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1. INTRODUCTION Once you've mastered the basic elements of a winning poker formula, psychology becomes the key ingredient in separating break-even players from players who win consistently. The most profitable kind of poker psychology is the ability to read your opponents. Imagine the edge having this ability would give you and then imagine how much money you could win with it! This is exactly what I'll show you in this book. Bring this knowledge to the poker table and you will win money — it's as simple as that! Any mannerism which helps you determine the secrets of an opponent's hand is called a tell. Look closely and you'll see opponents giving away the strength of their hands just by their mannerisms. Until a few years ago, nobody understood tells thoroughly. Experienced players would try to uncover trends in their opponents' behavior. Maybe they discovered that one opponent would always loosen his tie five minutes before attempting a major bluff. Such discoveries are important, but there's a much better way to go about reading opponents — and that's what you'll learn in this book. If you wanted to catalog all the possible tells an opponent might exhibit, the list might go on forever. You could sit for a few days and jot down several thousand things that opponents might do under stress. Unfortunately, after all that work, your list would be pitifully incomplete. There are millions of tells you could write down if you could only think of them all. There is a simple way to read your opponents. You must learn the motives behind their actions. Then, even when you encounter a tell you've never seen before, you'll have a good idea of what it means. When you're finished with this book, you won't have to memorize all the actions of each opponent. Instead, you'll be able to fit their mannerisms into universal categories of tells. You'll often know exactly what they hold and, better still, you'll know why they're acting as they are. You'll get deep inside their minds. And sometimes you'll be positive what cards an opponent holds — just as if he'd turned his hand face up on the table! When you can do that, your profits will soar. In my opinion, a conscientious winner will at least triple his profits once he masters the science of tells. It's important that you comprehend the reason why many tells happen. Most tells occur because players are trying to conceal the true strength of their hands. The most likely way they attempt to do this is to act in a manner that will convey the opposite of what they're holding. If a hand is weak, they'll try to convince you it's strong. If a hand is strong, they'll try to convince you it's weak. In this sense, your opponents are actors. This brings us to ... <strong>Caro</strong>'s Great Law of <strong>Tells</strong> Players are either acting or they aren't. If they are acting, then decide what they want you to do and disappoint them. Remember, keep a cool, disinterested attitude. You should be as eager to find a reason to pass as you should be to call. Concentrate and let the tells talk. When you graduate from this tells course, you'll know for sure why this man ... 8
Photo 3: ... is never as much of a threat ... Photo 4: ...as this man. 9
Page 3 and 4: MIKE CARO CARO’S BOOK OF POKER TE
Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Page 7: Photo 2: Here, Caro addresses the l
Page 11 and 12: Consider the estimates to have more
Page 13 and 14: MCU Poker Chart Game: Hold 'em Stru
Page 15 and 16: Now let's look at a seven-card stud
Page 17 and 18: A♥ —— 9♥ —— 4♥ ——
Page 19 and 20: 4. "CARO'S LAW OF LOOSE WIRING" AND
Page 21 and 22: Talk about magic! It took me a long
Page 23 and 24: Examine the previous MCU Poker Char
Page 25 and 26: Those two hands demonstrate Caro's
Page 27 and 28: 5. TELLS FROM THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE
Page 29 and 30: TELL #2 TITLE: Building code violat
Page 31 and 32: TELL #4 TITLE: Where is that $100 I
Page 33 and 34: TELL #6 TITLE: I've got better thin
Page 35 and 36: He will likely use subtle kindergar
Page 37 and 38: Players seldom shuffle on less susp
Page 39 and 40: TELL #10 TITLE: It's exciting to co
Page 41 and 42: MCU Poker Chart Game: Seven-card st
Page 43 and 44: (actually three pair, but the third
Page 45 and 46: V. Double-Checking Players double-c
Page 47 and 48: VALUE PER HOUR: • $1 limit = $0.2
Page 49 and 50: "Let me check and see," coupled wit
Page 51 and 52: For the most part, expect the playe
Page 53 and 54: BEST STRATEGY: You need a stronger
Page 55 and 56: Photo 31: This man is adjusting his
Page 57 and 58: Photo 32: The woman is betting her
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TELL #20 TITLE: I probably don't ne
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likely to wait before looking; play
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tell at work here, but it belongs i
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XII. Weak Means Strong Poker player
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PLAY BY PLAY: The photo uses seven-
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TELL #23 TITLE: Maybe I'll throw th
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Photo 49: We 're playing draw poker
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BEST STRATEGY: If you have an openi
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A♥ —— T♣ —— T♦ ——
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TELL #29 TITLE: Go ahead and bet yo
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RELIABILITY: • Weak players = 80%
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Photo 62: It's no limit hold 'em an
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Photo 66: Decision finally made, he
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XIII. Strong Means Weak I often tea
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TELL #33 TITLE: Watch me make a fis
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TELL #35 TITLE: I'll just keep star
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VALUE PER HOUR: • $1 limit = $0.9
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Photo 79: As the opponent begins to
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XIV. Exposing Cards Careless player
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BEST STRATEGY: Call. Photo 84: The
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BEST STRATEGY: If you have the thre
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PLAY BY PLAY: Although the photo us
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4) And you just call. Hmm ... Well,
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TELL #43 TITLE: Can't you see I'm g
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XVII. Discouraging Your Bet The adv
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XVIII. Betting Moves You can often
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Photo 91: He continues to push the
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VALUE PER HOUR: • $1 limit = $1.5
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XIX. Tricks Opponents are always tr
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Photo 98: He continues the bet as h
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MCU POKER CHART NOTES (See correspo
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TELL #52 TITLE: Where is the treasu
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BEST STRATEGY: Abandon this bet. Ph
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XXII. Gaining Information Since tel
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TELL #56 TITLE: Let me make sure. C
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Photo 110: Now he completes the bet
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XXIII. Misdirected Bets Any bet tha
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8. THE SOUNDS OF TELLS A long-time
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9. IMPORTANT TELLS REVISITED Now we
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Photo 122: Let's take another look
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Photo 133: Immediately he puts thes
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Photo 142: The seven stud player at
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A player glances secretly at his ch
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PLAY ALONG PHOTO QUIZ Let's test wh
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Photo 153: It's seven stud, six car
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Photo 162: It's five card draw lowb
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Photo 168: Suppose you 're playing
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Photo Quiz Answers Question 1: Cons
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12. FINAL THOUGHTS A FINAL TIP When
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Acknowledgements For lending their
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