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Protecting Your Blinds

January 12, 2010

So the tourney is an hour and a half in, what’s the bloke to the left of you got left? What are the blinds at now? Is he on tilt opposite you from that bad beat? Oh, he’s only got five big blinds left to my right, he’ll be shoving soon. What, antes next already! Wow, this is getting close to the bubble. Then two hands later and it could have changed again. Read more

Four main skills in poker

December 10, 2009

To be a good poker player you have to learn and apply the four main skills in poker. Read more

Online tells

April 18, 2009

One of the draw backs of online poker is the fact you don’t see your opponents. If you can’t see your opponents then unlike live poker where you can study their tells, you have to rely on online tells that may be there. Some view that not seeing your opponents is taking the skill out of the game. Though this can be viewed as true, there are some online tells that can be spotted if you pay enough attention. The more you observe, the more you will see.

Look out for:

The chat box- on the hole, the more a player chats in the chat box, then the less skill he has in poker. Those who hit out and abuse other players tend to be very poor players. Consider this, why would a good player abuse a fish? A fish is likely to get scared off and leave the table. The wiser poker player will leave the fish alone and just target their chip stacks. You even get some poor players actually telling you what they have in the chat box.

Time between actions – This is probably the main online tell you will get with online poker. As in live poker, the time they take to act can reveal something about the strength of their hand. A long pause and then a bet can be a sign of strength. If they pause for a long time then check then it shows a sign of weakness. Online poker rooms have preselected buttons that you can choose what you’re going to do next before it’s your turn. When it gets to your turn the computer automatically acts for you. This is can reveal a lot of information to the strength of their hand. Look to see if your opponents use the preselect option. You will tell if they are using it as the action happens as soon as it’s their turn to act. This means they have decided what their hand is before any action has happened. If you come across a player who checks instantly a bet will probably make them fold as they are playing a poor hand. If you bet and another player raises instantly, then they are probably trying to steal the pot. They are trying to act as if they have a big hand.

There are also the players who use the whole of their allotted time to act. This can mean several things. They could be playing several games, otherwise engaged ( gone to the toilet, grabbing refreshments or checking their email) or they are consciously using the same amount of time each time to hide their tells.

Remember to keep notes on players as a quick reference as you sit down can save you time if you have already come across a player before. But also remember that just as you make notes on opponents online tells and styles, there will be players you play that have noted on you.