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Beyond Tells: Power Poker Psychology shows you how to anticipate playersÆ behavior by analyzing their physical and mental approaches to the game. It doesnÆt simply describe generic tells such as the facial expressions and body language that can reveal when an opponent is bluffing or trying to conceal a great hand. After all, many experienced players know how to mask and mimic those tells. Beyond Tells goes further by integrating personality types with poker tells. It shows how different personality types can have the same tell and it will mean something entirely different. It teaches you how to categorize opponents and read their underlying motivations so that you can predict their actions ù and, most importantly, know how to beat them.
Dividing players into three core personality groups ù Winners, Losers, and Non-winners ù McKenna explores the beliefs, skills, and permissions that unconsciously guide each typeÆs behavior. YouÆll learn to recognize key playing styles, including the Loner, the High Roller, the Hunch Player, and the Boss, and youÆll discover how to identify and eliminate any self-defeating patterns in your own game.
Filled with fascinating anecdotes, charts, and photographs that illustrate key behaviors, Beyond Tells is an engaging, practical, and thoroughly accessible guide that will give you the psychological edge you need to play like a winner.
Ppb; 253 pages.
Beyond Bluffs: Master the Mysteries of Poker shows you how to elevate your game to a new level by playing your opponents as expertly as you play your hand. With these advanced people skills, youÆll be able to determine how and when a player is bluffing, and know which bluffs to use in response. YouÆll even be able to predict how different types of players will think and react in any game situation.
In his acclaimed Beyond Tells, McKenna introduced a unique way of integrating personality types with reading tells. Beyond Bluffs delves further into those six key personality types, revealing the psychological patterns that govern the way they live and the way they play. McKenna shows you how to spot the subtle clues that reveal when a person is bluffing or telling the truth. YouÆll learn when, how, and against whom to bluff with ôgarbageö hands, how to avoid bluffing when you donÆt have to, and the difference between planned and unplanned bluffs.
Plenty of poker books outline strategies that can help you become a good tactical player. Beyond Bluffs, goes further, unraveling the real mysteries of the game and providing the psychological advantage that will help you play smarter every time.
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James A. McKenna, Ph.D., has been a practicing individual and group therapist for over 35 years, as well as a management consultant to Fortune 500 corporations. His column, ôPower Poker Psychology,ö appears regularly in Poker Player and Gambling Times magazines.
