Multi-value chips in home game... thoughts on possible tell?

[Dwayne]

In low limit casino games most players buy in for a rack of white. There is usualy only 20 to 40 red chips on the table. Many low limit players tend to hoard the higher value chips. When a player bets them you can expect him to have a strong hand. It is because they are confident that they will be getting those chips back. I have reversed that tell by betting or raising with the higher chips with a weak hand or a bluff. It works.