For those who wanted to identify a liar at their gaming table, one technique is best. Change the subject suddenly to get the info you want. If a player is lying to you they would want the quick change in subject. This is due to the fact that they are being uncomfortable while lying and a brisk change of subject is welcome instantly. But honest person’s will wonder what’s the cause of changing the topic soon and will then try to move you back to the subejct before.

Chatting is one of the best methods in order to track down a lie. Lots of poker players espeically the good ones talk in the tables endlessly. They save your reactions when your troubled and even when you’re calm. Your calm state will bring out your natural reactions which can be use as a weapon against you.

An instance of using chatting as weapon in poker is here. This is about the experience of “Amarillo Slim” Preston. During his famouse years Slim had a rep in hating women poekr players. One time, he’s been up with a good lady poker player. This is a real challenge to him because: 1) he hates women and 2) he don’t want to be embarrassed.

Following the start of the game, Slim heard about how the lady like the drink she got. She showed a genuine kind of emotion when saying this and that’s a big clue that Slim got. She never thought that what she had shown will be use as a weapon against her. Later on the game, Slim took a chance to ask her if how much she like her hand. The way she responded gives a very great tell wherein Slim determine if she’s merely bluffing or not.

Slim won 3 successive hands and the woman had been aware of his ploy. Maybe she’d been informed that Slim picked tells through chatting with his opponents. To stop his winning streak the lady do what he didn’t want her to do, ignore him. She equipped a headset and listen to music as the game progresses . Because of this the lady and Slim have been quite effective in the table. They both won the pots.

One good example that you may found yourself is this.

Jan is a habitual poker player. You find him watching a basketball match during the game and he’d been so focused on one team that you instantly knew who’s he’d been betting upon. He’s team won in the game and he has this very satisifed smile on his face. So you ask him. “Did you have a stake on the game?” He answered yes and has this big smile on his face and he kept on rambling about his previous winnings.

After an hour or two of playing poker, you find yourself in a big poker challenge agaist Jan. You told him that you had a good hand and he has this serenity in his face that you saw during the basketball match. He also made a big smile and started to talk about anything with enthusiasm. With this Jan has unwillingly given you a tell that you can use against him.

Natural reactions is a good weapon in poker if you’d already seen it before hand. So don’t let yourself focus on the reactions of your opponents when they are stress. Check their natural reactions as well.

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