It's pretty hard to be able to pick up a tell playing online poker in comparison to playing live. Shaky hands, heavy breathing and pitch changes in someone's voice are things that you can't pick up while playing on the virtual felt. However, there are a few online tells that can help you determine the strength of an opponent's hand.
1. Insta-checking. When a player insta checks he's telling you that he didn't even think about betting at the pot. This is a good opportunity to fire a probe bet of about 1/2 the pot to try and scoop it up.
2. Insta-calling preflop. Normally an indicator of a medium strength drawing hand like 10 9s or a rag ace. If you come into a pot when someone insta calls, beware of potential flushes and straights. Lots of elephants and weaker opponents will make these kinds of plays.
3. Insta calling a bet on the flop. Quite often a tell that your opponent has a draw. If an action card hits the turn that completes a straight or a flush, be wary.
Part 2 of Online Poker Tells soon to follow......
cheers guys,
kyle
Friday, February 26, 2010
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thanks for the tip....
ReplyDeletePS, that link still doesn't work, using firefox, noscript enabled, and temporarily allowing third party cookies.
ReplyDelete1. Insta-checking. When a player insta checks he's telling you that he didn't even think about betting at the pot. This is a good opportunity to fire a probe bet of about 1/2 the pot to try and scoop it up.
I insta check a monster, just for this purpose. if you do the continuation bet, and get called, then fire again, and get called, I suggest checking the river. :-)
2. Insta-calling preflop. Normally an indicator of a medium strength drawing hand like 10 9s or a rag ace. If you come into a pot when someone insta calls, beware of potential flushes and straights. Lots of elephants and weaker opponents will make these kinds of plays.
See answer for above. (Though I will shove ya for AA or KK)
3. Insta calling a bet on the flop. Quite often a tell that your opponent has a draw. If an action card hits the turn that completes a straight or a flush, be wary.
See my answer for monster on flop. Also, if I have a draw, I will often bet it for value out of position. (The Full Tilt Poker Academy is great for this stuff).
i insta check monsters on the flop too, especially out of position against a few other players, players last to act on the flop almost always fire a potsize bet to steal.
ReplyDeleteinsta calling on the flop with a monster is a nice one too. always pays to be deceiving.
as for betting with a draw out of position, it's probably one of my most used plays. 75% of the time you take the pot down, and it's a good way to get to the river to try and complete your draw.
thanks for the post mate, really appreciate it.