If you think online poker tells don’t exist, you better think again. Let’s talk about the 5 most common online poker tells and how you can use them to exploit your opponents at your table.
The 5 Online Poker Tells are:
1. Betting Patterns
2. Wait and Bet
3. Fast Check
4. Fast Bet
5. Telling You Their Hand
Betting Patterns
Betting patterns are very valuable in any variation of poker. You will always want to try and figure out how each player bets when they have a hand. Usually players will give away their hands simply by betting different amounts. For example, if a player raises $50 pre-flop and then only bets small on the flop, he’s usually almost always weak. Notice how hard players raise their aces as opposed to jacks.
Wait and Bet
If a player waits and bets, he usually does have a legit hand and is probably thinking of how much to bet and it nearly always results in the timer running slightly slower than normal. Pay close attention to how long it takes a player to bet, if they wait a long time and instead of betting check, they are usually trying to make you think they have a hand. If that’s the case, you could probably take the pot right there.
Fast Check
When a player instantly checks, he has most probably checked the “auto-check/fold” tool featured in all online rooms. This means that before anyone has checked or bet, he was already planning on checking or folding if someone bet. Most of the time, you should be able to steal the pot with a reasonable bet. However, there is a chance some players will use this tell against you so you should be careful with it.
Fast Bet
When someone comes out quickly betting, there probably trying to scare you. If I want someone to fold, I bet really fast. It shows strength and is an intimidating move to employ.
Telling You Their Hand
When a player tells you his hand without you asking, he’s almost always giving away false information and is lying. Think a little, why would he tell you his hand if you didn’t ask? He’s trying to get inside your head and make you think you folded the winner.
Most players don’t care if they let of tells, and those that normally do care are simply unaware that they are giving of tells most of the time. The one most important thing to remember when spotting online tells is that they aren’t always flawless, meaning they’re not going to work every single time. Regardless you should pick up everything you think that helps you in gaining an advantage over your online opponents.
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