Tell

A tell is some part of a player's behavior that gives his game away. One distinguishes between concious and inadvertent tells; some tells are unknown to the players and some are willful acting on the part of the player because they believe they are being observed.

The way a player fondles his chips in live play can be a tell. Beginners are aptly informed about the weak-means-strong tell, which occurs when a player tends to play his stong hands weakly and to bluff his weak hands. Some players always look left after an all-in bluff. Others have so-called timing tells, where the time they spend deciding on an action can be a tell. There are tells having to do with appearance, clothing style, and manner of speach. The variety is striking.



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