ADVANCED POKER TELLS

Have you ever seen a poker player bet a personalized poker chip or two whilst telling the poker table a story? General chit-chat or a useful piece of information you can take to the bank? You guessed it. If the poker player puts some of his personalized poker chip stack into the middle and shrugs, comments or just generally tells a story, you can be sure this player is not at all uncertain about the strength of his poker hand. In fact, he knows he will win a personalized poker chip or two and is trying to deceive the other players as to the true strength of the poker hand.

Maybe you hear them forcing a sigh? Or they say something like, ‘Oh, I may as well…’ Never be fooled if you want to retain your personalized poker chip stack for yourself. Sometimes this poker tell is easy to spot as the poker player is consciously making an effort to give off this sort of body language. However, if it is slightly too easy to spot, hold your personalized poker chip stack back for a second and think about whether the poker player is double-bluffing and is in fact an extremely strong player in disguise!

However, more often than not, this sort of poker tell is an unconscious action by the poker player exhibiting the poker tell at the poker table. This is obviously much harder to spot in a game of poker. The poker player may not be intending to deceive but it is a natural human instinct to act weak when strong and vice versa. To save and win a personalized poker chip or two you must be very cautious and on the lookout at all stages for the subconscious poker tells.

Are you giving off these sorts of poker tells either consciously or subconsciously? Everyone does give off some sort of vibe and often lose a percentage of their personalized poker chip stack as a result. For this reason, many poker players choose to wear sunglasses, baseball caps (or cowboy hats if you are Doyle Brunson!) or hoodies (like the Unibomber!). They also try to get into a routine where they bet with the same hand each time, where they wait the same amount of time each time after looking at their cards before reaching for their personalized poker chip stack and the way they call or raise.