What are some body language tells in poker?
There are at least a couple of very solid books out there on poker tells. Best thing you can do for yourself is go to Amazon.com and search for some poker books. The thing about reading tells is that there are many ways to misread them. Shaky hands typically mean a strong hand, as it is the adrenaline rush at the thought of winning that often causes the shakiness. Still, some folks get nervous when they’re lying (bluffing) and tremble, while others may have the shakes from being recovering alcoholics. The key to spotting tells at the table is to first study your opponents baseline behavior, ie: before the start of a tournament or after a player has folded out of a hand. Once you have established how the player acts normally, without stress or excitement, you can then compare the differences in their body language when they are in a hand as opposed to their baseline behavior.
