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Specific Poker Tells Part3
12. Reaching for chips to call your bet before you can make it. ###1/2 In poker language, this move means, "Of course I'm going to call your bet! It's such an easy decision for me that I don't even have to think about it. If you were betting to eliminate me, you can save that bet, since you can see that I'm going to call."
13. Delaying in calling your bet. ##1/2 A player who genuinely couldn't decide between folding and calling when you bet on the flop is more likely to fold if he does call and you bet again on the turn. He usually will have been looking for a miracle card, took one shot at it, and is willing to fold on the turn if he misses (which will happen most of the time).
14. Flashing one hole card. ##l/2 A player who makes sure you "accidentally" see one of his hole cards is bluffing. He almost never has what he wants you to think he does.
15. Behavior on fabulous-looking flops. ## Whenever the flop contains a high pair, three straight flush cards, or even three-of-a-kind, you should pause a second before acting on your hand. A player who threw away a hand with a card that would fit well with the flop will often let it be known.
How? Well, he might curse, moan, pound the table, slap his forehead, elbow his neighbor, or actually announce out loud what card he folded before the flop. You have to wait to give him a second to do one of these things. This is a very reliable tell since a player not in the hand has no reason to influence its play or outcome.
16. Unnecessarily showing the nuts at the end. #1/2 A player who does this might just be bragging, but sometimes it's because he intends to bluff you in the near future and he wants you to remember that he only plays the nuts.
17. Coaxing along an opponent's end decision. # Let's say a player bets into you, and you're slowly and reluctantly about to fold. It's apparent that you're about to exit the hand, and your opponent says or does something to help you confirm that you're making the "right" decision. He's bluffing. He wants you to hurry up and fold before you take a second to rethink what you're doing.
18. Showing visible disappointment. #### With a very big pot, if a player is on a draw to the nuts and misses on the end, he will often let you know about it. Again, the secret is that you have to wait a second for him to do it. He might exhale deeply, slump down in his chair, curse, look sad, turn his cards face up as a gesture of folding, throw his cards into the muck out of turn, hit the table, or tell you what hand he missed.
19. Rabbit hunting. ### Rabbit hunting is the term for, "Can I see the next card, please?" after the hand is over. It seems that bad players like to do that and good players don't.
20. Neat and conservative players. ##1/2 A person's style of doing one thing is usually also his style of doing most other things. A player who dresses and acts conservatively usually also plays conservatively.
21. Players in wheelchairs and walkers. ## Players who are wheelchair-bound or otherwise have physical trouble getting around like to stay put once they get in the game. They usually play conservatively but not excellently. They're generally Tight/Passive players.
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Specific Poker Tells Part2
6. Seeing the flop and quickly looking away. If
you hold 6V6*, and the flop is A*K4lOV, the flop is easy to read even if you still have to take an extra second or two to make sure you've read it correctly. If you hold AVA«£, however, and the flop is 94A43*, it will look like this to you:
When you see this, you'll know instantly that you're going to bet. You'll quickly glance at your chips to make sure they're still there, and then you'll look away from the table, feigning total disinterest in the hand.
7. Covering one's mouth. *•* A player who covers his mouth after betting is usually bluffing. What you're seeing is a conflict between the external physical action of betting and the internal knowledge of knowing you're "lying."
8. Betting in a flamboyant style. ** A player who throws his chips into the pot in a forceful or obviously exaggerated manner is usually bluffing. At the very least, he's trying to intimidate you into checking into him on the next round.
9. Making directed bets. A player who calls a bet by throwing his chips in the specific direction of a particular player (usually the bettor) is trying to intimidate the bettor into checking on the next round.
10. Staring at other players. ###This tell occurs most often after the river card comes and a player has missed a big draw. He will often noticeably raise his head from looking down at the flop, turn it to the left or right to face his sole opponent squarely, and then stare right at him. In poker language, this move means, "I just missed my flush draw. I'm entitled to win this hand, but I can't call a bet. Don't you dare bet into me."
11. Calling your bet immediately. ### A player who calls your bet and has his chips in the pot almost before you do has a weak calling hand. He'd rather you hadn't bet. Since you did, he wants his apparently quick and easy call to cause you to have second thoughts about betting into him on the next round.
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