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[QUOTE="blakewyte, post: 2233774, member: 106764"]
One thing I learnt is to be consistent with your own body language. Whether you have a strong hand, marginal etc.

Unless I have a premium hand at a live table, I usually wait a bit and watch the other players for a couple of hands before playing. I try to identify the ones who are always betting/calling, who takes down pots pre-flops and what their bet sizes are.

Next is considering their bet sizing. A lot of them are recreational gamers and don't go that much in-depth into poker - they don't come to forums like CC to read up on how to improve their game play, don't read poker books. They just play it like any other game and get lucky with their cards sometimes. Not being able to fold a top pair even when the board is so wet, calling with really junk hands etc.

It's a lot easier to read them because they haven't figured out that they're exposing their tells for all to see so they get sucked out pretty often by the more seasoned players.

I don't really talk at a table (in any case, they don't talk to me, they have this stereotype that I'm a dumb idiot who doesn't know how to play) and I avoid eye contact but I know this could be a bad thing because then I won't know or be able to suss out what my opponent has. I try to gauge the strength by the bets he makes or if he just simply calls or checks.

But when I'm not in a hand, I'm watching everyone really closely, especially when it's HU.

Back to the topic, be aware of your own body language and I guess, try to be consistent? That way it makes it harder for anyone else to read you.
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