Online Poker Tells

An indication given off by a player that provides other players a sigh as to the strength of his/her hand is called a poker tell. There are a greater number of tells to reveal the strength of an opponent’s hand in circumstances where players are face to face over a poker table. Players read things into like the way a player stacks his chips, facial expressions, changes in seating position and even the way they hold their hands. Since online players do not see each other, some players think that there are no tells to reveal others a hint as tot heir strength. Even though you don’t have the capability to observe physical hints of your opponents, there are still observable tells that a sharp player can read. The objective of every good online poker player should be to observe for tells in other players and to strive to get rid of the revealing of tells for others to pick up on.

Most common tells have one thing in common; they show a break in the rhythm of play such as:

A player’s quickness to respond.
Players who immediately act much faster than normal generally have a worse than usual hand if they fold or better than normal hands if a quick bet or raise is made. You should bet in a consistent rhythm continue your betting speed constant.

A player’s slowness to act.
An inexperienced or bad player takes a long time to make a poor play. Generally a poor hand is indicated by a long pause before a check, while a string hand is indicated by a long pause before a bet.

Automatic play/Advanced actions
The speed with switch the action is completed signifies an automatic play. A strong hand is implied if a player has chosen the ‘raise any’ button before their turn on a hand. If there is no chance of improving their hand, the player will instantly fold and will select ‘check/fold’ before their turn.

Other tells that on-line players send out include:

• Repetitive betting patterns. Be careful of patterns like always folding after a re-raise or always checking when you have a nut hand. Vary the amount of your bets too; don’t tell a good hand by always betting the same amount every time you have one.
• Folding a lot of hands. Players who fold too frequently are probably have a good hand when they do make a bet than players who play loose and play almost every hand.
• A change in the way a player uses the poker site message system. A decline in the number of messages sent may imply the existence of a strong hand that needs the awareness of that player, or they may be trash talking wishing other players will be intimated into folding when they don’t have the goods.

Be sure to change your game to avoid sending out your own online ‘tells.’ Keep you play unstable, don’t always raise the same amount, keep the time taken to act as consistent as possible and don’t be frightened to bluff sometimes to keep them on their toes.