list your best tells..

[dopemope223]

I'm new at this forum and i think tells are a very important part of poker. at weak tables it makes all the difference, but i wanted to make a list of all possible poker tells which you have picked up over playing. I intend to print this off and study it...
Sum tells which i have come apon playing are.
-staring at their card on the flop and then at their chips(i've read ppls hands blind this way)
-ther leg starts shaking everytime they had a hand
-their eyes dart around the table speedly after they hit the flop
-when their bluffing there chest is moving more the normal because of their heavy breathing
-they won't look you in the eye when their bluffing
-they cover there mouth hiding a smile(which is stupid cause everyone knows that one)

I know all tells are relavent to the person that your playing and to put sum1 on a hand you need a variety of info such as betting patterns, player type ect, but adding anymore to this list would be helpful...

[HalfSugar]

Like he says in Rounders - if he is a fish, he'll act meek when he has a hand, and strong when he doesn't. That is often true. Watch for people suddenly getting chatty or hurrying play along, it's often a good indication that they have a hand.

[tame_deuces]

Depends on the players.

For inexperienced players repeated calling often means chasing. Well, for those that I have played against Betting pattern is often the simplest key against many, many players. In my most horrific scenario I remember one guy I played against live. He always checked if he didn't hit in EP. Quite often by simply calling his raises preflop when he was in earlier position than me and betting when he checked->Instant fold. How's that for helping on implied odds. But I guess that was a pretty extreme scenario, and that he didn't catch on was strange.



+ You got the usual Caro's tells stuff that probably lies about in a thread here somewhere too.

[kellerumd]

One I have noticed recently is when someone has a hand, they will be ready to flip their cards over and they will be playing with them a lot and picking them up off the table. I think its just cause they are really excitied to show them. I noticed it on one big pot and got burnt by trips.

[weirpougs]

be ready to flip their cards over and they will be playing with them a lot and picking them up off the table

glad i read this cause i'm sure i can pick up on this on our group games - i'm sure ive done it as well.

they cover there mouth hiding a smile(which is stupid cause everyone knows that one)

i love that one! but when i play i seem to have a grin on my face all the time :D making it immpossible for anyone to know when i'm serious!

one tell i think is obvious: when the cards a delt and anyone is having a drink they sudenly put their drink out of the way - could be seen as if they have picked up something.
oh and shaky hands, but once a beer is down everyone no one does it.

[Imajica1975]

as far as live tells go, my favorite one so far is:

I host about 7 or 8 people in a tourney every other week or so. One of the chairs I used to use is a recliner. Its the kind of chair that leans back a little, so it just kinda "sucks you in."

Well, long story short, every time the guy sitting in this chair would have a hand, he would lean forward. When he was bluffing or didn't have squat, he would lean back to a more comfortable position in the chair.

After he got knocked out, I told him his tell. Now no-one wants to use the "comfy chair."

[fiezk]

One I have noticed recently is when someone has a hand, they will be ready to flip their cards over and they will be playing with them a lot and picking them up off the table. I think its just cause they are really excitied to show them. I noticed it on one big pot and got burnt by trips.

Pre flop the opposite is often true. If someone looks at his or her cards for the first time and suddenly looks away, it's an indication that he/she has a strong hand. Most of the time people get nervous when looking down at a big pair, AK, etc.

[TallBrad]

I have two friends who, pre-flop, I could always tell if they liked their hand.

One guy would look at his cards as soon as he got them, if he liked them he would stack them neatly on top of each other. If he didn't like them, he would leave them on the table in a messy pile. Also, if he really liked them, he would stack them neatly, then stare at his chips as he was trying to see how much he would raise.

The other guy, his was the same as the one mentioned by fiezk, if he liked his hand, he would stare off to his left and act as if he was dis-interested.

Unfortunately now both of them don't look at their cards until it is their turn to play. Those tells saved me lots of chips, when I was going to try and bluff at the blinds.

[JustinHEMI04]

I have two friends who, pre-flop, I could always tell if they liked their hand.

One guy would look at his cards as soon as he got them, if he liked them he would stack them neatly on top of each other. If he didn't like them, he would leave them on the table in a messy pile. Also, if he really liked them, he would stack them neatly, then stare at his chips as he was trying to see how much he would raise.

The other guy, his was the same as the one mentioned by fiezk, if he liked his hand, he would stare off to his left and act as if he was dis-interested.

Unfortunately now both of them don't look at their cards until it is their turn to play. Those tells saved me lots of chips, when I was going to try and bluff at the blinds.

Similar to the stacking I have noticed that if players are coming into the pot, they will put their card protector on the cards. If not, they don't bother. That is why I go through the same routine regardless of my cards.

Justin

[Oldgzer]

A few I've noticed:

--Two guys I frequently play with will always start SLOWLY reaching for their chips if the board has helped them at all. As they're looking at the board, they reach for their chips.

--three of a suit on the board, people looking at their hole cards usually indicates they have ONE card of that suit. If three of a suit hits and a player will bet/call without looking down, he/she usually already has flush

--A player shakes his head or lets out a sigh of disappoinment usually means they have a monster hand

--the better the hand, the farther away from the table they get, almost as if they're not afraid of whatever bets come their way.

[Skribbles]

Ran into one guy last week that would say "Oh what the hell" as he threw chips into the pot. I became a rich man off him. And by rich I mean I won about $30 off of him.

[Cyberhwk]

Similar to the stacking I have noticed that if players are coming into the pot, they will put their card protector on the cards. If not, they don't bother. That is why I go through the same routine regardless of my cards.

That one is one of my favs. Some more long the same vein...

*Player already has their cards between their index and middle finger as they've already decided to fold their hand and are just waiting until the action gets around to them.

*If the pots been raised, some people intent on limping in will have already counted out the appropriate number of chips.

These are useful on those borderline plays or to decide if you need to re-raise in order to thin the field.

[jimmyg_123]

I have a friend who had a tell in certain situations. If I acted before him and would bet after the turn he would call and say something like "just to keep you honest", which usually meant he had hit big. I told him about it, and he seriously didn't even realize he said it. Now he tries to say it on purpose to throw me off.

[Soup_dog]

I have a friend who had a tell in certain situations. If I acted before him and would bet after the turn he would call and say something like "just to keep you honest", which usually meant he had hit big. I told him about it, and he seriously didn't even realize he said it. Now he tries to say it on purpose to throw me off.

Doh! What did you tell him for?

[Jauron]

One I have noticed recently is when someone has a hand, they will be ready to flip their cards over and they will be playing with them a lot and picking them up off the table. I think its just cause they are really excitied to show them. I noticed it on one big pot and got burnt by trips.

Sometimes when I'm bluffing and I mean big time bluffing at the river and I have no shot at winning if they call me I use this same "tell" to try to get them to fold.

It works pretty well actually, as soon as they reach for chips and it looks like they might call, grab your cards and act like you are about to turn them over the second they push their chips in the middle, they will usually (if they see it) hesitate, sometimes even fold.