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Originally Posted by tonyk81
I encountered a similar situation today in a live game. I had raised the pot with 99 and 3 players called. flop came A65 . First 2 players and i checked. Next player bet small 10$ maybe a quarter of the pot. Other 2 folded. The player to my direct left who bet was playing almost every hand and getting very bet happy whenever i check after raising pre so i called his 10$ planning to call down reasonable bets. The turn was another 6 and he kindof blinked/ twitched. I checked he bet 15 in rather sloppy manner. As i was thinking his breathing suddenly picked up and his heart was visibly pounding/racing. I ended up folding and after he mucked he said "good fold i had an ace" which i think further suggests he had the 6 given he had shown 0 hands to me whenever i had folded a d never said anything about his holdings.
Sorry I missed your reply. It's not good to try to cold-read tells. It's better to observe them first from the sidelines, and use it later in the session. Different players have different motivations. Though most have the motivation of nervously wanting to get every last dollar out of a strong hand. So, I tend to think the player had the ace. But, maybe not because the overall strategy is to pick-up pots.
Many, many players do not lie about what they had, but they do exaggerate. Though this does not co-inside as much with the tricky platform, and if the fundamental motivation is to trick you, then this is more likely to be one of the few to lie about their hands.
I'd say it's very inconclusive as to what the player had, but an ace is plausible. The turn is potentially a spot to raise the turn and bluff out the weak aces, and collect the pot from the bluffs. But given the breathing tell, I'd be inclined to fold.
It's also more important to try to pick-up tells on players who drive the action, and you should be pro-active in your reading, and smart in who you pick to read, because you really can only focus on one or two players if you're developing a profile. I believe trying to read everyone in every mid-hand will have diminishing returns and will lead to a shorter session due to burn-out.