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Caro's Book of Poker Tells [Kindle Edition]

Mike Caro
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One of the ten greatest books written on poker, this must-have book should be in every player's library. If you're serious about winning, you'll realize that most of the profit comes from being able to read your opponents. Caro reveals the secrets of interpreting tells - physical reactions that reveal information about a player's cards - such as shrugs, sighs, shaky hands, eye contact, and many more. Learn when opponents are bluffing, when they aren't and why - based solely on their mannerisms. Over 170 photos of players in action and play-by-play examples show the actual tells. These powerful ideas will give you the decisive edge

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Mike Caro's classic book is now revised and back in print! This long-awaited brand new edition by the Mad Genius of Poker takes a detailed look at the art and science of tells, the physical giveaways by players on their hands. Featuring photos of poker players in action along with Caro's explanations about when players are bluffing and when they're not, these powerful eye-opening ideas can give you the decisive edge at the table! This invaluable book should be in every player's library! The powerful and groundbreaking book on the art and science of tells, the body language of poker, shows how players can use their opponents' gestures, words, and body language to win all their money!

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88 of 90 people found the following review helpful
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This book weighs in at 320 pages and you immediately realise that the author has put alot into it.
The obligatory summary chapters are there along with a short quiz, but this only amounts to the last 40 pages. The remaining pages are devoted to in depth analysis of poker psychology and body language.
The majority of the book is broadly divided up into tells from those who are unaware, and tells from 'actors'. These chapters are then subdivided into numerous short sections on such topics as nervousness, sudden interest, instant reaction etc. For each of these sections a number of tells are discussed and these are set out in pretty much the same format:
An overview of the tell is given usually over about two pages, and then details of the tell are set out as follows:
Title:
Category: i.e. nervousness etc.
Description: what to look for.
Motivation: why they are doing it
Reliability: how likely you are to be able to spot the tell depending on the quality of opposition
Value per hour: here the author tries to give the tell a monetary value depending on whether you recognise it and the limits you are playing
Discussion: additional info.
The description is often accompanied by a number of photgraphs that help to reinforce the idea in the readers mind. The author uses a number of poker variations in his discussions and despite being only a holdem player i could follow these easily.
There are 179 photographs and 58 tells in this book and along with the authors excellent writing style, this book would still be excellent value for money at twice the price.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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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. It's hard not to be offended by some of his generalizations about how various races and each sex play cards. Nonetheless, 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 explaining just how reliable each "tell" is.

I also would have liked 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, so you'll know what they're looking for in your behavior.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
poker tells 6 Sep 2010
By ian
Format:Paperback
great book. just what i was looking for to give a bit of an edge in live games. some people will tell you that tells are an outdated item within poker but i still belive that it can (and has in my case)give you an edge and any edge is great when it comes to winning money! i had only read the first few chapters when i went to play in a tournament and what i had read not only helped me win a few pots but also saved me getting myself into big trouble with a guy that had a massive hand that i nearly missed untill i recognised a tell the guy was doing with his hands and cards. i went on to come 5th in that tournament and made a couple of hundred pounds doing so. read and learn.!!
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Dissapointing / Was expecting a LOT more
Supposedly being a 'bible' of Poker psychology I was very disappointed.

Be warned : Only About only 40% of the book is about Texas Holdem. Read more
Published on 1 May 2009 by Lee Englestone
Worth a read, if a little repetative and in need of a makeover
I'm primarily an online poker player, but do play live occasionally and decided to do a bit of further `live' reading before heading back to Vegas next month. Read more
Published on 6 April 2009 by Mr. D. Burrow
Worth reading if you play live poker - otherwise maybe not
It's quite an old book with the black and white pictures but it does contain a lot of useful information for the serious live player and is considered by many to be a classic. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2007 by Mr. Matthew Browne
Interesting Ideas
I think that this is a book which has had it's time. It still has value, but isn't really as useful as it probably once was. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2007 by S. Langridge
hmmm, everyone loves this book
This was a pretty average book for me.

Quite a lot of the information should be obvious, and the 1970's photo's don't help that much. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2006 by Omri S. Suleiman
''Oh wait is it my turn to act, il just call'' (Mr Nuts! AA!)
Want to improve your game? want to win more tournements? this book may give you the small edge you need. Read more
Published on 28 April 2006 by Mr. C. Clifford
must have
i bought this book because i wanted to improve my game, i found some of the stuff obvious but just hadn't thought about it whilst playing poker before and once these points had... Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2006
Buy it !!!
Simply a "must have" for any poker enthusiast. After reading just the first two chapters of this book it payed for itself 10 times over in the next home game I played. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2005
Full of stakes
A very revealing book that is so easy to read. It is one of the best poker books in the market. Fools Die, Disciples of Fortune are titles, which show that life is a... Read more
Published on 23 May 2005 by John
Buy it!
If you play live games and you don't know about tells, buy this book... It's that simple. There are lots of basic tells which will help you without doubt. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2004 by Troy Knight
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