How To Keep a Poker Face

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Learning how to keep a poker face is critical to improving your poker game. Use these five tips get your poker face in tip top shape.

1. Keep your face serious. Having a serious expression on your face tends to give other players the impression that you know what you are doing. Whether you have a good hand, bad hand, or you are not sure what to expect. Keep your facial expression serious. This will also help you avoid giving away how good (or bad) your hand is to the other players.
   
   
2. Watch your body language. Do you have a nervous tick when you are bluffing? Do you act overly confident when you have a good hand? Does your leg twitch when you are nervous? What are your eyes doing when you bet? You need to monitor everything you do when you play poker. Keep that body language in check. No matter what your hand looks like, make sure you act the same each and every play.
   
   
3. Watch how you place your bets. If you have a great hand, don't throw your bet down to quickly. If you are not sure if you should bet or not, don't hesitate to long. These types of behaviors can give away your hand to the other players. Think ahead before your turn to bet comes up so you know what your play is going to be. Then you can keep your betting behaviors consistent so that other players can't figure you out.
   
   
4. Keep your eyes in check. To keep a poker face consistent, you either need to always look your opponent in the eyes on each play, or never look your opponent in the eyes. Flipping back and forth between these behaviors can give you away. On a side note. Statistically speaking, a players eyes will dilate about 45% when they look at something they like. Use this to your advantage and hide your eyes when you see a good flop. And keep watch on your opponents eyes to see when they are dilating.
   
   
5. Watch what you say. Silence is golden in the game of poker. Words can give away your play. If you are playing a serious game, it's best not to talk at all.
   
   

Following these five tips are a great starting point on how to keep a poker face. If you are playing a really serious game and need some help hiding your tells. Consider wearing a ball cap and sunglasses.

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