Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'em and Reap
A Career FBI Agent's Guide to Decoding Poker Tells
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 7, 2006
Success in poker is part luck, part math, and part subterfuge.
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- Who it’s for
- Poker strategy meets body-language insight in a guide to reading opponents and managing your own tells.
- Themes
- Poker tells and body language, Nonverbal communication, Concealing one’s own tells
- Genres
- Poker, Body Language, Applied Psychology
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Success in poker is part luck, part math, and part subterfuge. While the math of poker has been refined over the past decades, the ability to read other players and keep one’s own “tells” in check has been mostly learned through trial and error and can take a lifetime to master.
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But now, by using ex-FBI special agent Joe Navarro’s insights into body language, illustrated with World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth’s in-game examples, players will be able to decode and interpret other players’ nonverbal communication while concealing their own—becoming human lie detectors and the most feared players at the table.
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Poker strategy meets body-language insight in a guide to reading opponents and managing your own tells.
Come here for
- A closer look at the psychology behind poker’s nonverbal signals
- Phil Hellmuth’s in-game examples paired with Joe Navarro’s expertise
Expect
- Attention to both reading others and concealing your own tells
- Poker skill-building beyond the math
Where it sits
| Poker | 89% |
|---|---|
| Body Language | 83% |
| Applied Psychology | 37% |
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Publisher categories
- Business Skills
- Poker
- Gambling
- Inspiration & Personal Growth
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- Applied Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Practical Guides
- Building Success
- Authors
- Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins, Phil Hellmuth, Jr.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 7, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Poker tells and body language · Nonverbal communication · Concealing one’s own tells
- Reading lane
- Business Skills