Best live tells?

El Stuntman

how about this one?



seriously though, a little Boards database of live tells would be very handy!!

my most reliable is an opponent who starts talking fast when you're pondering a call - MONSTER!!!!

any tips?

5starpool

I can't the humourous part of the above post

Here's a tell for you. When Harold bets he isn't bluffing. Here is another one. When Norman loses a big pot he will put all his chips in the next hand regardless.

smurph

When Alex (elderly gentleman) in the Fitzwilliam does his Skippy impersonation when he has flopped a monster

El Stuntman

no humour intended

I was simply looking for info so I can beat you all at the Boards game and expected you to provide same....

BigCityBanker

Which boards player is this then?

When he gets a nice pocket holding he bites down on his back teeth, puts on a kind of an upside down smile (think its called a frown), leaves his two arms prostrate on the felt - one eiter side of his chips - and stares blankly at the centre of the table and ceases breathing.

answers on a postcard please?

El Stuntman

BigCityBanker wrote:

Which boards player is this then?

When he gets a nice pocket holding he bites down on his back teeth, puts on a kind of an upside down smile (think its called a frown), leaves his two arms prostrate on the felt - one eiter side of his chips - and stares blankly at the centre of the table and ceases breathing.

answers on a postcard please?

I'm just guessing here (with a 99.99% probability)...Rounders?

you forgot the rubbing of the forehead and the 2 minute dwell-up!!

ollyk1

BigCityBanker wrote:

Which boards player is this then?

When he gets a nice pocket holding he bites down on his back teeth, puts on a kind of an upside down smile (think its called a frown), leaves his two arms prostrate on the felt - one eiter side of his chips - and stares blankly at the centre of the table and ceases breathing.

answers on a postcard please?

Moi?

ianmc38

Someone that reaches for their chips then checks = really weak.

El Stuntman

ianmc38 wrote:

Someone that reaches for their chips then checks = really weak.

or glares at you and asks how much you have behind

I always LOL at that

BigCityBanker

it aint rounders or ollyk

Gholimoli

El Stuntman wrote:

or glares at you and asks how much you have behind

I always LOL at that

i often ask opponents how much they have left for two reasons:
to see if i have any bluff equity and size my bets correctly.
to see if they are committed yet or basically size my value bet correctly.
so i ask when im bluffing and when i am value betting.only if i cant see though.

ianmc38

El Stuntman wrote:

or glares at you and asks how much you have behind

I always LOL at that

I generally ask that when I have a monster and someone else is betting into me.

Rnger

http://i.fulltiltpoker.com/images/ourTeam/video/LFTP_tells-1.m4v

bring a few packs of chewing gum and constantly offer them to the table. If they stop chewing after a big bet, theyre more than likely bluffing. The opposite holds true for monsters

5starpool

Rnger wrote:

http://i.fulltiltpoker.com/images/ourTeam/video/LFTP_tells-1.m4v

bring a few packs of chewing gum and constantly offer them to the table. If they stop chewing after a big bet, theyre more than likely bluffing. The opposite holds true for monsters

Don't do this. There are way too many people that play poker that are incapable of chewing gum with their mouth closed.

El Stuntman

BigCityBanker wrote:

it aint rounders or ollyk

spill the beans!!

5starpool

If I bet big and you have a really weak holding this is how you know I am bluffing and you should call to impress all your mates by calling and winning with 8 high.

El Stuntman

Harrington recommends focussing on an opponents hands to gain tells as it's much harder to put out false info with your hands...can't say it's ever done much for me

ianmc38

El Stuntman wrote:

Harrington recommends focussing on an opponents hands to gain tells as it's much harder to put out false info with your hands...can't say it's ever done much for me

Nor has it ever worked for me.

careca

Can I highjack this thread a bit and ask whats the best call you have ever made based on a tell"

Fitz scalps, some time back, this guy (brother of prominent boards player ) check raised BigD all in preflop. As BigD was thinking about the bet this guy was tapping his index finger repeatedly on the table. BigD called and was shown AA.

Bout one hour later I raised in late positon with 44 (shortish stacked) and he calls. Flop K93. He goes all in and I think about it and notice no finger tapping. I go on my instinct and win against his bluff.

I won't mention the thousands of times when I've read the tells wrong.

ollyk1

ianmc38 wrote:

Nor has it ever worked for me.

no but it does for your opponents you tellbag!!!

phantom_lord

I remember one time I raised pf in a tournament, a guy folded, got out of his chair and walked around to my side of the table and picked up my hand, I was thinking wtf??

He said he wanted to check my pulse


I think this would be a slightly labour intensive way to get live tells, but if it works...

Rnger

have is hand folded cuz he left his seat

5starpool

Personally I can say honestly that it is unusual for me to get a physical tell per se on someone.

El Stuntman

feigning disinterest in the hand (looking at the tv, waving a waitress over, fiddling with a ipod etc) is also usually a danger sign

phantom_lord

He'd already folded, it was more a joke than anything else.

I don't ever remember anything as specfic as someone tapping their finger, I usually just get an overall impression of their body language and actions as to whether they're weak or strong.

califano

El Stuntman wrote:

I'm just guessing here (with a 99.99% probability)...Rounders?

you forgot the rubbing of the forehead and the 2 minute dwell-up!!

LMAO Feck off you cheeky bastage. The boards game you refer to i presume.
One time ONE TIME i did it!. It wasnt that bad was it!?.

phantom_lord

El Stuntman wrote:

feigning disinterest in the hand (looking at the tv, waving a waitress over, fiddling with a ipod etc) is also usually a danger sign

Some young pup the other day didn't pick up on this, obviously if I was carrying on a conversation with someone while moving all-in showing no interest and continue talking, I've a monster and pocket queens are no good.


I'd j7 soooooooted... :mad:

LuckyLloyd

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ianmc38

El Stuntman wrote:

feigning disinterest in the hand (looking at the tv, waving a waitress over, fiddling with a ipod etc) is also usually a danger sign

I tried that in kerry. Worked a treat!

ianmc38

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Clearly this is me - I am a stuffed bag of tells.

Sounds like you alright.

Washout

BigCityBanker wrote:

Which boards player is this then?

When he gets a nice pocket holding he bites down on his back teeth, puts on a kind of an upside down smile (think its called a frown), leaves his two arms prostrate on the felt - one eiter side of his chips - and stares blankly at the centre of the table and ceases breathing.

answers on a postcard please?

thought this was HalfBaked when i read it first.

BigCityBanker

no, no and no.

when i first started playing cards this person was at my table - he done it that night and every night ever since that i have been on the same table. To be fair he holds a similar posture all the time but when he gets them good pocket holdings he clenches down on the back teeth causing his facial features to change.

Maybe i have it wrong and im misreading the guy - id have thought it was pretty obvious. Actually - quite possibly im the fool here.

RedXIII

Touching nose, staring into space / at feet, checking your cards at flor/turn /river....covering face...i also notice people sometiimes have a change in posture and tone of there voice when they raise pre flop with a monster...or when people call araise instantly, and slam down ther chips they usually have nothing

Washout

BigCityBanker wrote:

no, no and no.

when i first started playing cards this person was at my table - he done it that night and every night ever since that i have been on the same table. To be fair he holds a similar posture all the time but when he gets them good pocket holdings he clenches down on the back teeth causing his facial features to change.

Maybe i have it wrong and im misreading the guy - id have thought it was pretty obvious. Actually - quite possibly im the fool here.

when did you start playing..(Im trying to rule myself out)

patmac

phantom_lord wrote:

I remember one time I raised pf in a tournament, a guy folded, got out of his chair and walked around to my side of the table and picked up my hand, I was thinking wtf??

He said he wanted to check my pulse

Did he find one?

LuckyLloyd

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smurph

RedXIII wrote:

Touching nose, staring into space / at feet, checking your cards at flor/turn /river....covering face...i also notice people sometiimes have a change in posture and tone of there voice when they raise pre flop with a monster...or when people call araise instantly, and slam down ther chips they usually have nothing

That means the Captain Zitto from the Fitz never has a hand, he nearly knocked me bleedin eye out one night slamming his chips into the middle of the pot, while muttering something illegible.

ZZR1100

ianmc38 wrote:

Someone that reaches for their chips then checks = really weak.

ive used this trick with a monster

ianmc38

ZZR1100 wrote:

ive used this trick with a monster

Me too!

RoadSweeper

The other night i seen my mates neck muscle throbbing like mad, after a big bet. didnt get to see his cards.

Anyone any ideas?

BigCityBanker

RoadSweeper wrote:

The other night i seen my mates neck muscle throbbing like mad, after a big bet. didnt get to see his cards.

Anyone any ideas?

He had middle pair with a good kicker - he was worried that somebody had top pair with a sh1t kicker.

phantom_lord

patmac wrote:

Did he find one?

I hope so....?

Someone that reaches for their chips then checks = really weak.

The people I play with usually look at me suspiciously and check behind if I do that.

phantom_lord

RoadSweeper wrote:

The other night i seen my mates neck muscle throbbing like mad, after a big bet. didnt get to see his cards.

Anyone any ideas?

Sometimes people get nervous/excited when they've a massive hand, and sometimes it's when they've got nothing.

kincsem

Players often protect their cards with their hands when it's good.

5starpool

smurph wrote:

That means the Captain Zitto from the Fitz never has a hand, he nearly knocked me bleedin eye out one night slamming his chips into the middle of the pot, while muttering something illegible.

Unintelligible.

Sorry Smurph, I can't help myself. It is a disease.

Flushdraw

BigCityBanker wrote:

Which boards player is this then?

When he gets a nice pocket holding he bites down on his back teeth, puts on a kind of an upside down smile (think its called a frown), leaves his two arms prostrate on the felt - one eiter side of his chips - and stares blankly at the centre of the table and ceases breathing.

answers on a postcard please?

I do this sometimes aswel, but its usually the posture i take when i'm all-in irrelevant of whether i'm holding a top hand or bluffing

5starpool

Now that I know you guys are looking for tells I shall attempt to provide said tells to you next time.

eoghan104

Flushdraw wrote:

I do this sometimes aswel, but its usually the posture i take when i'm all-in irrelevant of whether i'm holding a top hand or bluffing

is it halfbaked? he does this s ometimes!

Flushdraw

eoghan104 wrote:

is it halfbaked? he does this s ometimes!

In one tournie i played with Halfbaked, we were both all-in and it looked like i was looking in the mirror!

ianmc38

eoghan104 wrote:

is it halfbaked? he does this s ometimes!

HalfBaked always does it! I didnt want to say anything, but now the cats out of the bag....