Poker Tells by Daniel Negreanu

Poker Tells from the professional players like Daniel Negreanu are always good to learn. So, without wasting anytime let us discuss very good poker tells that are explained by him with examples. The beginner poker players always do big mistakes by doing bluff even if it’s not necessary. Novice players ooze all the poker tells when they face a weak hand.

Here is the example. Player “A” raises before the flop in a “$5-$10 Texas Hold’em” poker game with 10  J  and obviously some other player calls your bet. K  9  4  are the hands that come in the “flop” round. With this combination of flush and straight draw you will bet with $5. This round continues and your opponents raises your bet with $5 and you call.

And now comes the turn where 7  is the hand. Your opponent bets $10 and of course you will call the bet. The final river comes and makes you feel like start bluffing as the hand is 2  so called “A big fat brick!” Here you start bluffing that possibly could not work anyways. Till then you were playing slow and steady and now after seeing the river card you start bluffing and try to confuse your opponents by reacting fast to the bets. So, don’t you ever change your rate of play at any stage of the game? I suggest you not to do this and maintain the same rate of reaction throughout the game. Instead under such situation you can follow few tells of poker like re-raising the bet on the flop, check-raise the bet on the turn etc that could help to confuse your opponents