Poker - Top Five Live Tells
Top 5 Live Tells
Many people believe that playing live poker is the only way to play because there are many good tells you can use to gain an edge over the opposition. However, players shouldn’t make decisions solely based on tells. Instead, they should think of each hand as a puzzle, with tells being a small piece. You want to add up different pieces of information to complete the puzzle.
The problem with tells is that most people rely almost exclusively on them and end up making the wrong decisions because they fail to incorporate other vital information into their game. Equally important factors are how an opponent is betting, what type of player they are, what their current mood is, and how they’ve played in the past.
Let’s talk about the following tells and how you can use them to exploit the players at your table.
- Chip Loading
- Betting Patterns
- Looking Away
- Staring At You
- Tentative vs. Laid Back Posture
Chip Loading
Of all the tells, chip loading is probably my favorite. Chip Read the rest of this entry »