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People who are stealing blinds in late position often have this tendency:

Because they are ready to steal blinds before the action gets to them, they are more likely to put in a fairly immediate...

I have a fairly short section in the book about bet-timing, which is the only thing that could apply to online. I think it's a tough subject, though, because bet-timing is one of the few areas that...

Agree it's hard to quantify. I say in the book that it adds between 10 and 30% to your winrate. That's obviously very rough. For me, personally, I feel it's probably around 20%, but I would have a...

I knew that I needed some situational organization to the book; that was mainly, to me, what was lacking in previous treatments of the subject. I started with the post-bet category, as that was the...

Why did you write about this topic? Just because I knew I could write a significantly better book than anyone yet written. And because I've always been interested in it, for more than ten years now....

Slightly harder. It can obfuscate how someone's eyeballs are moving; whether they're looking around a lot or whether they're still. That's the main way they hide tells to me. I'm not one who pretends...

Five copies of my book Reading Poker Tells.

It definitely takes a conscious effort. Unless you're a robot. I've probably learned the most about tells just studying my own tendencies and trying to figure out why I was doing whatever it was....

There are many types of tells that apply to a wide population. Those are the ones I go into in the book; a lot of them are already known by many people, although I think I've added to the general...

I like Caro's book a lot. I think it is definitely a classic, considering the lack of other good information on the subject. I also think it's outdated, primarily because it concentrates on the very...

I've never seen it but want to. I know some of it is based on the studies of Paul Ekman, who I recommended earlier for his books about body language and facial expressions. He's very highly regarded...

See the three tells I mention earlier. I'd say the anxiety-related tells are generally more apparent, but really it's the difference between when a player is relaxed versus when they're anxious....

I think I'm pretty good at reading people's intentions. But that's not really related to my poker tell knowledge; I think I'd be good at that regardless of playing poker. So, basically, no. There are...

Don't be afraid of it. If you're a winning player online you'll most assuredly be a winning player live. Or even if you're not a winning player online you probably will be live ;)

Tells are no...

If I think someone's clever enough to show me a false tell, I would be tempted to not base decisions on perceived tells. I think it's very important to observe a player's tendencies for a while...

I say in the book that tells are much less important than fundamental strategy (by which I mean every consideration you might make in poker aside from physical tells). I say that reading tells well...

Probably the most important take-away is to never base a decision on a perceived tell unless you've got a good reason to believe that tell is accurate. Don't try to "cold-read" people based on...

Your profile pic is terrifying.

I don't think there will be a second poker boom, no. I think the poker boom was a strange point in time, influenced by several factors all happening at the same time. I think the poker economy could...

Nothing really to speak of that I've noticed. But that might be because I've encountered so few women poker players that nothing much has stood out to me over time.

I probably won't write another book. But I may have one more in me related to poker.

I'm not sure, to be honest. Sometimes I feel like I'm kind of autistic in some ways, and I'm not sure if that's due to playing a lot of poker or if I'd be like that anyway. I feel as if most of the...

I've never enjoyed online poker as much as live poker, which isn't surprising considering my interest in psychology. I'm also self-aware to know that my fundamentals aren't that great, and that I'm...

Yes, I definitely have some stories. I'm actually kind of sad I didn't write down more stories from when I played more frequently. One of my bigger regrets. Just recently I played in a $100 tourney...

Tells exist because poker is a game that naturally gets people's emotions going. Even in low-stakes games, where the money doesn't mean anything to people, it's a naturally competitive game that...