Live Poker Tells: Reading Your Opponents · S8E10

Hollywood promotes the notion that top players "read" their opponents from their body language, or their unique method of eating Oreo cookies. But do such live tells have any place in today's mathematical game of #poker?

In this episode, coach w34z3l gives an overview of how your opponents may leak information that you can use to beat them. Equally important, we discuss how you can prevent others from reading your own body language, so that you can protect yourself from damaging information leaks.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction: What Are Live Tells? 1:12 Why Tells Exist Even in Tough Games 2:30 How to Read Tells: Default Profiles & Deviations 3:47 Reverse Tells: When Players Mislead You 5:04 Reading the Mouth & Microexpressions 6:33 Hand Tells: Trembling, Position & Chip Tricks 8:48 Posture Changes & Body Language 9:29 Eye Tells: Pupils, Gaze Direction & Stack Glances 11:39 Card Apex: How Players Check Their Cards 14:51 Betting Style & Angle Shooting 17:05 Speech Patterns & Vocal Tells 18:43 Vocalizing vs Silent Options 20:24 Card Protectors & Information Leakage 21:12 Protecting Against Tells: Sunglasses & Hoodies 23:08 Why Perfect Balance Is Impossible

RELATED LINKS

• The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/
• Poker Mastery 101: https://youtu.be/B8qidwy2UeU?si=-DOEQyKTHYCzn6qX
• Live Poker Analysis: https://youtu.be/06gOgEchrqM?si=eDSpZ5jHAJtzLiBy
• The Best $1/$2 Poker Vlog: https://www.splitsuit.com/1-2-live-cash-poker-vlog

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