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Originally Posted by venice10
Caro's book has been around for a long time. Most villains have long avoided the tells in the book. It does have value in making sure you aren't giving out tells, though. It is worth a read, but you can ignore the value of the tells.
This is where I stand on most books of tells. They’re more to make sure the reader isn’t doing them. And to potentially do them at opportune times if you think it could work to your advantage.
Most of trying to figure out your opponents tells will take hundreds, if not thousands, of hours playing against them to see the situations arise with specific tells and seeing them multiple more times to get confirmation that your assumptions are correct. This process could take so long because we don’t always see what they showdown with, so while you might think their doing xyz with a certain subset range, they could be doing it with a much different range than you realize.
With all that, it’s better to spend your time to learn how to calculate a range for your opponent and determine how your range or hand plays against that range, understand the odds and equity associated with your action and how they relate and act accordingly. If you play a significant number of hours, this will help you loads more.