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ssbn743
Visionary
Silver Level
As I’ve learned the game more and more it has become increasingly important to not only spot “tells” (for lack of a better term) but to understand why? The why part is crucial when facing very experienced, professional level players, as it can often times spoil their ruses.
Some of the more basic things are double checking hole cards, looking off the table, or glancing secretly and quickly at their own chip stacks. But there is one that I have never fully understood.
Imagine a player who has been playing tight, not rock tight, but tight, raises to a standard raise amount (I often use raise/bet amounts as a gauge to determine the skill level of a player – if someone raises 2.5 times the big blind with an ante on top, like 31K with the blinds 6K & 12K with 1K ante, I will usually give that player some credit - contrasted to the player that just keeps doubling his bet amount on each street, he bet 6K on the flop now on the turn it's 12K). Still imagine this player raises to 31K and no one calls. I often see them check their hole cards before tossing them, usually face down, in the muck.
What does this mean?
Some of the more basic things are double checking hole cards, looking off the table, or glancing secretly and quickly at their own chip stacks. But there is one that I have never fully understood.
Imagine a player who has been playing tight, not rock tight, but tight, raises to a standard raise amount (I often use raise/bet amounts as a gauge to determine the skill level of a player – if someone raises 2.5 times the big blind with an ante on top, like 31K with the blinds 6K & 12K with 1K ante, I will usually give that player some credit - contrasted to the player that just keeps doubling his bet amount on each street, he bet 6K on the flop now on the turn it's 12K). Still imagine this player raises to 31K and no one calls. I often see them check their hole cards before tossing them, usually face down, in the muck.
What does this mean?