CoverContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordPrefaceTaking Poker Tells to the Next Level

1: How to Become a Serious Threat at the Poker TableA Lesson From Medical SchoolConscientious Observation : The Foundation of Our Poker StrategyLearning To Observe EffectivelyEffective Observation at the Poker TableDecipher and Evaluate: Poker Tells Revealed and AssessedRespond and Enter in DatabaseA Final Recommendation Before You Hit the Tables

2. The Physiological Foundation of Tells: Its NOT a No BrainerA Brain That is Honest, a Brain That Can LieIn Search of Limbic RealityThe 3 F's You Need to Know to Play PokerA Final Note on Our Limbic LegacyIs Detecting Tells All That Easy?What If I Don't Want to Make the Effort Necessary to Read People Effectively

3. Learn to Conceal, Not to Reveal!Adopting a Robotic Approach to Your Table ImageA Step By Step Guide to Establishing Your Table ImageWill I Have Difficulty Concealing My TellsVerifying the Accuracy of Your Table ImageWhat About the Use of Sunglasses to Conceal BehaviorHow About Throwing in a Hat for Good Measure

4. The Most Honest Part of Your BodyHappy Feet at the Poker TableLooking for an Under ther Table Payoff Can Improve Your Poker GameGoing Down to the Feet So You Won't Go Down to Defeat

5. Tells of EngagementIntention Cues

6. An Introduction to High and Low Confidence TellsWarning! You Can't Read Players Who Can't Read Their HandsSome General Guidelines for Reading Tells Correctly

7. High and Low Confidence DisplaysPart I: Gravity Defying TellsA Rise in Feet Means the Cards Held Are SweetWhen You See a High Chin, Someone Thinks He Can WinA Nose in the Air Means Good Cards Are ThereThe Eyebrow Arch: Think Groucho MarxSitting Erect = Good Cards From the DeckTaking a "Stand Can Mean a Good HandAn Elevated Chip Toss Could Reduce Your Chip Loss

8. High and Low Confidence DisplaysPart II: Territorial TellsThe Near Far DimensionThe Expansion Contraction Dimension

9. High and Low Confidence DisplaysPart III: Tells of the HandsThe Hand Steeple: A Powerful High Confidence TellHand Wringing and Interlacing Fingers: Low Confidence TellsHands That Shake: Your Chips Are at Stake - UsuallyA Chip Off the Old ClockTwo Thumbs Up: A Poker Hand Just Got a Good Review

10. High and Low Confidence DisplaysPart IV: Tells of the MouthA False Smile and a Real TellLips That are Pressed Means the Person is Stressed, Lips That Are Full Signals Good HandNailing Down Some Tells of the Lips Tongue and TeethThe Way You Speak Tells If You.re Strong or You're WeakThe One Universal Sign Someone Got Away With Something

11. High and Low Confidence DisplaysPart V: Tells of the EyesEye Blocking: All the News Not Fit to SeeEye Time To Stack Could Mean Chip AttackDilation Suggests Elation Constriction Suggests AfflictionBeyond Pupillary Tells: Squinting Tries and Flashbulb Eyes

12. Pacifying Behaviors and Poker TellsHouston We Have a ProblemPacifying Behavioral Tells to Watch for at the Poker Tables

13. Going Hollywood in the Age of Perception ManagementPerception ManagementWhen a Feign Becomes a PainIs a Person Who Practices Concealing Not Revealing Using Perception ManagementThe Reality of Perception Management

14. What You Should Know to Vanquish a ProWhat Are My Chances of Playing Against a Pro AnywayDon't Let the Professional Mystique Cause a Psychological MistakeThe Bowling Score EffectEstablish the Proper Frame of Mind for Beating the Pros at Their Own GameWhen You Lean In Advance Which Pro You Will Plsy Study Up and It Could be You DayEnjoy the Memory but Not at All Costs

15. For Whom the Tells TollHolding Court at the Poker TableRead People Well and it Will be Your Opponent for Whom the Tells TollA Final Thought

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