hand over mouth

[Toro]

I don't know about the rest of you but I'm kind of surprised that a lot of the top pros, Hellmuth in particular, put their hand over their mouth after they bet or are otherwise involved in a hand. I mean, are they incapable of maintaining a good poker face and have to resort to this?

That being said, in this weeks WPT at Foxwoods, I thought that the eventual winner, Hoyt Corkins, had the absolutely best poker face of all the final table participants. The guy didn't so much as twitch during any hand he was involved in.

[ZManODS]

Ok he might not of twitched but he went all in with 83o twice and god caught.

I was rooting for him to lose.

[Rushmore]

In the fairy-tale land of "tells," one of the biggies has always been that the hand over the mouth indicates a bluff.

I think many players now realize that one's oral posture (how's THAT?) IS indeed tough to maintain, regardless of one's poker prowess. Therefore, they have "reclaimed" the hand over the mouth by ALWAYS putting the hand over the mouth, regardless of the play they're making.

It would appear I have overthought this a bit.

[brick]

Hi Rushmore,
I agree with you. I don't think you're overthinking it.

I think Phil has resorted to the most reliable method to hide facial expressions. He puts his hands over his face.

[baggins]

i agree with rushmore and brick. i've seen a lot of players do this classic gesture. in all different scenarios.

[Porcupine]

I have also noticed that players do it in all kinds of situations. Mostly, the players aren't acting, to me it just appears to be a common nervous habit. I was in a home NL tourney this week-end, and players (most of whom I've certain weren't doing it on purpose) were always putting their hands over their mouths, often with good hands.

[Toro]

I think some have misinterpeted my view on this. I don't think that it's a tell at all. They do it all the time, whether they have a good hand or are bluffing so there's no tell. I just thought that World class players wouldn't need to cover their mouth, that they could pull off a bluff without giving something away without the hand over the mouth.

[TimTimSalabim]

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I mean, are they incapable of maintaining a good poker face and have to resort to this?

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And Corkins was wearing sunglasses for his health?

[Toro]

A lot of the top pros wear sun glasses so they can check you out without you being aware of it.

[Easy E]

who raised early in the show with 72?