Tells in poker are a popular subject, partly because of the way tells often receive a lot of attention in cultural depictions of poker.
For example, movies featuring poker scenes love to highlight poker tells as a way of increasing suspense. From Paul Newman��s emotionless raising street after street (��kick a buck��) in Cool Hand Luke to Teddy KGB��s fiddling with Oreo cookies in Rounders to Le Chiffre��s weeping eye in Casino Royale, tells often receive a lot of attention in such portrayals of the game.
In reality, understanding the significance of tells in poker is only a small part of learning strategy, and indeed tells often only become meaningful in certain, special situations. The subject did come up a few times, though, during this week��s strategy articles on PokerNews, and so for that reason we��re highlighting tells as the theme of a new installment of ��The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz.��
What follows are eight multiple choice questions, all having to do with the subject of tells (including some derived from this week��s articles). Answering six or more correctly will earn a passing grade, and if you happen to miss any you��ll be shown the right answer along with an explanation. And of course you can always look back through the week��s Strategy articles if you need any help along the way.
You look confident. Does that mean you��re strong on this subject? Or is it a false tell...?
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