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Tells, in the sense of ticks and such, are mainly ignored by good poker players. The board situation is where the info is at. A good player won't go thinking "i
by ogig 12y ago
Tells, in the sense of ticks and such, are mainly ignored by good poker players. The board situation is where the info is at. A good player won't go thinking "its sweety! he could bluff", but instead "his range based on previous hands on this position is X so I estimate a chance Y for him to bluff".
Computers do have a great advantage by ignoring the whole psycho layer and focus on data only.
- ktran03 12y agoThat's not true. I played and studied poker for a many years, and I will say for certain that physical cues is a huge part of live games, and definitely not ignored by good players.
- mod 12y agoIt's not ignored, but it's not a 'huge part' of the game. It's one of thousands of factors that weigh in, and in my mind, one of the least important factors. I've played several million hands of poker fwiw.