Re: Using Caro's book of tells, what kind of player am I?

Sigmund Freud has some excellent books on the subject of anal
retentiveness.

On Feb 18 2006 5:40 PM, Bryan K wrote:

I'm reading Caro's book of tells not because I want to gain an advantage in
finding my opponnets' tells, but because I want to stop any tells I may be
giving off.

I'm only about 30 pages into the book, and the beginning gives some basic
insight on a player rather than giving any specific situations. I'm not
playing B&M this weekend, so I won't really get a chance to digest the
information until at least later in the week (man...10 straight days without
any B&M poker...I haven't done that since I quit smoking and avoided the
B&M's altogether for fear of tilting on a nic-fit).

Okay, so here goes.

I'm generally well dressed, but not entirely emaculate. During the winter,
I wear a flannel with khaki slacks and what I like to call "dress tennis
shoes". During the summer, the only real change is that I'll be wearing a
button-down-the-front short sleeved shirt instead with the top button always
undone. I don't press my clothes, but I do make sure they are removed from
the dryer quickly so they don't become wrinkled. I don't tuck my shirt in
for B&M sessions, either. My hair usually has the semblance of being
combed, but I like the "messy" look. It covers the receding hairline. My
goat-tee, however, is always emaculately trimmed, and the rest of my face is
always clean shaven.

I tend to be extremely neat and orderly at the table. My chips are always
in precise stacks of 10, and if I'm bored between hands, I'll even take the
time to sometimes line up the colored stripes. My cards are always directly
in front of me lengthwise precisely parallel to my line of site. The button
goes to my left, exactly (or as close to exactly as possible) halfway
between me and my opponent. I don't use any good luck charms, and I always
use the lowest possible denomination chip available to protect my cards. It
goes directly in the center. My reasoning for my meticulous surrondings has
more to do with trying to make the dealer's job easier than anything else.

I always lean forward and try to give the impression that I am intently
paying attention to the action at hand until the point where I actually muck
my cards or flip them up. I also never make eye contact with my opponents
while in a hand, but that is mostly because of a terrible strabismus I have
in my left eye (I realize this can be disasterous when trying to get action,
but it is a part of my game that will, unfortunately, never change. I
simply can not stare someone down).

Lately, I've been getting upset because of the fact that I give off a tight
image when I sit down and can't get action when I hit monsters, especially
early in the night against unkown players. If someone was familiar with
Caro's book of tells, would my demeanor lead them to believe this? Should I
be intentionally wearing wrinkled shirts and pants to the casino? Should I
mess up my chips? Or, should I just simply raise all the way down with 2-5
offsuit my first hand? It seems that, unless that 2-5 hits big, it's
cheaper to change my appearance.

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