In poker, what is the name of a behavioral tick that gives away a players hand?
Tell (poker) player plays with, and player chat can be particularly revealing online. A player's tell gives information only about that player's assessment of his own cards, and hence is reliable only when that player has accurately assessed his own hand. An unskilled player may misread a weak hand as a strong hand and thus their tells will only indicate this misinterpretation. Players can also make mistakes that may seem like a tell, like fumbling chips out of clumsiness or betting the wrong amount online when clicking the wrong button. Tell (poker) A tell in poker is a change in a player's
Poker Players Alliance poker players affiliated with Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet and PokerStars. Jeff Ifrah, the attorney for one of the disbursement companies affected, said that the government “has never seized an account that belongs to players who are engaged in what [Ifrah] would contend is a lawful act of playing peer-to-peer poker online.” The timing of the seizure may have been intentionally timed to affect the access to people's accounts during the World Series of Poker. In July 2009, the PPA held National Poker Week, an effort to rally support for H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection,