Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells

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At your weekly poker game, your buddy John introduces his younger,

naïve-looking friend who is joining in for the evening.  On his first hand,

he raises your split aces on third street with just a five showing.  You

decide he’s being cocky and trying to run over the table, so you re raise

him with total confidence - twice, and even feel sorry for him.  Then he

shows you the sweep of five’s he started with and rakes in the pot. 

Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells by Randy Burgess with Carl

Baldassarre is every poker player’s complete resource for learning how

to recognize and interpret poker tells.  From foundations such as the

anatomy and significance of poker tells, first impressions, and player’s

betting patterns to the complexity of specific and unique clues, how to

avoid tells yourself, and how to protect you from angle-shooting are

analyzed and explained in full detail. 

Situational sequential photos test your ability to read tells while expert players such as Bob Ciaffone, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Dan Harrington, and T.J. Cloutier break down significant facial expressions, body language, and player actions. 

In addition to being the most complete resource available for learning about tells, the Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells covers all the basics, as well as intricate details that every poker player wants to know.  It explains the rules of today’s regular and sophisticated forms of poker such as limit and no-limit hold’em, seven-card stud and Omaha Hi-Low.  Furthermore, there is an A-Z glossary of poker terms and jargon and an extensive list of further resources for learning more about poker tells and poker in general. 

Reading a tell is like intercepting a coded message in wartime: even if you break the code, you still need to have a good idea of the enemy’s strength, concerns and plans in order for the message to make sense and affect what you do next. Not only will you strengthen your poker skills, but your awareness of nonverbal communication will develop as well. 

About the Authors

Randy Burgess is a freelance author, book doctor, and writing consultant.  He was first introduced to poker when he was a newspaper reporter and after two decades, his favorite cash game is no-limit hold’em.  He has written two other poker books.