+Mike Caro - Caros Book Of Poker Tells.pdf - Time Out Hut
+Mike Caro - Caros Book Of Poker Tells.pdf - Time Out Hut
+Mike Caro - Caros Book Of Poker Tells.pdf - Time Out Hut
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4.<br />
"CARO'S LAW OF LOOSE WIRING" AND POKER TELLS<br />
First I'm going to share a secret with you. Then we'll put our heads together and figure out what<br />
it has to do with poker tells. The secret is so powerful that it applies to real-life situations you<br />
encounter many times each day. It has special importance to poker generally and to tells<br />
specifically — as we'll see later.<br />
First, let's look at a version — specially edited for this book with MCU <strong>Poker</strong> Charts included<br />
— of something I wrote for Card Player magazine early in 1999. The heading was ...<br />
"<strong>Caro</strong>'s Law of Loose Wiring" —<br />
Possibly <strong>Poker</strong>'s Least Understood Concept<br />
I've been talking about this concept for a long, long time, but few people seem to understand its<br />
significance. In fact, many players tend to plot strategy as if the phenomenon I'm about to<br />
discuss didn't exist.<br />
I'm talking about <strong>Caro</strong>'s Law of Loose Wiring. It's an extremely important law, but you'll have<br />
to trust me when I tell you that it's worthwhile for you to wade through this discussion.<br />
Eventually, this will all make sense. But first, we need to look at two separate hold 'em pots,<br />
beginning with the blinds and following through until the showdown.<br />
POT A<br />
$75/$150 hold 'em<br />
Betting round one: Seat #1 puts in $50 small blind; seat #2 puts in $75 big blind; seat #3 raises<br />
to $ 150; seat #4 folds; seat #5 calls $150; seat #6 reraises to $225; seat #7 folds; seat #8 folds;<br />
seat #9 folds; seat #1 calls to $225; seat #2 folds; seat #3 calls to $225; seat #5 calls to $225.<br />
Four players stay for $225, making the pot $975, including the surrendered big blind.<br />
Flop is ...<br />
J♥ 9♦ 4♣<br />
Betting round two: Seat #1 checks; seat #3 bets $75 (a questionable, but aggressive and not<br />
unusual bet, as you'll see); seat #5 calls $75 (a weak but not unusual call); seat #6 raises to $150;<br />
seat #1 reraises to $225; seat #3 folds; seat #5 calls to $225 (perhaps in desperation — who<br />
knows?); seat #6 caps the betting by making it $300 — the final legal raise; seat #1 calls to<br />
$300; seat #5 calls to $300.<br />
Three players remain. Add it up and it's another $975 round. The pot is now $1,950.<br />
Turn card is ...<br />
making the board<br />
T♣<br />
J♥ 9♦ 4♣ T♣<br />
Betting round three: Seat #1 checks; seat #5 bets $150 (betting limits have doubled); seat #6<br />
calls $150; seat #1 hesitates, seems about to fold, seems about to call, then suddenly raises to<br />
$300; seat #5 reraises to $450; seat #6 calls to $450; seat #1 calls to $450.<br />
Three players still remain. The pot is now $3,300.<br />
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