happy face tell

Hello, I play in a pot-limit game with the same group of players I have a tell that is costing me money. Whenever I bluff/semi-bluff with a big bet I smile subtly. Everyone knows this and often a player will put me through the ringer and stare me down. After about 30 seconds of this I cannot control it and my grin slow turns into a big smile. I have tried many things such a telling myself a have the nuts, wearing sunglasses, or just straing at the pot, but yet I can't relax. Any suggestions?


Mark

If it's easier to smile, smile even when you're not bluffing. Then it no longer becomes a tell. The key is not necessarily how you act, but that you act consistently.


sam

You gotta get rid of this tell, and fast. Why don't you try doing it exactly the same when you DO have the nuts? Do this a few times and they won't know what to think anymore.


Or, you could bring a pair of pliers, and every time you are bluffing or semi-bluffing, you could keep sqeezing your thumb harder and harder, thus making it impossible for you to be smiling due to the intense pain you are feeling.


Dave in Cali