The Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast

This post and podcast episode contain affiliate links for Beyond Tells. When you use our links we receive referral commissions when you enroll in the program. We are extremely selective with who we partner with, and are committed to recommending only the highest quality products and services that will benefit our listeners. Thank you for supporting the show!  Blake Eastman didn’t believe that poker tells had much (if any) value.  Even as an adjunct psychology professor and founder of the behavioral research company The Nonverbal Group, he fell into the camp that believed old-school pros overvalued physical tells, and that betting patterns and game theory were all that really mattered.  However, being the researcher at heart he decided to put this theory to the test. To do this, he funded his own research study, where 79 players were filmed over the course of many hours of play.  After painstakingly analyzing the data over hundreds of hours, Blake found nothing. He watched film from players who were weak and f