Power Tips from 'Mad' Mike
Mike Caro
He’s the authority on poker psychology, strategy and statistics, and wrote the definitive book on tells
By Poker Player
July 2006
When you’re bluffing you shut down because you don’t want to elicit a call
SELL SELL SELL
When you’re in a game of no-limit poker you’re in a game of selling.When you have the better hand you want to sell it for as much money as possible. You want to bet the amount that gives your opponent pot odds to call – with as much on top as you can get away with. Very frequently moving all-in is a bet that just won’t pay and you’ll only take the blinds. Determining the best price is more to do with understanding your opponent than your mathematical knowledge.
STATS
I don’t think it’s essential to know the statistics of poker inside out and that’s coming from me. (Caro penned the exhaustive stat section of Doyle Brunson’s Super System.) It’s a controversial point and many players may argue with that but they don’t see the bigger picture. There’s not much difference between having a good feel for the game and knowing the precise odds. The biggest move up is by applying psychology, tells and manipulation.
TELLS
There are two types of tells. One is from players that are acting – trying to convey misinformation – and those from players that are not acting, which the player is probably unaware of. The primary ...
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