Category: podcast

  • Zach Elwood’s podcast

    If you’re looking for information about my behavior and psychology podcast People Who Read People, that’s now at www.behavior-podcast.com (but I’ve left a few entries below that were game-related that might interest poker players). If you’re looking for some blog entries related to my poker tells video series, keep scrolling down. Also check out my Click to keep reading this post …

  • Reading Rock Paper Scissors tells

    This People Who Read People podcast episode is an interview with Jason Simmons, aka Master Roshambollah, arguably the most well-known Rock Paper Scissors (RPS) player in the world. Topics include: Common physical indicators (i.e., “tells) that give you an idea of what an opponent will likely throw Verbal and visual methods for influencing an opponent’s Click to keep reading this post …

  • Reading tells in Secret Hitler and other social deduction games

    The 13th People Who Read People episode is an interview with Polina Vorozheykina, who’s a skilled player of so-called social deduction games.  Social deduction games typically involve trying to figure out the secret roles and motivations of your opponents based on their actions and behaviors. Examples of social deduction games are Werewolf, Mafia, Avalon, and Click to keep reading this post …

  • Interview about pinball

    In August of 2018 I interviewed an acquaintance, Jon Bismut, who’s a big pinball aficionado/player/fan. He’s not a big name in the pinball world, but he knows enough that I thought it would make an interesting interview for people, like myself, who don’t know much about pinball. One thing that initially struck my interest and Click to keep reading this post …

  • Brian Rast talks poker tells

    I was honored to get a chance a couple months ago to talk to high-stakes poker player Brian Rast. The YouTube video is below. It’s rare to get a high-stakes players insights into poker strategy or tells, as many, for good reason, don’t want other high-stakes opponents to get insight about their game. So it’s Click to keep reading this post …