Poker Tells

[AJ]

Not sure if this goes in live or strategy., but here goes..... I'm now playing at least half of my poker live, certainly more than half in terms of value. so i've started paying more attention to the people and less to the cards, i thought it'd be a good idea if we shared comon tells we've picked up, both to help spot them in others and remove leaks from our own game. I'll start with one I look at the players when the board cards come out, the cards will not change, I can see them in 20 seconds. I'm always warry when people glance down at their own chips when the flop comes out. To me it showes their hand has improved and they are calculating their attack and working out how much they can raise. This tells me not to bluff into these guys, as they will call or reraise Anyone else care to add their fav tells in others...............

[Valiant23]

Re: Poker Tells

I look at the players when the board cards come out

I do that too, but I've started to do and notice things people do to avoid giving away tells, so I suppose I'd call these Poker 'Hides'. One tell that I gave was looking too laidback and unconcerned when I had a monster hand by taking a look around the card room, taking a sip of my coffee etc. (I've stopped that, btw). I am managing to stare into a fixed point on a wall for as long as it takes for others to make their play whether I'm bluffing or not. It helps when there are TV's dotted around the place though.

I'm always warry when people glance down at their own chips when the flop comes out.

At my last live game I think I saw a player avoid giving this tell by keeping a fair sized stack of chips in his hands, so that when his turn to play came you didn't know his intention until the chips came over the line.