Eliminating Tells

[thepelz 0]

Hey, how's it going, longtime lurker, first time poster.I play most of my poker live, usually at the local card room in my hometown. It seems I make most of my profit off the weaker players who come in occasionally, but don't do as well against the other regulars. My theory was that they were good at reading me, and this was confirmed somewhat last night.One of the guys I play with a lot, a good young LAG player, told me a tell I have wher I pucker my lips up whenever I have a really strong hand. This obviously is not good, because I can't get paid off by this guy or anyone else if I am doing this. So my question is, what do you guys do if you discover one of your own tells to get rid of it? I could try to use it to bluff more effectively, but I wouldrather just eliminate it altogether.Thanks for any advice the good live players can give me.

[HangukMiguk 8]

Here's what I did. I'm serious, and it worked for me. A little too elaborate, but I felt like I needed it.Set up two camcorders, one to observe my hole cards and the board, and another to observe me. So that way I was getting it real time, knowing what my hole cards were, know my reactions to them, know how I looked at the flop and after it, and know what my tendencies were with each play.Like I said, it was elaborate. But I feel like I learned a lot from it.

[SSPadawon4 0]

Here's what I did. I'm serious, and it worked for me. A little too elaborate, but I felt like I needed it.Set up two camcorders, one to observe my hole cards and the board, and another to observe me. So that way I was getting it real time, knowing what my hole cards were, know my reactions to them, know how I looked at the flop and after it, and know what my tendencies were with each play.Like I said, it was elaborate. But I feel like I learned a lot from it.

Wear sun glasses and do what chris ferugson does. Lean forward and cover your mouth taking same amount of time each time.

[Vatche 0]

Here's what I did. I'm serious, and it worked for me. A little too elaborate, but I felt like I needed it.Set up two camcorders, one to observe my hole cards and the board, and another to observe me. So that way I was getting it real time, knowing what my hole cards were, know my reactions to them, know how I looked at the flop and after it, and know what my tendencies were with each play.Like I said, it was elaborate. But I feel like I learned a lot from it.

you did this in a home game, or while you were playing on the internet?

[pokerfriendly 0]

Try doing this when u have a bad hand as well!!

[gkunit20 1]

Hey, how's it going, longtime lurker, first time poster.I play most of my poker live, usually at the local card room in my hometown. It seems I make most of my profit off the weaker players who come in occasionally, but don't do as well against the other regulars. My theory was that they were good at reading me, and this was confirmed somewhat last night.One of the guys I play with a lot, a good young LAG player, told me a tell I have wher I pucker my lips up whenever I have a really strong hand. This obviously is not good, because I can't get paid off by this guy or anyone else if I am doing this. So my question is, what do you guys do if you discover one of your own tells to get rid of it? I could try to use it to bluff more effectively, but I wouldrather just eliminate it altogether.Thanks for any advice the good live players can give me.

For future references, never say this.On to content. First, never look at your cards before everyone else. That way you can't have show anything. Second, look at your cards and pick a spot on the table to stare at. After 5-10 seconds, Look past them, only keeping them in your perifrial vision. Don't think about your cards when making your move.

[SGFULTON83 0]

Go to your local Bass Pro Shops store and find a turkey hunting "Leafy-Gear" suit with a "Leafy Hood", and wear this and a pair of shades underneath that way nobody can see any part of you at all and you should be all set.

[mosley 0]

Try doing this when u have a bad hand as well!!

this is the easiest way. incorporate reverse tells using the tells you know you have, when you want players to respond in the same manner as they would against your real tell. (watch the reverse tell that Grinder lays on Lindgren last WPT when he stares him down a couple of times, supposedly to assess his strength as he had done earlier, in order to get Erick to bluff off all of his chips into a K high flush. Lindgren even says, "nice glance back", after he sees the hand.)i also mentally turn my big hands into small hands in my head. if i have AA, i picture it as 33 for the entire time that i am not planning my course of action. i think, "oh, i'll probably have to fold this to any raise", and i seem to be able to fool my mind into relaxing my body responses.practice trying to fool players into thinking you have a monster when you don't and it will help you stay focused on hands that you might otherwise tune out of. you may also be able to affect action before you (causing this player to fold a marginal hand when you want fewer players as he sees you waiting to act with your "monster face" on.

[ChipLeader7 0]

Read Caros Book of Tells. After I read it I relized I was giving off information I did not even know about. I doubt the low-limit players are looking at these types of things but it can only help.

[HangukMiguk 8]

you did this in a home game, or while you were playing on the internet?

did this in a home game.

[Demonde 0]

For future references, never say this.

agreed

[natan106 0]

My biggest tell I used to have is I would talk a ton, and then get very quiet when i got a big hand and stare at the board really hard. Basically I played very very seriously when i had a strong hand. Eventually a good friend of mine told me this monster tell. After I did it a few times with no hand, it confused the hell out of people and they didn't know what to make of my tell. I could see them thinking of folding, then thinking of calling with marginal hands. It became almost a tell on them for when they had a marginal hand. If they had a strong hand they wouldn't even think of folding. I dropped that tell since after practicing talking smoothly through all my hands, but it goes to show you can use tells against you to really frustrate an opponent once you find them yourself.

[pbwl11 0]

I like the J Dags approach to playing: Look like you're ready to fall asleep at the table no matter what the board.

[TeaKnight 0]

did this in a home game.

awesome