The latest World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) stop at Harveys Lake Tahoe is wrapping up this week and awarded several Circuit rings across more than a dozen events.

Among the latest Circuit ring winners are California’s Tiffany Michelle, a poker presenter and longtime grinder who took down WSOPC Event #14 $400 No-Limit Hold’em for $11,602 and her first Circuit ring, and Jarod Minghini, who won the $1,700 buy-in Main Event for $153,368 and his fourth ring.

Tiffany’s Gold Ring

Michelle is no newcomer to the poker industry and has long been a presenter for PokerNews, WSOP, 888poker and other outlets.

Michelle first made a name for herself when she finished 17th in the 2008 WSOP Main Event for $334,534, which makes up a significant chunk of her $406,263 in Hendon Mob-reported live earnings.

The poker commentator made the trip to WSOPC Lake Tahoe and ended up winning Event #14: No-Limit Hold’em, a $400 buy-in event that drew 130 runners and generated a prize pool of $42,900. Michelle found herself heads-up against Sacramento’s Sean Drake, a WSOP bracelet winner who bowed out in second for $7,168.

After the victory, Michelle wrote on Twitter that she had traveled to the Lake Tahoe stop to “create some content” and “get in the action.” Making the trip to western Nevada surely paid off for the longtime poker presenter.

WSOPC Event #14 $400 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results

	PLACE	PLAYER	HOMETOWN	PRIZE (IN USD)
	1	Tiffany Michelle	Newhall, CA	$11,602
	2	Sean Drake	Sacramento, CA	$7,168
	3	Julian Ruvalcaba	N/A	$4,923
	4	Gary Pisarek	Cebu	$3,476
	5	Rex Clinkscales	Las Vegas, NV	$2,526
	6	Patrick Testoni	Santa Cruz, CA	$1,890
	7	Erik Homan	N/A	$1,457
	8	Jeffrey Day	Berkeley, CA	$1,160
	9	Jeff Troeger	California	$953

Winning for Bobby

The WSOPC Lake Tahoe stop culminated with the $1,700 buy-in Main Event, which attracted 513 runners to generate a prize pool of $777,195. The top prize of $153,368 went to South Lake Tahoe native Jarod Minghini, who defeated San Diego’s Jonathan Smith in a short heads-up battle that lasted just one hand.

According to WSOP live updates, Smith moved all in with ace-eight in the first hand of heads-up play and Minghini called with king-nine before making two pair and eliminating the fellow Californian.

It was an emotional victory for Minghini, who told WSOP his brother, Bobby, had passed away just weeks before. Minghini called his shot among friends early in the tournament and said he would win his fourth Circuit ring for Bobby, which is exactly what he ended up doing.

“As dumb as it sounds, I expected to win this tournament,” he told WSOP. “Bobby was with me the whole way. From the end of dinner break on Day 1 I just started spinning it up from there. All of Day 2 I was just chip leading all day long, winning every hand.”

Minghini’s previous rings were earned in 2019 WSOPC Bally’s $400 event that brought him $11,371, a 2019 WSOPC Thunder Valley $1,125 event for $37,782 and a 2018 WSOPC Thunder Valley $365 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $9,180.

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Other Winners

Other winners at the WSOPC Lake Tahoe stop include Taylor Pollard, who won Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack for $15,838 and San Francisco’s Albert Gorelik, who took down Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed for $18,205.

The WSOPC Lake Tahoe stop wrapped with Event #16: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack, which saw Texas’ Wadih Kaawar getting through a field of 166 runners to win $13,894.

A full list of winners at the WSOPC Lake Tahoe stop is available in the table below.

WSOPC Lake Tahoe Ring Winners

After 13 hours of play, Day 2 of The Mid-States Poker Tour Riverside $1,100 Main Event in Riverside, Iowa, the remaining field of 96 was reduced to a single player. After a swingy heads-up match, it was Wisconsin’s Lee Rzentkowski who ended up beating Miroslav Semanisin heads up for his first MSPT title and $145,006.

The tournament drew 749 players and generated a prize pool of $726,530.

“I’m kind of in a daze,” the newly crowned MSPT champion said. “The money is great, but it’s all about the trophy.”

Rzentkowski is no stranger to tournaments, having won three WSOPC rings in his life and career tournament earnings of $193,647 prior to this victory.

“The money is here to buy me into more tournaments,” said Rzentkowski, overwhelmed with the emotions of the moment. “I’ll be back to play as many as I can.”

Rzentkowski remained a large stack throughout most of the day and it wasn’t until he was heads-up to where he fell behind. He rebounded and fought back to regain the lead and win his first MSPT.

MSPT Riverside Final Table Results

Day 2 Action

Day 2 action saw some time pass before the bubble burst. Eventually it was Colden Carlson who ended up as the unfortunate bubble boy when his pocket jacks could not improve against the pocket kings of Terry Gran (29th-$3,190).

Afterwards, many MSPT legends fell including Nicola Ditrapani (75th-$2,030), Ryan Phan (62nd-$2,320), Miles Barnum (38th-$2,683), Mark Davis (30th-$3,190), Taylor Howard (25th-$4,205), Michael Puccio (19th-$6,090), and Alex Wheeler (14th-$8,700).

Both former champions found themselves falling short of their intended goal as Dan Bekavac bowed out in 55th place for $2,320 and Craig Trost exited in 27th place for $4,205. The final table bubble saw an interesting series of events occur as Mike Estes (10th-$10,803) was eliminated when his ace-seven could not beat the ace-ten of Miroslav Senisin and one table over, Sam Hanson (9th-$13,051) could not win a race with ace-queen against the pocket fives of Josh Reichard. The final table started with eight, rather than the planned nine.

Final Table Action

The current MSPT Player of the year point leader Reichard seemed to be in a good spot to further pad his points when he got in his ace-king against Jason Crews’ ace-queen, but the flop containing both an ace and a queen which had the newly minted MSPT hall of famer exiting the tournament in eighth place for $16,676.

Asa Snyder began the final table as one of the big stacks, but he lost a massive pot early on when his pocket kings could not hold against David Kenniston’s queens. He had a second chance to double up when he got in his remaining chips with ace-jack against Anthony Sedlak’s king-jack, but a king on the flop spelled the end of his run and he ended the tournament in seventh place for $21,751.

Arturas Astrauskas ended his tournament run in sixth place for $28,276. Most of the day he stood tall as one of the larger stacks of the tournament. It all came to an end however, when he moved all in against a raise and a call of Sedlak and Jason Crews. Sedlak folded, but Crews called with ace-queen and held against Astrauskas’ king-four to take the pot and send out Astrauskas.

The next collision was with the two largest stacks at the table when Sedlak and Rzentkowski got involved in a three-bet pot. The flop came ace-high and Sedlak check jammed over Rzentkowski’s continuation-bet and Rzentkowski called. Sedlak held ace-queen but was behind the ace-king of Rzentkowski. No improvement was found for the ace-queen and Sedlak exited the tournament in fifth place for $36,977.

Following him out the door in fourth place was David Kenniston who moved all in against Rzentkowski’s three-bet with ace-ten, only to get called by Rzentkowski’s ace-queen and find no improvement. Kenniston just weeks after his deep run in Battle Creek, collected $48,505 for his efforts.

After that, it was the 2021 MSPT Riverside Main Event runner-up Crews who found himself all-in and at risk. He moved all in with ace-two offsuit only to get called by Semanisin’s king-jack offsuit. The flop contained a jack and Crews exited the tournament in third place for $65,253.

Heads-up began as a rather swingy affair. Rzentkowski began it with the lead, but Semanisin ended up taking over when he won a few big pots off of Rzentkowski. A key shifting point was when Rzentkowski moved all in over a 2 million chip bet from Semanisin who ended up folding two pair on a one-liner to a straight. After that, Semanisin moved all in with his short stack with ace-nine which Rzentkowski called ace-four offsuit. The board ran out to give Rzentkowski a straight and Seminisin bettered his seventh-place finish in the MSPT Riverside earlier in the year by coming in second place for $89,180.

What’s Next for MSPT?

The MSPT will now head to The Venetian Las Vegas from November 1-3 for a $250,000 guarantee as well as a second event in the same location running November 3-6 for a $750,000 guarantee. This will be followed by a stop at Minnesota’s Running Aces Casino from December 1-11, and then a season-ending Main Event at Venetian from December 28-30. Click here for more on the MSPT’s remaining schedule.

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Back in October 2022, GGPoker introduced the Bounty Jackpot to their highly popular Progressive Knockout (PKO) tournaments. The ‘Bounty Jackpot’ sees a player potentially being rewarded with a mystery prize after they eliminate an opponent, with the top payout being a massive $1,000,000!

Well, the first ever top bounty jackpot prize has been paid out with the aptly named “SonOfRichDad” pocketing the seven-figure sum.

The Jackpot Winning Hand

The hand played out in the $54 Ultra Deepstack Bounty Turbo, which is a part of the ongoing $50 million guaranteed Bounty Hunter Series.

Five of the players at the table were sitting out as the hand was dealt during table balancing. So, “Tokyo90” jammed in his short stack from the small blind with ace-ten offsuit. “SonOfRichDad”, who was just trying to lock up the $12.50 bounty on his opponent’s head, made the call from the big blind with jack-seven offsuit.

Both players paired up on the ten-high flop and a brick on the turn put the at risk player as the clear favourite. However, another seven on the river gave “SonOfRichDad” trips and the winning hand.

An animation then appeared on the screen, and as the virtual scroll unravelled, a sum $10,263 appeared. That prize alone would have anyone jumping for joy but it got even better for “SonOfRichDad” as the that figure then flashed to the $1 million bounty jackpot prize! Which is quite the reward from a $54 buy-in event.

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The recently crowned EGR Poker Operator of the Year, 888poker, is gearing up for what should be an incredibly exciting KO Games series with several new Mystery Bounty tournaments. The Mystery Bounty format is the latest craze in the poker tournament world, and 888poker is embracing the new format, giving its players the chance to enjoy the thrill of the game.

A trio of new Mystery Bounty tournaments have appeared in the 888poker tournament lobby over the past few days. They come with buy-ins of $5.50, $22, and $55, which feature guaranteed prize pools of $8,000, $20,000, and $25,000, respectively. The first three played out on Halloween, a welcome treat for 888poker’s legion of players.

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The $55 buy-in $25,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty saw a field of 479 players take to the 888poker virtual felt and fight it out for the title, a chunky top prize, and a jackpot mystery bounty payment worth $2,500. That big bounty went to the 16th place finisher, “aalexandress” who also scooped another $260 worth of bounties before crashing out. That mystery bounty payment meant aalexandress won more than all but the champion and runner-up!

The top five finishers turned their $55 investment into four-figure hauls. “effervescnc” banked $1,336 after falling in fifth, with “ryguy12345” of Canada taking home $1,252 for fourth-place.

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Some 937 players bought into the $22 buy-in $20,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty, and “FFForce” of Romania outlasted them all. Victory came with a $1,862 haul, an impressive return on a $22 investment. However, that prize was blown out of the water by Brazil’s “bieldlc” who finished in second-place. The Brazilian secured a $3,688 prize, which was inflated by their winning of the $2,000 top bounty prize! Indeed, they won another $498 worth of scalps before falling at the final hurdle.

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The MILLIONS Online KO series kicked off at PartyPoker over the weekend, and more than a dozen players have become champions. Adrian Mateos is one such player; the United Kingdom-based Spaniard added a MILLIONS Online KO title to his ever-growing list of poker accomplishments.

A field of 103 entrants bounty into the MILLIONS Online KO #09 8-Max for $530, and created a $51,500 prize pool. The field was stacked with some of the best poker tournament players on the planet, with several of them navigating their way to the nine-handed final table.

Team PartyPoker member Patrick Leonard was the first of the nine finalists to head to the rail, a finish worth $1,155 when you include bounty payments. David Harris, Vanessa Hamilton, Theo Bijaoui, and Diogo Coelho all bowed out in succession before Denmark’s Christian Pedersen fell in fourth.

Any of the final trio of players would have made a worthy champion, but only one could claim that title. Elio Fox, no stranger to winner major poker tournaments, crashed out in third, leaving Mateos heads-up against Team PartyPoker’s Jaime Staples. The heads-up duo locked in more than $4,700 from the main prize pool, but the final bounty payment was worth much more than that.

Mateos proved too strong for Staples this time around, and Staples had to make do with a $5,964 haul, while Mateos became a MILLIONS Online KO champion, and collected an impressive $12,461.

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Barbosa Banks The Opener Title

William Barbosa continued the trend of Brazilian poker players becoming champions in prestigious event by triumphing in the $162 buy-in Opener event. The tournament drew in 913 entrants, who ensured a guarantee-busting $136,950 prize pool was created.

Of those 913 starters, only 136 made it through to Day 2, doing so with a min-cash guaranteed from the regular prize pool. The likes of Jerry Odeen, Steven Van Zadelhoff, Diego Cuellar, Team PartyPoker’s Matthew Staples, and final table bubble boy Boris Angelov cashed but missed out on a top six finish and a seat at the final table.

The final table was made up entirely of Austrian and Brazilian players, and it was one of the latter who emerged victoriously after an intense battle. Austria’s Gilles Simon was the first finalist to find himself void of chips. Brazilian Breno Avelino joined Simon on the rail, before three Austrian’s fell in succession.

Johan Schulz-Pedersen and Soenke Jahn busted before Barbosa sent Tomas Patka home in second place, capturing the $17,225 top prize in the process.

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Several MILLIONS Online side events have crowned their champions, too, including the $215 buy-in 8-Max tournament. Oleksii Troymenko came out on top in that event, outlasting 263 opponents and banking $9,784.

There was also a win for Alexandros Theologis, who took down the $320 8-Max Turbo for a $9,784 addition to his bankroll.

The latest edition of the GGPoker Super MILLION$ has reached the final table stage, with only nine of the 174 starters remaining in contention for the lion’s share of the $1,740,000 prize pool. Each of those nine finalists is guaranteed to take away no less than $50,524 for their efforts, but the top six finishers win a six-figure sum, with the eventual champion netting a cool $353,673.

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Vladimir “GEOMETRIYAEMILY” Minko is the player that goes into the star-studded final table with the chip lead, and is the only finalist holding a stack worth more than 100 big blinds. Minko has 4,221,145 chips (106 big blinds) and will fancy his chances of securing one of the larger prizes. This is the first time we have seen Minko at a Super MILLION$ final table, and he is determined to make the most of this opportunity. Minko may be a relative unknown compared to some of the finalists, but that could well work in his favor.

Eelis Parssinen is better known for his pot-limit Omaha prowess, but the flying Finn knows his way around a no-limit Hold’em table, too. Parsinnen takes his seat under the spotlight with an arsenal of 2,913,131 chips (73 big blinds) and a legitimate shot of becoming a Super MILLION$ champion for the first time. This is the third consecutive week Parssinen has cashed in this event. Perhaps it will be a case of third time’s a charm for the World Series of Poker bracelet winner, and he can finally win this high-stakes affair?

Third place at the restart is where you find Oliver Weis and his 2,645,440 stack (66 big blinds). Weis does not play many Super MILLION$ but he is a talented tournament grinder, one with almost $1.5 million in cashes at GGPoker alone. Weis can count a GGMasters title among his many accomplishments. He will be confident of adding a Super MILLION$ title to his long list of poker victories.

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Israeli WSOP bracelet winner Ravid Garbi is another player hunting for his first victory in this event, and he has a hidden weapon up his sleeve: the run-good of Daniel Dvoress. Garbi sold 55.5% of his action via GGPoker’s in-built staking software. High roller specialist Dvoress purchased 50% of Garbi’s action, so is now guaranteed $25,000 but as much as $176,000 if Garb turns his 2,581,719 (65 big blinds) into a victory tonight.

Like Parssinen, Andrei “Mr-Doberman” Nikonorov sits down at the final table having recorded three Super MILLION$ cash in a row. Last week, Nikonorov busted in eighth place when he committed his short stack with pocket nines and ran into the kings of eventual third-place finish Rodrigo Sirichuk. Nikonorov sits down at this week’s final table with 1,880,220 (47 big blinds) and a plan to avoid cowboys early on. We will see how that works out for the Russian WSOP Circuit ring winner.

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Sirichuk finished third last week for a score in excess of $200,000 and is looking to go two places deeper this time around. The Brazilian grinder, who is armed with 1,259,713 chips (32 big blinds), needs a sixth-place finish or better to push his GGPoker winnings north of $4.5 million. Should Sirichuk finish second or march onto victory, he will best the $250,839 score he capture back in May when he won the $25,500 Super High Roller after a four-handed chop.

The remaining trio of finalists have sub-20 big blind stacks and need to improve their positions sooner rather than later if they are to become a coveted GGPoker Super MILLION$ champion. Johannes “Hazes” Straver occupies seventh place courtesy of his 768,006 stack (19 big blinds). Straver has a GGMaster title on his resume; now he is hunting for a Super MILLION$ badge on his profile.

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Russia’s “spaise411” is a regular in this high-stakes tournament but they are yet to walk away with top honours despite several final table finishes. In early May, spaise411 finished third in a special edition of the Super MILLION$ and scooped a cool $701,380 payout. More recently, only three weeks ago, they finished sixth for $106,018. The Russian is armed with a stack of 713,596 chips (18 big blinds) as they attempt to win as much prize money as possible for the 11 GGPoker players who bought a slice of their action.

Mexico-based grinder “joyeux” is the player bringing up the rear with their 417,030 stack (10 big blinds). They last reached the Super MILLION$ final table on February 15, where their run ended in an eighth-place finish worth $78,986.

What a year it has been for 888poker! The site celebrated its 20th year in the industry in 2022, and a remarkable year has been capped off by being named Poker Operator of the Year and Casino Operator of The Year at the annual EGR awards.

The site was recognized for the upgrades and improvements to its software, such as the introduction of Mystery Bounty Tournaments as well as the exciting and innovative tournament series that kept players coming back to the site all year long — with another Knockout Games festival still to come!

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Anniversary Celebrations

888poker had always planned on 2022 being an extraordinary year, celebrating its 20th year with a series of events. It started back in January with the year kicking off both at the live and online felts. British pro Jack Hardcastle triumphed in the 888poker LIVE London Festival, while the XL Winter Series saw “D.Bogachev” win over $70,000 in the Main Event.

And the month of January wasn’t even over before former world champion boxer Chris Eubank Jr joined the site as a new Cultural Ambassador, before immediately jumping into the 888poker LIVE London Weekend, showing that he was Made to Play.

As the year wound on, players were spoilt for choice with the amount of online festivals taking place on 888poker. Whether you were jumping in Retro Week, Millions Superstorm, the Knockout Games — more on that later — or the XL Spring Series, there was something for everyone.

The return of 888poker LIVE was welcomed too, as Sandro Hauser won the 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event, with the festival showing that players were eager to return and experience the incredible live atmosphere at 888poker LIVE.

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What do poker legends Phil Ivey, Stephen Chidwick, Mike McDonald, and pop princess Lady Gaga have in common? They all have an iconic poker face!

The term poker face is used in everyday life, even by people far removed from this glorious game. When at the negotiating table, people are often told to keep a good poker face, meaning they should appear to have their emotions in check on the outside even if adrenaline is coursing through their veins and their hearts are beating through their chests.

The term poker face became more mainstream in 2008 when pop sensation Lady Gaga enjoyed a smash hit with song entitled Poker Face. Millions of people sang along to lyrics packed with sexual innuendoes, believing the song was simply about poker and having a good poker face.

If you get the chance after reading this article about the importance of having a good poker table when playing Texas Hold’em, Omaha Poker, or any other poker game, make sure you look into the meaning of Lady Gaga’s Poker Face in addition to the true expletive-heaving true lyrics! You may be surprised, if not shocked!

Poker Face Meaning

Fire up your favorite search ending and type in poker face definition, and “an impassive expression that hides one’s true feelings” is returned as the term’s meaning. Purely in a poker sense of the term, the meaning of a poker face is keeping your face void of expression regardless of if you are holding the stone-cold nuts or are praying to the poker gods that your opponent will fold because you have a trash hand.

Instead of asking yourself what is a poker face, you should deviate slightly and consider what is a good poker face. Poker players’ minds naturally go to a default image when they think of someone trying their utmost to look emotionless. You are doing it now: you are imagining someone with a stoic impression, perhaps one tinged with anger that is quite intimidating because the player is staring you down!

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However, a poker face can be whatever you want it to be. You can sit there smiling like the cat that got the cream or look like you are about to burst into tears. Your goal is to not give away any indication of how you are feeling or the strength of your hand. Developing a good, consistent poker face, meaning your face is unreadable to opponents, is a crucial skill to have as a live poker player, and standard practice in any good live poker training course.

Why is a Poker Face Important?

Poker is a game played with incomplete information because our hole cards are only ever revealed in specific situations. This means that in order to win a pot, we have to make assumptions about our opponent’s hand based on factors including the playing tendencies, their bet sizing, and any other little snippets of information we can gather from how they act, move, and look.

Poker players unwillingly give away information through their body language. These poker tells are sometimes obvious – here’s looking at you Teddy KGB and your obsession with Oreos – or far more subtle, such as a wry smile, diverting their eyes from the community cards or their opponent. Some poker tells are difficult to conceal because they are automatic responses by the human body. Often, a player’s pupils will briefly dilate when they have a big hand because their body is genuinely excited that they are about to win a large pot.

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In addition, it is sometimes possible to see a player’s carotid artery pumping in their neck when their heart rate increases. Those are two examples of poker tells that are difficult to control, but you can cover them up, and you have total control of your poker pace.

You may be wondering why to keep a poker face at all. Why not just act “normally” during every hand? That is all well and good, but at some point, you will act differently when your hand is strong or you are bluffing, and the better, more observant opponents will pick up on this and act according. By getting into the habit of adopting the same poker face whenever you are active in a hand, you vastly reduce the chances of your face giving off tells.

How to Get and Keep a Good Poker Face

Many players’ hands shake when having a winning hand, which easily tips off fellow players that they indeed have a good hand. Keeping the anonymity of your hands helps you psychologically gain an advantage over your other players, whether you have pocket Aces or seven-deuce offsuit.

Poker pro Michael Mizrachi, affectionately known as “The Grinder”, has made millions off reading people’s (poorly kept) poker faces. Mizrachi is a classic example of having a strong poker face, having the ability to calm under pressure, and having a sharp mind to read other people’s emotional changes, all while thinking about how to best make money off it.

Getting a Good Poker Face

Anyone can get a good poker face, but it does take some practice on your behalf. When you’re someone that usually plays online poker with friends, putting on your poker face may seem unnatural at first, especially if you try it in front of the mirror. Truth be told, you may even burst out laughing the first few times you try looking stoic.

However, like everything in poker and in most walks of life, practice makes perfect, and the following tips will have you sporting a poker face the pros will be proud of in next to no time.

Avoid Giving Off Tells

We have already touched on how a poker face can help reduce tells, but we cannot stress the importance of doing everything in your power to prevent giving off poker tells that could completely change the course of a hand.

The slightest involuntary facial twitch can be the difference between a skilled opponent calling your value bet or mucking their hand and you leaving valuable chips on the table. Conversely, your darting eyes, a quick like of your lips, or a simple touch of your face could be enough to convince your foe to call your elaborate bluff.

There are some poker players that are highly adept at picking up on poker tells. Taking them on at the tables without your best poker face on display is asking for trouble, especially if you’re looking to keep your poker bankroll intact!

In the movie Maverick, there’s a fantastic scene on why you should avoid giving off tells. The character of Maverick played by Mel Gibson sits down at a poker table and sweet-talks his way into a seat by promising to lose for an hour. During that hour, however, he was able to ascertain the other poker player’s tells, either twirling their hair like Jodie Foster’s character, one licking their lips, the other purses them with a winning hand, shuffling the order of their cards, etc.

Physical Aspects

A poker face is an unnatural look because it removes all emotion and expression from the main thing that humans use to display emotion, expression, and feelings! Most players adopt a poker face by relaxing their facial muscles so as not to smile or frown. They then remain motionless until it is their turn to act.

It is important to realize a good poker face is not only how you look, but also how you act. For example, try to blink naturally because you may find yourself blinking too much or staring too much. Furthermore, fidgeting in your seat is a big no-no, as is any movement that you are not prepared to replicate each time you enter a pot.

Got an itch on your cheek? Really, do not dare to scratch it. Getting bored or worried about the length of time you are waiting? You had better not start moving your tongue around your mouth, swallow harder than usual, or lick your lips, or divert your eyes to your opponent, or anywhere else for that matter. The slightest deviation can make your poker face ineffective, which will especially be picked up by hungry sharks.

Sitting perfectly still, with a blank expression on your face really is a solid foundation on which to build your award-winning poker face. Imagine you are playing “Simon Says” and Simon has said freeze, and you will not go too far wrong.

Mental Aspects

It is common for an opponent to stare down someone who has acted and deployed their best poker face. They stare intently, not only to try and pick up on any read or tell they can, but to make you feel uncomfortable to such a degree that you break and give them some information.

Stephen Chidwick and Mike McDonald, mentioned at the start of this article, are experts at this; their fierce stares are the stuff of legend. Keeping your cool when someone’s eyes are burning into you is a challenging task. It is only natural to feel uneasy when someone is staring at you. Just remember that they cannot stare at you forever.

It is best to completely avoid eye contact and focus on the table in front of you or a spot in the distance. Breathe naturally, and your opponent will eventually have to act.

How To Keep a Good Poker Face

Some players take an extraordinary time to make a decision once you have put them to the test, so expect to have to maintain your poker face for several minutes at a time. It is vitally important that you do not break out from having your poker face on until the moment your opponent acts, otherwise, it is pointless trying in the first place.

One way to practice your poker face and to see if you give off any tells is to stare at yourself in a mirror, as ridiculous as that sounds. You can practice your best poker face even if you primarily play online poker on mobile poker sites. Pretend you are in a live poker room and put your poker face on when you would have to in a live setting. Sure, the online game plays out much faster than in a brick-and-mortar venue, and there is nobody staring you down, but it is good practice nonetheless.

Expect some opponents to try and talk you into breaking out of your poker face “pose.” They will ask you questions, pass comments on how the hand has played out, and more. Ignore them and concentrate on not making any deviations, movements, or facial expressions. You will find your own way of achieving this, maybe count in your head, sing a song, go to a happy place, whatever suits you best, just do not let them talk you out of your poker face.

It is in your interests not to wear sunglasses to hide your eyes, or rely on listening to music to drown out any speech play because most major live poker tournaments make players remove their headphones once the event reaches a specific stage, usually on the bubble or after it pops.

Businessman Bill Klein used his poker face to pull off a six-figure bluff

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Online poker and live poker go hand in hand, which is why the biggest online poker sites often run poker satellites or even poker freerolls to prestigious live poker tournaments. PokerStars has the European Poker Tour (EPT) as its flagship tour, GGPoker runs World Series of Poker (WSOP) satellites, while PartyPoker, 888poker, and Unibet Poker each have their own branded events they host around the globe.

The online poker world is the perfect place for honing your poker skills and gaining some valuable experience in this crazy game. Once you have developed those skills and that knowledge, you can concentrate on trying out your poker face in real life with no other distractions.

Poker Face FAQs

Why is it called a poker face?

It’s called a poker face because poker players have adopted having a deadpan or emotionless expression on their face while playing poker.

Is it good to have a poker face?

Yes, it’s good, even essential to have a poker face while playing poker. This way you’re able to school your expression and fool your opponents into believing exactly what you want them to believe.

Q; What is meant by having a poker face?
A: A face not showing any emotion or change in expression.

How do you do a poker face?

One great example of a poker face is Phil Ivey. He has no expression with his eyes boring into your soul, no smile, only a deadpan expression. Some players put a hand on their opposing arm, keeping their body immobile while another player might be staring them down in order to elicit some information.

Is having a poker face bad?

Having a poker face is a great quality while playing poker. If you’re standing at your wedding with a poker face, maybe not the best time to have one.

What does a poker face look like?

A poker face has a complete lack of expression or physicality, giving no tells as to what hand you might have.

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