The Official Red Chip Poker Podcast12 Touko

Live Poker Tells: Reading Your Opponents · S8E10

Hollywood promotes the notion that top players "read" their opponents from their body language, or their unique method of eating Oreo cookies. But do such live tells have any place in today's mathematical game of #poker?

In this episode, coach w34z3l gives an overview of how your opponents may leak information that you can use to beat them. Equally important, we discuss how you can prevent others from reading your own body language, so that you can protect yourself from damaging information leaks.

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0:00 Introduction: What Are Live Tells?
1:12 Why Tells Exist Even in Tough Games
2:30 How to Read Tells: Default Profiles & Deviations
3:47 Reverse Tells: When Players Mislead You
5:04 Reading the Mouth & Microexpressions
6:33 Hand Tells: Trembling, Position & Chip Tricks
8:48 Posture Changes & Body Language
9:29 Eye Tells: Pupils, Gaze Direction & Stack Glances
11:39 Card Apex: How Players Check Their Cards
14:51 Betting Style & Angle Shooting
17:05 Speech Patterns & Vocal Tells
18:43 Vocalizing vs Silent Options
20:24 Card Protectors & Information Leakage
21:12 Protecting Against Tells: Sunglasses & Hoodies
23:08 Why Perfect Balance Is Impossible

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Poker Tips From LLMs: How Bad Are They? · S8E11

An increasing number of people rely on ChatGPT summaries to explain complex topics. Is this a good idea if you're looking for tactical and strategic information about #poker? This fun episode of the p...

26 Touko 26min

Surviving The Variance Of Live Poker · S8E9

The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive a...

28 Huhti 22min

Does The Block Bet Have A Place In Modern Poker? · S8E8

The block bet is a play from the pre-solver era of #poker which many players view with suspicion. Making a small bet in the hope of avoiding a much larger one from an opponent certainly lacks a firm t...

14 Huhti 19min

Ranging Analysis: When It Is And Is Not Useful · S8E7

Much of modern #poker strategy revolves around the battle between poker ranges; our own and that of our opponent. But is ranging always the best approach to reaching a decision, particularly since our...

31 Maalis 21min

Resilience and Optimization: Winning Poker's Mental Game · S8E6

Do you equate the mental game of #poker with tilt avoidance? Then this episode of the podcast will be a huge eye-opener. Sure mental resilience is a critical part of playing winning poker, but there a...

17 Maalis 24min

Maximizing Your Winrate Grinding Poker · S8E5

Maximizing your #poker hourly rate extends well beyond simply playing well. If playing online, for example, how many simultaneous tables gives you your best results? What is your optimal session lengt...

3 Maalis 25min

Mixing And Randomization In Modern Poker · S8E4

In the previous episode of the podcast, we discussed how GTO #poker requires mixing. Typical solutions returned by solvers include using multiple bet sizes in a given spot, with each size being used a...

17 Helmi 27min