Welcome to my poker tells site. I’m Zachary Elwood, and I’ve written poker tells books that have been translated into eight languages and sold more than 48,000 copies worldwide (as of 2025). You can learn more by watching the video above, or reading more below, but if you want to start learning about tells right now, sign up below for a free 5-part email course. It includes excerpts from Verbal Poker Tells (read reviews), the second book in my poker tells trilogy and the one I'm most proud of. I spent a lot of time making this email course powerful and succinct. You'll learn secrets few poker players know (that may sound over-the-top but trust me: it's true).
About me
Some details about me are below, but if you want to learn about poker tells, those details may not matter, and you might just want to jump straight to reading reviews of my work. Put simply: the main way you'll know that my products (or any poker products) are high-quality and worth the investment is by reading the reviews, and I'm proud to say I have positive reviews from many experienced and well known poker players.
Some details about me:
- My poker tells books have sold more than 48,000 copies and been translated into eight languages.
- I'm the author of Verbal Poker Tells, my second poker book and the one I'm most proud of.
- I'm the author of Exploiting Poker Tells, the third (and final) book in my trilogy of books. It includes 140+ hand histories from real games, and thoughts from some experienced and well known players. It's less well known than my first book, Reading Poker Tells, but it's probably the best first book to read for somewhat experienced players.
- I'm the author of Reading Poker Tells, my first and still most well known poker tells book.
- I'm the creator of Reading Poker Tells Video, a video training series with more than 12 hours of content using footage from real cash games and tournaments. There's no substitute for seeing real world examples of behaviors.
- I've been a consultant for two WSOP Main Event final table players, and several other high-stakes players. Read more about consultation work here.
- I occasionally talk about poker and other games on my podcast People Who Read People.
Get poker tells videos
Many people are visual or auditory learners, and this makes a lot of sense for poker tells, because tells are visual and auditory clues. I have a video series at ReadingPokerTells.video. It uses real cash game and tournament footage from a range of stakes, and shows you real-world examples of tells.
Read some reviews for the series here. When you sign up for the free email series at the top of this page, you'll get to see a 15-minute long video from the series.
Contact me
See my Contact page.