Reading poker tells by Zachary Elwood

Has anyone read this Book, if so could you tell me what its like

Ha, the title says that you're reading it!
Why don't you tell us what it's like. lol

Samango said:

Ha, the title says that you're reading it!
Why don't you tell us what it's like. lol

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Nice one... lol...
Unless you didn't really know that's the books actual name... ROFL... :rofl:

Naw, seriously, I haven't read that one yet. Might add it to my list tho'. Last book on tells I read was Caro's Book of poker tells. Older, but not a bad read in general.

Already getting rave reviews from the pros, this looks like a good one-- www.readingpokertells.com/reading-poker-tells-the-book/

Thanx for the url Lark. I was reading some of the posts on the right hand column of the page and most of the info/discussions are definite eye-openers. I will see to getting this book soon...

good book

telboy said:

Has anyone read this Book, if so could you tell me what its like

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here ya go..I have read nearly every poker book written in the last 50 years & this book Reading Poker
Tells by Zachary Elwood is in a class along with Super System by Doyle Brunson.
If you are a poker player this book will help you earn $1000s more than you are now. if you are just learning poker get this book & start winning, a good number of professional poker players have read it and recommend & rated it among 5 stars as I have.

likeadonk23o said:

here ya go..I have read nearly every poker book written in the last 50 years .

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nice bluff

LarkMarlow said:

Already getting rave reviews from the pros, this looks like a good one-- www.readingpokertells.com/reading-poker-tells-the-book/

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Great link Lark. tks (the blog there'll keep me busy for awhile)

Hi, guys. I'm the author of Reading Poker Tells if you had any questions for me.

People have been asking me when the ebook version is coming out, so I might as well say now that it will be ready in a week or so.

apokerplayer said:

Hi, guys. I'm the author of Reading Poker Tells if you had any questions for me.

People have been asking me when the ebook version is coming out, so I might as well say now that it will be ready in a week or so.

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Thanks for joining Zach!

apokerplayer said:

Hi, guys. I'm the author of Reading Poker Tells if you had any questions for me.

People have been asking me when the ebook version is coming out, so I might as well say now that it will be ready in a week or so.

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what do you feel your book brings that is "new" to the community?

There's obv been lots of books on tells, but what do you think makes yours unique?

xdeuceswild81xx said:

what do you feel your book brings that is "new" to the community?

There's obv been lots of books on tells, but what do you think makes yours unique?

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I think there's only been a couple decent books on tells: Mike Caro's and Joe Navarro's. I think the rest are uniformly bad. I think mine is the best of the bunch, and I say that very humbly, because I think it's mainly a statement about the quality of all of the other books out there and not about the quality of mine.

I think my book is much more practical than either Caro's or Navarro's. I think Caro's book was good, but I think it was geared to playing very simple players with very obvious tells. Most of the tells he described you are unlikely to see in a game of decent stakes.

I think Navarro's stuff is basically just a catalog of general human behavior; basically a "what's possible" list of behavior, without much poker knowledge behind it. I also think there's a lot about the behavior exhibited in criminal interrogations that doesn't cross over to poker, so I think a lot of Navarro's stuff is misguided. It does not read to me like it was written by someone who has played a lot of poker.

I have a lot of tells in my book that I think are very important, and that I use regularly, and that I've never seen written about anywhere else. This was mainly the reason I wanted to write this book; not because I think I'm a poker tells "guru", but just because I was always surprised that I'd never seen these things covered.

Lastly, I think my organization and framework for thinking about tells is much more practical a way to think about tells than I've seen anywhere else. I think it will help people spot player-specific tells and remember tells more easily than they have before.

I don't like to toot my own horn, but check out some of the reviews on Amazon if you get a chance. I'm frankly very flattered by the response the book has gotten.

Well I read a few poker books, and the one I liked the most was negreanu's texas power holdem and super system.

They say quite some stuff for poker tells, common weaknesses, in online poker you have the advantage of the poker huds which tell you more or less how some player behaves thus having more odds to read accurately...

apokerplayer said:

I think there's only been a couple decent books on tells: Mike Caro's and Joe Navarro's. I think the rest are uniformly bad. I think mine is the best of the bunch, and I say that very humbly, because I think it's mainly a statement about the quality of all of the other books out there and not about the quality of mine.

I think my book is much more practical than either Caro's or Navarro's. I think Caro's book was good, but I think it was geared to playing very simple players with very obvious tells. Most of the tells he described you are unlikely to see in a game of decent stakes.

I think Navarro's stuff is basically just a catalog of general human behavior; basically a "what's possible" list of behavior, without much poker knowledge behind it. I also think there's a lot about the behavior exhibited in criminal interrogations that doesn't cross over to poker, so I think a lot of Navarro's stuff is misguided. It does not read to me like it was written by someone who has played a lot of poker.

I have a lot of tells in my book that I think are very important, and that I use regularly, and that I've never seen written about anywhere else. This was mainly the reason I wanted to write this book; not because I think I'm a poker tells "guru", but just because I was always surprised that I'd never seen these things covered.

Lastly, I think my organization and framework for thinking about tells is much more practical a way to think about tells than I've seen anywhere else. I think it will help people spot player-specific tells and remember tells more easily than they have before.

Amazon if you get a chance. I'm frankly very flattered by the response the book has gotten.

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Thanks for the detailed response!

I plan on getting a copy shortly here, if I can find one. Depending on my final exams, I'll try to finish and maybe write a short review for CC and others around the forums

apokerplayer said:

Hi, guys. I'm the author of Reading Poker Tells if you had any questions for me.

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Warmest of welcomes, Zach--thanks so much for being here and doing this. Looking forward to reading and discussing your book.

xdeuceswild81xx said:

I plan on getting a copy shortly here, if I can find one. Depending on my final exams, I'll try to finish and maybe write a short review for CC...

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That would be great, deuces.

I will be reading it too so we can have a little discussion about it.

I too have this book coming.

Hey I just ordered this book, I don't have it yet but it should be here in 3 days. I was really hoping it was on the kindle but i am assuming it will be released later. I never had this much anticipation for a poker book before most be something special.

I recently just went bankrupt from playing live bad brm i guess but at 1/2 nlh there's nothing lower. I was always able to play a solid Tag or lag game but when looking for reads i never had a clue what to look for, so i am really hoping this book can fill in those spots.

I have orderd the book today

Let me know when the Ebook is ready please

Got my book today - very good so far!

mine should come any day now

High praise here and by all amazon reviewers, seems like I will be ordering my very own shortly!

I own Caro's and Navarro's book ... looking forward to buying this one as well.