Are You Accidentally Giving Away These Poker Tells? | PokerNews Podcast #997

Are You Accidentally Giving Away These Poker Tells? | PokerNews Podcast #997

Author: PokerNews Podcast July 26, 2026 Duration: 35:03

In the 997th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas and joined by Nacho Cuesta of Master Poker Tells.

Cuesta's greatest strength has always been the observation of patterns and details under pressure. For more than five years, he has systematically studied how decisions are physically executed in live poker. While much of modern poker study focused on solvers, ranges, and theoretical optimization, he has focused on a far less structured dimension: the physical execution of actions.

In live poker, the mind decides. The body executes. And when cognitive load increases, repeatable patterns appear. That is where micro tells and macro tells are born.

Not since Mike Caro, the "Mad Genius of Poker," has there been someone so devoted to live tells in poker. In this episode, he offers a trio of hands that really drives the point home.

Master Poker Tells highlights "74 Unique Poker Tells Most Elite Players Still Don't Recognize." They have been validated as universal tells across six categories:

*10 Check Tells
*20 Betting Tells
*13 Eye Tells
*10 Verbal Tells
*11 Body Language Tells
*10 All-In Tells

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Time Stamps
*Time    Topic*
00:00 | Welcome to the show
00:26 | Nacho Cuesta joins the show
01:17 | What is Master Poker Tells?
04:43 | A focus on live tells
10:00 | Different types of tells
10:48 | Hand #1 – WSOP Europe Final Table
12:50 | Hand #2 – 2026 WSOP Final Table
16:22 | Hand #3 – Seth Davies Heads-Up at Triton
23:00 | Poker Tell – The Perfect Pyramid
24:46 | Sunglasses at the table
28:00 | Natural talent vs study
32:53 | Master Poker Tells is for everyone


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