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Once you've mastered the basic elements of a winning poker formula, psychology becomes the key ingredient in separating break-even players from players who win consistently. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I call.,
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This review is from: Caro's Book of Poker Tells (Paperback)
As a developing player, I found this book a great resource. Caro breaks down the basics of poker tells into a handful of simple, powerful rules. I have read this book from cover to cover, taking the time to study the examples. It is full of information and needs to be studied so it sits next to my bed and I review a section every night.I am a Texas Hold'em player but this book covers most casino poker games. Most tells are universal to all games unfortunately the presentation in this book moves through the different games. This is why studying the book over time helps extract the information for the reader. This is a must read book for the serious poker player. You have to take the time to continue learning as you grow as a player. The final thing to do with this book is take what you learn into the poker room. Even just selecting one tell for the night, you will be amazed at how obvious the other players wear their tells.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Still a classic, despite outdated views on minority playing,
By Samuel (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Caro's Book of Poker Tells (Paperback)
This book started as something of a cult classic, but has exploded in popularity in the past few years, and I'm glad I picked it up, even while the author's writing style left much to be desired as far as sensitivity to cultural diveristy (read paragraph below for explanation). OK, so Caro will never be our ambassador to the UN, but he's got some very good information about body language and how it reveals the strength of your opponents' hands. It's scary accurate at times, because so much of it is completely involuntary on our part. Leaning forward, leaning back, stacking chips -- these are all actions we don't really think about when we're doing them, but they all mean something (some more than others). And Caro does an outstanding job of breaking them down and also offering his insight on just how reliable each "tell" is.Biggest problem: Caro is an outright bigot. It's hard not to be offended by some of his generalizations about how various races and each sex play cards. Now listen: this is a poker book, not a socially-conscious editorial, so Caro certainly has no responsibility to cater to the politically correct police. So if he were basing his generalizations on even the slightest bit of scientific or even anecdotal data, I'd be more than happy to give him the benefit of the doubt and defer to his experience, which is undoubtedly greater than my own. But he gives us absolutely nothing to back up his statements that Asians play this way, and women play that way. Like I said, I'd have no problem with these types of generalizations if he backed it up with some data, but he's got nothing, and has rightly taken a lot of criticism for this among more well-respected poker authors. Not only that, but with the poker explosion of the past few years, and card rooms inundated with players of all races, his stereotypes simply don't apply anymore, and shouldn't be considered a rational basis to make any kinds of reads. Second thing I'd like to see in the next edition of this book is a chapter on online play, because there ARE tells to pick up there, even if they're not body language or verbal cues. How long does someone take to bet? To check? Use of the auto-action buttons? It's an area very ripe for analysis by the right author, especially because online play absolutely dwarfs the number of hands dealt in cardrooms across this country. I only recently started playing online, but was grateful for another post here that led me to pokercroaker.com, which had sign-up bonus codes and site reviews for all the major sites. Good tip. Anyway, despite my mild criticism of Caro's writing style regarding minorities, I still think this is a very good book, and worth a read, if for no other reason than many of your opponents will have read it, and it'll give you a window into what they're going to be looking for in your own behavior.
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you want to step up your game, this is the book.,
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This review is from: Caro's Book of Poker Tells (Paperback)
No matter how good you think you are at reading people, this book will take it to a whole new level. I recommend for everyone (beginners to advanced).
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