Poker Tells You Must Learn: Episode 1 by Brad Wilson

[@philippg4261]

my left ear enjoyed the video

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

It's the more underappreciated ear.

[@wise18525]

Thought it was just me. 😂

[@mycommentpwnz]

I've been playing poker since '98, (back then, it was only Limit stud & hold'em.) Anyways, I've noticed a VERY common tell that almost nobody ever talks about, and it's the amount of EYE CONTACT someone is giving. If a guy is watching you LIKE A HAWK, he probably has something solid, a "top pair & decent kicker" type of hand. He's desperate for more information, AND he's trying to cower you into not bluffing. You will ALMOST NEVER see someone with the STONE NUTS or a PURE BLUFF watching you like a hawk. The bluffers, however, typically have more interest in how you CALL (flop/turn) than the guys with super-strong hands. If you're calling in a way to signals strength, and "Hey, I'm not folding," this is something they need to know. The guys with the super strong hands might not even BOTHER looking at you at all really.

[@yizhu5100]

Thank you for sharing.

[@rsting4ever328]

Haha I love the look at 13:30. He knows he dodged a bullet if a club came 😂

[@FuzzypupPoker]

I play exclusively live. Tells are a HUGE part of 1/2. Every hand has someone giving away information preflop or post flop. I can't take advantage of it often because I am not often in a hand. Post flop players give away a lot of information from tells and bet timing patterns. I'd say if I play a hand to the river about 50% of the time I pick up something. At 2/5 I find far fewer tells. You have to closely pay attention. If they have common tells it is more subtle. Players at this level usually have specific tells. I watch for many sessions and take notes. Timing tells are still viable. Players in their 20s display more emotions. Including skilled ones Players in their 60s+ have static play styles. Including competent ones. Players in their 30s that are skilled have specific tells and betting patterns. You can't hide them all. Not even I can. I have caught myself making a tell every once in a while.

[@GameNetTrailers]

8:00 i think he was trying to make it look like he was bluffing to make him call

[@nandisaand5287]

Polk's a straight GTO player. I've watched allot of his "hand analysis" videos, he's TOTALLY oblivious to live tells.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

Polk exploits just like the rest of us... just puts less emphasis on live tells as data points.

[@lonnieo4676]

that first one it looked like he was smiling thinking 'boy, you shouldn't have asked that question'...

[@davidoberry5309]

Yea he knew what it meant Yum Yum!

[@TheVitalTiger]

Nice Video. I wonder if Bobby was trying to induce a bet through some sort of reverse tell, knowing both were aware of this fairly classic tell (looking at chips) - Just by the timing, usually it'd be more of an automatic/quick glance as the card fell or when he first saw it. He waits here and looks for a little while (maybe I'm overthinking it, but I'm thinking he thought he can give off an obvious tell that an experienced opponent would think Bobby would be aware of to level that opponent into betting their weaker/missed range). I like to throw in some reverse tells, but all depends on who you are playing with too how they are interpreted. You know if you catch someone leaning back and glancing down at your feet, leave them out forward/strong if you are weak, or back/crossed if trying to induce a call, etc. Knowledgeable players vs Knowledgeable players catch on to this though or take it inversely or just ignore it entirely for the math of course.

[@truepokerdealer]

As a poker dealer, you can make money AND practice this too. Just saying.

[@truepokerdealer]

@D H Some pros got started as poker dealers. They used dealing as their day job (it's like $25-$40 per hour) and they got coaching from pros. While they were dealing poker for their job, they practiced their hand reading skills without the risk of losing their own money. That helped a handful of top pros get to where they are now.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

I agree ... my wife was a poker dealer!

[@michaelserrate3032]

I think what you meant to say is that the villain in the second hand is named Doug Polk and hero gives off a physical tell.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

Haha ... each time you're the hero in your own hand history, you're the villain in someone else's.

[@stonedsoul3469]

hand #1: pocket 10s means jamming so who cares about tells. #2 is a major freeroll doug polk shoutout. hopefully he'll give you a kickback lol. #3 is a very interesting hand with plenty going on... great video!

[@garyquack19]

cool video - great webinar today, the humegame one, i enjoyed it.....i like to have 600 preshuffled decks for my games....just cut the deck with the blocker by the cutoff and it is game on.....just stuff the cards after the hand, the next deck is a different colour.....the decks are in a shoe....no rake amongst friends. was that you in the 6 handed poker adter dark with j romerro?

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

Hey Gary, glad you enjoyed the PokerCoaching webinar .. was not me playing on Poker After Dark!

[@btsdancestudio5691]

Hi Brad. Eye blinking speed! This has changed my life!

[@davidoberry5309]

What do you mean?

[@beaubradley9539]

"Doug being super observant." Doug didn't glance at the dude one time. Are you okay bro?

[@FiLipiNoJezus]

2:13 there’s about a hundred thousand US Doll hairs in the pot.

[@henriksenlaw]

Personally, I would be pretty hesitant to rely on a physical tell (that I hadn’t seen my opponent make at least a few times with the same result) when my opponent is a very seasoned high stakes cash game player like Baldwin.

[@rvp6313]

What tail is a player giving off if he/she is breathing heavenly?

[@wellingtonrodrigues7654]

I once saw a video with a guy with a monster card breathing heavily, so if the guy acting weak but he's nervous then he have the nuts

[@dipintamang4547]

Covid.

[@tomanthony9546]

LMAO...sometimes a one word answer is priceless. It amazes me that our poker mentors can take 30 minutes + to analyze a hand that actually played out in 5 or less. If all that processing took place at the table, their head would explode!

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

oof

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

and poker would be super boring to watch.

[@bricecook1680]

The real tell was when his left upper lip curled up briefly.... saying with the rest of the body how do I suck this guy in

[@nicholi2789]

No I’ve never heard of Doug Polk

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

Well, now you have a new name to Google and dive into the world of poker drama!

[@nicholi2789]

@@ChasingPokerGreatness isn’t he Vanessa Selbst’s brother or something..?

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

@@nicholi2789 I've heard the rumors

[@jasonhounsell3297]

Its not really a spot that makes sense to size down at all in Dougs hand, hes already taken a polarised line, and sizing down to say 1/2 pot when the pot is sat 10,000 wins 20,000 when called. Where as 1.5x pot gets paid 40,000 when called. After such a polarised line, the IP player calling a flop checkraise, then a pot size bet on the turn, there is no chance is range is going to be elastic here especially for a recreational player, that means I expect them to call, 0.5x pot, pot and 1.5x pot at similar frequencies, they are just deciding if they want to bluff catch or not and size isn't a big deal. As much as I don't like Doug, the mans made a ton of money playing poker and I am pretty sure he understands elastic ranges and recreational players better than we do considering just how much he has taken off them.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

you make a solid point. there are data points, however, that can impact your future plan/sizing scheme... one of those data points is when a rec signals they aren't going to call a gigantic bet.

[@GetKinetic1one]

No one poi ts out that in the first hand example Robl asks the villian if h3 is going to bluff. When villian has just been flst call allnhis bets. We should have analyses the real bluffer here and His Tell . Id have snap called him with 10s as well.

[@Millnoc]

Dude i get you get paid more for a 10+ min video but this could have been 3 minutes

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Poker players Good at acting are Dangerous. Other players watching me closely are wasting their time. I do reverse reverse reverse Tells. 😂 Thanks Good vid!

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

you're welcome

[@Moj999_]

Ah yes those sick live reads. Thanks for keeping poker live and well for me and doug.

[@hogi99]

Yep, you're on his level for sure. You play like Polk I'll play like Garrett and drink your milkshake for sure. 😂

[@Moj999_]

@@hogi99 never said I was at his level. You just need to assume that in order for you not to look stupid.

[@hogi99]

@@Moj999_ Compared to a smart guy like you everybody else looks stupid. 🙃 Continue to crush poker genius. Do you live stream? Where can I witness your GTO mastery? You're probably crushing $1/$2 live or 5 cent/10 cent online of course. 👏

[@Moj999_]

@@hogi99 right because if I'm playing anything higher than you look dumb again. So you keep assuming things to protect your ego. Im not smart, just most people (like you) are dumb.

[@Moj999_]

@@hogi99 im having a great year so far, how about you?

[@paulpena5040]

He bluffed 60 into 150 not the best against a marginal made hand. I think 1.25X pot usually is a good sweet spot between risk/reward.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

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[@Randomperson12-f2l]

This is with pros, average people are so different

[@jdgetek6438]

It’s not 40 mil usd behind lol obvi a tournament

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

This is a cash game being played in South Korea.. 2 million KRW = ~$1,500 USD

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

anyone that says a certain tell is "100% accurate" is not someone to be taken seriously

[@adean4146]

Yong could tell by his opponent asking for a tell that he didn't have anything,

[@MambaAllDay]

Uhhh, i don't think Yong gave any physical tell at all; Bad example if you ask me. In fact, Robl gave a ton of tells with his poker banter. Evertyime Robl talks, he has a minimum to no hand........ You should have done a video of Yong calling Romain down from preflop straddle to the river with just an Ace high 8 diamonds. He obviously picked up a tell on Romain.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

I agree to disagree ... although I don't think I watched the Romain vs. Yong hand you're referring to. Care to send me a link and maybe I will include it in Poker Tells 3?

[@MambaAllDay]

@@ChasingPokerGreatness cut to 21:00 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3qnlKRmbM-hmqc

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

@@MambaAllDay yoo so I didn't pick up on anything after watching the hand so I decided to re-watch every hand Romain played looking for patterns and couldn't find anything. Rob Yong made a great call and, if I were a betting man (which I am), I would say that the call was moreso because of a sizing tell or some kind of out-of-line frequency Rob Yong picked up on through playing w/ Romain for hours and hours.

[@willlinke2849]

From what ive heard being commentated in other vids kings are in the range of possible cards that the big blind will defend with. Still trying to to figure out what cards are part of what players ranges so forgive me for being retarded.

[@charlesread523]

There is an obvious tell that Rubel is bluffing on the river in hand one. When he bluffs on the river he quits chewing his gum. This is a subconscious tell and is almost fool proof. The "Coach" seems to ignore that tell.

[@charlesread523]

@D H It has been a while but watch his mouth and how he chews his gum and when he is concentrating so hard he forgets to keep chewing. It shows that his focus is exclusively on the hand and that he thinks he has something, If he didn't have something he would continue to chew. He is consent rating to the exclusion of non-automatic actions like breathing and blinking. It is REALLY an unconscious tell and a very telling one. He should not chew gum at the table! lol Unless he is playing at my table!

[@johnmar6376]

Which one is true? If a guy is watching you LIKE A HAWK, he probably has something solid, The guys with the super strong hands might not even BOTHER looking at you at all really.

[@rileyc5764]

put your mic in front of you not to the far right plssssss

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

I are newb

[@Labas__Rytas]

Doug was did not pick up any reads. In his mind he was playing heads up online in this hand. Was not even looking at the guy at all.

[@SocialPrime]

Great video

[@adrienberger703]

Poor room decorations but smart advices

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

🤣if there's one thing I'm positive poker players are not renowned for... it is their decor

[@88Orpheus88]

amazing how he instant looks up..... bad for him that he is still human and looks down :)

[@brettmasonmedia]

Lol. This is horrible "tell" advice. In the first example Robl was giving all the tells. Yong, no tells. Quackery this channel is

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

first vid of yours Ive watched pretty good....if this is a TELLS vid, I'd like to see MUCH less strat talk. If you want to make strat vids, that's fine. But the TITLE is TELLS.

[@dormie9]

Polk’s overbet effectiveky polarized his own range, encouraging hero calls. If it works 1/3 of the time vs smaller value bet it makes more money long run. Advanced concept, you really shouldn’t be analyzing poker players at this level without understanding these concepts. Stick to small stakes and your videos will be more informative.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

Wow, so if a bigger bet gets called at a lesser frequency it's still more profitable than a smaller bet? Please, woo me with some more of your high level technical analysis.

[@dormie9]

@@ChasingPokerGreatness very professional. You made clear by your reaction that the overbet is a mistake given the “tell”. I’m simply arguing that it’s a more profitable bet long run vs thinking players capable of hand reading. But you do you, and wonder why you can never grow your channel.

[@ChasingPokerGreatness]

@@dormie9 if you can't re-read your first comment and understand how condescending and insulting it is... I don't know what to tell you.