Need help reading hands...

[thepokerjunky]

Its not really a question of what books you should take, but the
expirience you gain at the tables... That expirience is priceless cause
there isnt any book of ticks that is 100 percent accurate.. you have to
be able to adapt yourself to the games. But if i were to recommend
come books i would say that you have to read doyle brunsons
supersystem and david negranues book, but i forgot the title...
good luck at learning to read! lol that sounded kinda different
but oh well hah

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Its not really a question of what books you should take, but the
expirience you gain at the tables... That expirience is priceless cause
there isnt any book of ticks that is 100 percent accurate.. you have to
be able to adapt yourself to the games.

A combination of reading and experience is great. Experience alone is not ideal, and obviously you can't become a great poker player just by reading books.

But if i were to recommend
come books i would say that you have to read doyle brunsons
supersystem and david negranues book, but i forgot the title...
good luck at learning to read! lol that sounded kinda different
but oh well hah

Daniel Negreanu :questionm:questionm

 

[irishlatent]

http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8629256&an=0&page=0#Post8629256

someone else posted this once upon a time, but i found it very helpful

 

[munkie]

Reading your opponent online isn't even possible. To be able to read your opponent, you have to see him. You can play a gut feeling online, but that's in no way a read.

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Reading your opponent online isn't even possible. To be able to read your opponent, you have to see him. You can play a gut feeling online, but that's in no way a read.

You can put an online opponent on a range of hands without needing to see them.

 

[kidstender]

I feel how fast someone raises or calls shows they have something and slow means bluff or the nuts

 

[RichKo]

http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8629256&an=0&page=0#Post8629256

someone else posted this once upon a time, but i found it very helpful

Yeah...Steveg about 8-10 posts above you. Anyways if anyone here hasnt read this link, GO DO IT NOW. GREAT ARTICLE

 

[Naked Welder]

I feel how fast someone raises or calls shows they have something and slow means bluff or the nuts

This isn't true. Most people prefer a fast paced game and play accordingly to get them chips fast. Slow might mean connection problems or maybe a random phone call interruption or even trying to get the slider bar to the right monetary value of the bet when you can't type the value in. Personally, I play slow just to annoy those folks that take 20+ seconds to make a decision. I let the time clock go down to the last second before I make a decision and piss a few people off in the process. I do this a couple of times and the play picks up or they leave the table sometimes with a few angry others.

 

[shinedown.45]

Okay-I couldn't resist. I took the donktest that was posted and I scored kinda poor. I guess I really can't read hands as well as I thought I did. So now I turn to you guys. What book/website/psychic should I turn to to better myself?

Pay close attention to your table when in a hand and when not in a hand.
Make notes on what a certain player bets/calls/raises with and within all the notes you make you will start to see a pattern emerge and with careful scrutiny, you will start to be able to put players within a range of hands based on the size of their bets