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Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Dec 11, 2002 12:00 AM. Berichten 1
Online Tells. The "in turn" buttons lead to one of the most obvious of tells unique to online poker. If the blinking light representing a player acts immediately, it's likely this person has clicked the box of an "in turn" action. It is usually easy to determine when a player has a no-brainer hand. The immediate "check" is often incredibly revealing. If you are first to act, and take a moment before checking, and your three opponents immediately check behind you like rifle fire, this is a tell as big as Texas. They ain't got nuthin'.

Another common situation... the first player takes a moment, and then finally checks. You have the "bet/raise in turn" button checked, so your bet appears, but instantly the player next to you raises. Uh-oh, he had the bet/raise button checked also, and didn't care what you or the first player did. That tells a lot more than a just normal raise would -- an awful lot more.

Besides the speed of action resulting from using the buttons, other online tells can be discerned from how slow a player commonly acts on their hand. Players who are consistently super-slow (rude human speedbumps) are very likely not paying attention to the game, either because they are playing two games and are not competent at it, or because they are doing other work at home. Either way, if all of a sudden this person plays a hand crisply and promptly and aggressively... well, they got somethin'.

"The Stall" is a common tell among average or slightly below average players. When the last card in Holdem or Omaha makes a coordinated board (making a nut hand like a flush), the mediocre player pauses as if thinking, and then finally bets. This pause almost always means "powerhouse" or at least that the bettor thinks he has a powerhouse. It's a comically inept tell in its obviousness.

The Lobby. Working the lobby is almost as important as working the game you play. In casino poker you can walk around the room, briefly look at all the games and limits being played, and study what type of game each one is. Much more accurately and quickly, the online lobby offers a wealth of information just by clicking buttons: average pot size, number of players seeing the flop, how many hands played per hour, names of the players in each game, who is on the waiting list, how many games of a particular limit are underway, and which players are playing two games.

Each one of these bits of information is something we can use to choose the right game and limit. Some people prefer a wild game. Some prefer a more passive one. Some like full games; some like short-handed. Players who are nearly equally competent in all games can choose between twenty or more games at the limit they want to play. Game and table selection is a critical part of casino poker, but it is even more fundamentally important online. At first glance it might seem that table selection is less important online because it is extremely easy to move from one game to another. I think that really is just an argument for why table selection is more important. The tools are available for players to be constantly aware of where the good games are. Constant vigilance is a price of winning online.

When signing up for games, never choose the "any game" at this limit option. This hamstrings your ability to independently manipulate your position on each sign-up list. For instance, if you've signed up for any $15/30 Holdem game, and your name comes to the top of the list in a game filled with players you don't want to play with, if you pass this game, you are removed from all the $15/30 lists. Likewise, if you rise to the top of the list on a game that doesn't look good now, but has potential because of others behind you on the waiting list, you may want to unjoin that list and then rejoin again at the bottom -- perhaps when your name, now seventh, rises to the top, the game will be good. If you've signed up for "any game," that option is not available to you. You simply will be put at the bottom of every single list you are on.

At the busy online cardrooms, you have many options to choose from, and a lot of information to use in choosing. Don't restrict yourself. Look for the games that fit with your style of play. When your game texture changes from favorable to mediocre or worse, cruise the lobby for greener pastures. Keep constantly vigilant. Knowledge is power. Playing winning online poker is the science, craft and art of mastering things most players don't even think about.

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Iceman5000  Iceman5000 Senior member
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Mar 19, 2005 12:15 PM. Berichten 2
Best Artice Ive Read about online poker. Thanks!
 
 

QU_EE  QU_EE Senior member
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Apr 3, 2005 07:48 AM. Berichten 3
A very good and interestng article
 
 

scorpion12jd  scorpion12jd Senior member
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Apr 3, 2005 01:38 PM. Berichten 4
I completely disagree with this article and will be publishing my own article to explain why.
 
 

Idus  Idus Senior member
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Apr 21, 2005 08:19 AM. Berichten 5
I like this article, but i got to tell you that i do not agree whit it.

If you are playing against 3 or less player i can understand what you are saying, but, if you are in a table whit 10 players If i got a great hand i will only check or call. Why?, because in that position i will only see how the pot raises and on my last hand i will make my bet making some people to fold and other to call my bet and winning a lot of money.
 
 

Ameliasuncle  Ameliasuncle Enthusiast
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Apr 24, 2005 11:43 AM. Berichten 6
Thanks for the insight. I think your comments about table management are extremely important. I would love to read an article that broke down all of the table management tools in detail. A breakdown of percentages would be great. Example - 30% and under flop percentage = tight or 20 times big blind pot average = aggressive.
 
 

HOTSAKI  HOTSAKI Enthusiast
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

May 4, 2005 08:17 AM. Berichten 7
Makes sense
 
 

Hook&Ladr10  Hook&Ladr10 Enthusiast
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

May 10, 2005 03:31 AM. Berichten 8
I agree somewhat, I have flopped a flush, strait and other dominating hands and in certain cases where I have the nuts or "unbeatable hand." I precheck the check button, which checks immediately indicating of just such what you talk about, "I have nothing, " then I comeback over the top which may lead the player to believe I am putting faith in the DRAW or a BLUFF. However it is niether, it is the best hand at that point. I do this constantly and in most cases fold imediately when bet upon. So in sense it sets them up to think as such.
 
 

avezes  avezes Enthusiast
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

May 19, 2005 03:02 PM. Berichten 9
exceptionally practical advice, thanks for taking the time to write this
 
 

seeuentee  seeuentee Enthusiast
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RE: Playing (& Winning) Online Poker

Jun 5, 2005 10:29 AM. Berichten 10
Horrible article.. when you grow some balls, come play no limit.
 
 
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