Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap by Joe Navarro

Author:Joe Navarro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Fig.34. The steeple may be modified, as here, with fingers laced and only index fingers up.

Fig.35. Wringing of hands, especially where there is skin blanching, is indicative of a poor hand.

Watch for micro-gesture tells, those behaviors that occur for a moment immediately after a significant table event. If they are followed by secondary nonverbal behaviors that conflict with the initial reaction, then trust the micro-gesture tell, as it tends to be the more honest. An example here would be a person who, upon seeing his cards, steeples his fingers for a moment (high-confidence tell involving touching the spread fingertips from both hands together in an arched position) and then begins wringing his hands together (low-confidence tell). I would trust the high-confidence tell as the most honest and accurate (see figures 33–35).

In general, tells of engagement (see chapter 5) tend to be related to greater hand strength, while pacifying behaviors (see chapter 12) tend to be associated with lower hand strength, bluffing, and/or unhappiness with specific actions at the table (bets, loss of a hand, dangerous chip or cash deficiency).

Observe your opponents and remember how they play. Their past behavior can be a helpful predictor of their future behavior. As always, observed tells are most useful to you when (a) you are familiar with your opponent’s play and know that a specific tell has been an accurate indicator of high or low confidence in the past; (b) after studying the behavior of an opponent you’re facing for the first time, you determine that his confidence displays are, in fact, accurate indicators of his hand strength.

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