Caro's Book of Poker Tells by Mike Caro
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Book Reviews of Caro's Book of Poker Tells
Book Review: I do NOT want you to read this book
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't want YOU to read it if there's even a tiny possibility we may be seated at the same playing table some day. What higher praise could there be for a poker book?
Seriously, this is a true classic. The styles in many of the photos are seriously dated, and a few of the games mentioned are rarely played now, but the principles remain unchanged. Only if you are strictly an online player, or already a master of human interaction psychology, might this book be of little or no help. Mike "The Mad Genius" Caro is rightly known as a genius in the field, and his madness is all method.
The only thing it really lacks could not have been foreseen at the time, which would be a chapter on recognizing the mannerisms of online players when they come to real world tables - such as involuntarily reaching for a computer mouse. In that sense, and the photos, it can be called "dated" but to think that makes it irrelevant would be almost as bad as thinking there's nothing to learn from Shakespeare because it's the 21st century.
Book Review: May have a limited life span, but that may be good enough
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, here's the facts:
Read this book (as everyone else will be doing) and you'll learn something. Then you'll have to contend with the people who've read the book and are using "fake" signs and tells, trying to throw people off the reality of their hand. That will work for only so long, of course.
So do you feel lucky? For how long? Are you playing against a pro or are you just going for some easy money for a night or two? Whatever your agenda, this book may help. But keep in mind that if YOU are reading it, someone else (maybe a pro) is reading it too. There is a learning curve here, folks...staying ahead of the curve is the real challenge...and no one book will teach you that. But this book will do a great job of keeping you on top of the average game, maybe even the above average game... and it might even speed up your learning curve. Reason enough to buy it.
Book Review: Learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em...
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't play the cards, play the players.
This sage wisdom is just as penetrating in poker as it is...in life. Through extensive photographs and commentary Caro tells the tells that tell the tale of whether your opponents are serious or just bluffing.
As a statement on human behavior it's interesting to read Caro's descriptions of deceptive behavior and consider other situations wherein people may try to bluff their way through. Though the situations in which people broadcast deceit may vary, it is interesting to speculate on some of the universal signs observed by Caro.
As Kenny Rogers once put it: "You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run...You never count your money, while you're sittin' at the table...There'll be time enough for counting, when the dealins' done."
Book Review: Keystone in any players poker library
Summary: 5 Stars
The author, Mike Caro is a very colorful person to say the least. He is referred to as the "Mad Genius" in poker circles and is an expert authority on the mathmatics and the human factor of the game. Poker tells are the biggest vice of any poker player, if you can use the tells of others to you're advantage and eliminate yours then you can easily come away with a few extra bets that would have left your stack. With control over your own tells, you can harness the power to confuse opponents in to not really knowing if they are getting a real one out of you or not.
This book is the best and most extensive choice on the subject of poker tells. Many other books touch on the subject, but this is the one that will help out the most.
Book Review: Will help your game
Summary: 5 Stars
Before reading this book I hardly ever got good reads on my opponents, now I can almost always figure out if my opponent is weak or strong, bluffing or has got the nuts. One of the most helpful things it has taught me is to read opponent weakness after the flop, this has helped me steal alot of pots with nothing, simply because I know my opponents have nothing. The ideas in here are valid for any type of poker, there are a few tells that can't really be used in hold em' but it will give you great insight into what your opponents are thinking and why they are doing what they are doing. This book has really stepped up my game. Before reading this I would win fairly consistantly with the group of guys I play with, now I win almost all the time.