7B&E
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Love Cards, Lots of Chips, Look Yonder
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Caro's Law of Tells #8
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The glance at the chips is instinctive.
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This is a good example of a very important tell.  Players will usually glance only quickly at their chips, then away.  More often than not, a player will only move her eyes, rather than her whole head, to look at her chips.  It is a very big mistake not to be watching your seven stud opponent when the new cards arrive.  You can always look at your own card later.  A quick glance at her chips means she helped her hand.  Turning away is an indication of a Weak Means Strong tell, which is covered under Tells From Actors.
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Look for sandbagging (checking and then raising) opportunities.  Sandbagging can be a powerful poker weapon, but it's even more desirable if you know almost for sure that your opponent will bet, as you do in this tell.  If you don't have a strong hand, don't hope to catch this player bluffing.  She won't be.  And, certainly, don't try to bluff her.
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