Why Are You Leaning on the Table?

I have found that players who overtly lean over the table tend to have weak hands, while those that subtlety are leaning towards the table have a good hand.

The opposite is true, if a plays overtly leans back in his/her chair it could be the person is trying to act like they want to be away from the hand and they have a week hand while in fact they have something and are doing their best to appear that they do not. Now if you see a player start so slightly move away from the table during the course of the hand you can be sure they are attempting to flee their hands.

Here is the key: if their body language does not match their betting style, run. If I see someone make big bets and is leaning back, I better have the Nuts. On the other hand, If I see someone bet big then slowly fade away, it is probably a bluff.

Now there is another key to all this: You need to be able to spot genuine body language to the fakers. fakers have more orchestrated movements because they are thinking as they do them, and they tend to hold the position longer than true body language.◦

Why Are You Leaning on the Table?