Poker: The Skill Game

Psychology: Knowing when to fold ’em isn’t everything

June 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“They are as incriminating in the interrogation room as they are in the poker room. That’s the message ex-FBI agent Joe Navarro gave 100 female players Friday in a seminar that lifted the lid on nonverbal clues known in poker circles as tells.

Crinkle your nose and you think your cards stink. Interlocking fingers are a sign you’re worried. Lean in toward the pot and you probably think it’s yours already.

“Your lips tighten when you’re stressed,” Navarro, 54, told a concerned Margaret Gast, a 50-year-old ice-skate shop owner from Houston, who he pulled off the felt for one-on-one advice. “You’re doing it when I’m talking right now. You don’t need to tell me, I know.”

The News Tribune (06/10/07)

Categories: Psychology

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