Listening for Tells
According to my mentor, Mike Caro, tells and psychology combine to account for most of your profit at the poker table. It’s necessary to understand poker basics before concentrating on tells. When you first begin, you’re too busy keeping up with the game and understanding everything going on. You may find it difficult at first to carefully scrutinize your opponents for tells. When you’re ready to try, watch only one player at a time.
Mike says you need to fully understand the strategic concepts needed to win at poker. Most of the things that he teaches are more advanced and can produce the major part of your profit. However, if you don’t understand the fundamental concepts of winning poker, it’s going to be difficult to succeed. It is absolutely necessary to understand the basics first.
Be alert. Mike said I should warn you about that, so I did. Now, we’ll talk about tells that can be profitable, but you can’t see. They’re ones that you can hear. Always be… Continue reading Listening for Tells
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Poker glossary:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
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