Caro's Book of Poker Tells Review
User Review: Caro's Book of Poker Tells - Submitted by Dozer
The poker tells by Mike Caro is a great introduction to learning how to effectively read your opponents to gain the upper hand, on betting, raising and folding. Have you ever wondered what your opponents thinking, or how to read the reactions that your opponents make then this book is a great learning tool for you.
Pros
Many descriptions and tells that are exposed in the book. Caro does a good job of providing most of the common and uncommon tells that are given away by body language. He categorizes them into types of tells, and organizes it clearly. He gives about 1/3 of a page description of the tell and why people execute or try to give off this tell i.e. the motivation behind the hand. Caro lists the reliability of the tells based upon how good your opponents are (weak, average, strong). Then he examines the average amount of money you will gain from a clever tell. He gives you a synopsis of how to effectively deal with the tell and what the best strategy available is to combat the tell. Caro gives picture examples to showcase what he means.
Cons
Caro doesn?t describe every possible tell (which would be hard), and doesn?t get into advanced poker tells, mostly beginner to average player types of tells. Its difficult sometimes to see the pictures and he doesn?t give you a great visual representation, the pictures are average. As well I think he generalizes tells, and doesn?t exactly pin-point specific tells. His methodology of how effective and reliable the tells are, are somewhat unreliable. I found some tells that he described difficult to decipher.
Conclusion
If you are new to the game of poker, and are trying to learn how to read people, (for the most part pretty well) then Caro?s Poker Tells is a good book. Its obviously for beginners who don?t know a lot about the psychology of the way people think and play their hands. Overall not to shabby.
Posted by DC80 on Feb 11, 2005 - 12:20 PM
My score: 5
Excellent book.
Posted by rivmaker on Feb 27, 2005 - 12:01 AM
My score: 4
This book has been very helpful to me and my game. I have to say it's been very profitable for me.
Posted by Ridin2Aces on Mar 16, 2005 - 08:34 PM
My score: 5
Friend just bought this book looks good..got a quiz in the back to test what youve learned
Posted by whistlerd on Mar 25, 2005 - 06:55 AM
My score: 5
the book only covers tells and doesnt do a good job?I am a beginner....but i dont want to waste my time (or money) on books that explain half of what they claim to. I will most likely play most of my poker online, so the book is not going to do me much good.
Posted by nyg23 on Mar 30, 2005 - 02:11 AM
My score: 5
if you already know how to play starting hands this book will help you take ur game to the next level. Reading people is one of the most important aspects of poker and this helped me to begin to learn how to read people and i saw results almost immediately.
Posted by sbtrojans on Mar 31, 2005 - 08:47 PM
My score: 5
I dont like this site. I would prefer to use Pokerstars.
Posted by sbtrojans on Apr 02, 2005 - 03:42 PM
My score: 5
I dont like this site. I would prefer to use Pokerstars.
Posted by Rossco on Apr 04, 2005 - 07:36 PM
My score: 5
I have read this book and yes i found it quite helpful on general tells, basically i found that he reinforces that you have to find out what works and then exploit it, hit em where it hurts. Also he doesn't tell you everything but with the help of his book you should be able to take it from there and firgure out more tells for yourself. I would have to say it is a good investment to buy this book.
Posted by Noahman21 on Apr 05, 2005 - 02:36 PM
My score: 4
I thought this was a great book. I never realized how much people give away by the way they act until I read this book.
Posted by tedh7 on Apr 07, 2005 - 03:42 PM
My score: 5
great book
Posted by Static on Apr 07, 2005 - 10:28 PM
My score: 5
this book is absolutely wonderfull. it has opened my eyes so much too why people act the way they do when they bluff or when they have a good hand.mike caro does more than tell you why people act the way they do he gives you specific very clear examples with photos and detailed description. an absolutely must have if you wanna become a serious poker player.
Posted by xxmidianxx on Apr 11, 2005 - 05:25 PM
My score: 5
I loved this book.... It helped me out alot when I played in low limit games... and it still helps me out in my higher limit games... I re-read it about once a month to keep it fresh in my mind... I would highly recomend this book to anyone....
Posted by vilma51 on Apr 12, 2005 - 11:30 PM
My score: 5
this was the best poker book on tells i have read yet
Posted by Dodgrblu21 on Apr 13, 2005 - 03:57 AM
My score: 5
Good book helped me notice tells i never thought of to look for
Posted by srod38 on Apr 15, 2005 - 11:03 PM
My score: 5
I like this site, though I realize that opinion is not shared by everyone. I would suggest you try it out for yourselves.
Posted by yodoha on Apr 21, 2005 - 01:03 AM
My score: 3
Seems good even though i never read it before. If it can help u c if a person is bluffing or not than it is worth buying. I think im gonna go check it out.
Posted by AsianChexMix on Apr 23, 2005 - 11:45 PM
My score: 5
Isnt there a video version of the book? It's basically one hour long and you can watch it....i had it once....downloaded. i think ill redownload them again...hahaha.
Posted by Gromph on Apr 23, 2005 - 11:46 PM
My score: 5
I watched the DVD but didnt read the book. Its pretty basic but on the home game level it should help us all win some big pots & pretty good money over the long run.
Posted by dan on Apr 29, 2005 - 11:10 PM
My score: 4
I am pretty new to live poker, and I had no idea about how to read people until I read this book, it really improved my game. This book does have some issues though, but if you need an idea about how to read people buy this book!!
Posted by ToDieFor81 on Sep 14, 2005 - 08:57 AM
My score: 4
its a great book but alittle to much stud related
