Reading Poker Tells

Some players move around a good amount in general, and so this pattern will be less reliable for these players. You should always study your opponents over time to get a sense of how they normally behave. Even with a strong read of weakness, how loose your opponent is should always be a consideration.

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Click here to learn more. When a player makes a significant bet, hesitations and pauses will make strong hands more likely. Players betting weak hands and bluffs will usually do so straightforwardly and normally, without pauses. Like many ostentatious behaviors from non-aggressors i. And double-checking hole cards can, to many people, convey uncertainty, so a bluffer would instinctively just not want to risk that interpretation. This is a good example of how important it is to interpret poker tells in the context of the surrounding situation.

Of all the bet-timing tells, quick calls are probably the most generally useful. Quick calls will generally indicate weak or medium-strength hands.

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When a player immediately calls a bet, it means that they have immediately ruled out a raise. Because players with strong hands are often focused on maximizing value and playing their hand the best way they can, this makes it unlikely that an immediate call is made by a player with a strong hand. If a player with a strong hand does decide to only call, he will usually take a few seconds to reach that decision.

Immediate calls will be most practically useful pre-flop and on the flop just because this is usually when bets are small enough for players to be capable of calling without much thought. On the turn, bets are bigger and most players will tend to think longer about these bets no matter what they have. Pre-flop, for many players, an unusually quick call of a 3-bet or a 4-bet will make it likely that the player has QQ or JJ. These are hands that many players consider too strong to fold, but also too weak to reraise with. With all other hands, including AK, most players will at least consider folding or reraising.

Depending on circumstances, a quick call could take several seconds. The overall aggression of a player can be a factor in narrowing their hand range. Another factor in interpreting immediate calls is the time that has passed during that round.

Poker tells are such a dynamic and time-based thing; it's admittedly hard to write well and accurately about them. I've worked hard on these videos and am proud of them. I hope you enjoy the videos and would love to hear if they're useful in the games you play. I'll continue to work on adding to this library of content.

In my humble opinion, I think all poker players will get value from these videos. For the more beginner-level players, the main value will come from being able to eliminate their own sometimes obvious tells. Becoming harder to read is more important for these players than is being able to read their opponents.

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This is because beginner-level players should be focused on strategic considerations. For very experienced and professional-level players, a lot of the information in these videos will already be known. But I think that there may be value in making some of these concepts more concrete and conscious, as opposed to more unconscious and feel-based. And for players who play high stakes, even a small amount of information can mean a substantial increase in profit. Even if a high-stakes player gains only one new piece of valuable information from watching all of my videos, that one piece of information could easily be worth thousands of dollars over time.

For the reasons above, I can confidently say that I believe these videos provide value for all poker players, no matter experience-level or stake-level. What does the video content include? You can see a full list of the videos and their descriptions here. Every video includes at least five examples of real-game examples of the behavior in question, along with an explanation of why these behaviors are often valuable, and what factors might affect your interpretation of the behavior.

• Shy-Town Girls (Shy-Town Girls: Book Series).
• Who Is Santa Claus? A History of St. Nicholas, the Christmas Tree, and the Three Wise Men.
• Live Poker Tells - 4 Common Tells That Deserve Your Attention.
• Reading Poker Tells | Examining Poker Psychology.
• Petticoat Prisoners of Old Wyoming;

Each video is about half of actual analysis of real hands, and about half a discussion about the reasons behind the pattern and the factors involved. You can get a good idea of the content from watching the trailer video at the top of this page.

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The currently available videos are not intended to cover all relevant poker tells, or even the most valuable poker tells. I will continue to create new videos and add to this library over time.

What is the preferred order in which to watch these videos? The videos were created to be standalone and to be watched in any order. The videos are between 10 and 18 minutes long, with most being around minutes long. These videos are highly produced, meaning a lot of work has gone into making them very concise. As of October , there is also a single 2-hour video that is more informal; it comes from a live Twitch broadcast where I analyze a previously recorded poker game.

What poker footage did you use and how was it selected? WCPC holds both tournaments and cash games, and the footage I use is taken from both types of games. A note about the players featured in these videos: In many cases, footage was chosen because it was a good example of how a behavior typically shows up from average players, not because it was proven to be a reliable poker tell for that individual.

In other words, if you are featured in the video, please do not take offense. I've read your poker tells books. Why should I buy these videos? Many of the concepts in these videos are admittedly covered in my books.