Poker Magic

You’re down to your last poker chips at the poker tables. You have pocket Aces but the chip leader has the same smirk he had when he beat your straight with a straight flush. Is he bluffing? What do you do? Or perhaps you’ve been dealt a royal straight flush. Jumping up and down, smiling like an idiot, going all in before anyone else has bet won’t help you.

Giving away the fact that you have a good or terrible hand can ruin a great opportunity to get a bunch of Las Vegas chips. If you have an insanely good hand like the royal straight flush or four aces don’t go all in at the poker tables. Milk your hand. Bet normally; get the other players to put more money in. It won’t hurt you to take more money from them in the unlikely event that you lose.

Also be aware of different behavior in your fellow players. You don’t need to read every motion, twitch, and noise they make but pay attention to how they look overall. Are they stressed, fidgeting, do they keep checking their cards? What does it mean? There’s no absolute rule for tells but pay attention and you might start to get the swing of it.

One should also consider the opponents body movements when playing live poker.