for your friends" and calls. That was his tell that let me know he had 88 or AA. I took the cheap line to showdown and got shown AA.

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open-fold turn

edit: face up of course
edit2: say "no, now i'm showing off"
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