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Free Online Poker Tells
What is a Poker Tell? A “tell” is any habit, behavior, or physical
reaction that gives other players more information about your hand. In offline
poker, a shaking, nervous hand is often a "tell" of a very strong
hand. Another common tell would be looking down at my chips when I first see
my pocket cards or the flop - a sign that I'm thinking about betting and may
have a good hand and so I'm seeing how many chips I have to work with.
Several of the "tells" listed here are useful for both online and
offline poker. However, since we lack the ability to read opponents physical
expressions and reactions, the number and type of online tells that are actually
available to us are more limited, and so the ones we do have available become
that much more important to be aware of and recognize.
Poker players have learned to use "tells", little signals given off
by players that provide us with information as to the strength of a hand. Caro's
book of Poker Tells is the classic treatise on the subject. Most of the “tells”
that work in offline games rely upon physical observations of how a player reacts
or behaves, so these kinds of tells don't help at all online since we can't
observe the player physically. So, when playing online, there are other telltale
signals that we can watch for that can give us an edge.
According to a recent survey, the top three online poker tells are:
* Quickness to respond, reported by 76% of respondents - a very fast check
can indicate a weak hand, quick bets on the turn or river can often indicate
a strong hand.
* Slowness to respond, reported by 73% of respondents - a pause followed by
a check can often indicate weakness, while a delay followed by a raise often
indicates strength.
* Automatic play, reported by 68% of respondents - a lazy approach to the auto
buttons lets a player slip into a set pattern of play. Any breaks in this pattern
are clear tells.
We can use these online poker tells when playing at sites such as Poker.com
and PokerRoom.com.
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So, what can we actually use as online tells?
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