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STORIES OF REAL PLAYERS
1 of 3
The accountant from Tennessee who
turned a $39 investment into
$2.5 million
Chris Moneymaker (Yes, that is his real name)
Casino Winnings: $3,460,405
Online Winnings: $413,459
The 27-year-old Chris was working as an accountant
and also serving it up part time at a local restaurant
when he won a seat into the 2003 World Series of
Poker (WSOP) main event through a $39 satellite
tournament at PokerStars.
Thus, his journey to the high rollers' table began with
the click of a mouse. After beating out eighteen other
players in a $39 satellite, Moneymaker found himself
with a seat in a qualifier for the largest and most
prestigious tournament in the world of poker. Just
one victory later he had won a $10,000 buy-in for the
2003 WSOP Main Event.
After he won his trip to the WSOP, he didn't have
enough money for the cost of flying to Vegas and
staying there for the week, so he sold part of his
entry to his father and his friend in exchange for a
portion of his winnings.
Moneymaker's amateur status was painfully obvious
during his run to the 2003 WSOP final table. He often
made mistakes, betting and checking out of turn. In
the end, Moneymaker certainly caught some lucky
breaks en route to his victory, but he also likely
benefited from the fact that his opponents didn't
think much of his game.
Chris made it to the final and crushed Sam Farha,
who basically was a living caricature of a
professional gambler - a smooth-talking player with
slicked-back hair and an unlit cigarette dangling
from his mouth. Overnight, he went from "I work two
jobs" to "I'm a high roller", and celebrated
victoriously by blowing $25,000 at a strip club. To
balance out his karma, he also donated $25,000 to
cancer research.

Tony Dunst (AKA Bond18)
Online Winnings: $493,608
Throughout highshchool I was attracted to the Bond
or GQ lifestyle and I wanted to live that lifestyle – to
be able to travel the world, be dressed elegantly, be
able to pick up girls with ease, have a bunch of really
cool friends who could connect me to stuff going on.
That was the dream for me. Instead of owning a
bunch of things it was having a bunch of
experiences.
When I was 19, I won a package on PartyPoker, while
playing in my dorm, that gave me an entry, a trip and
a hotel to a tournament down in Australia. I would
say it was the happiest period of my life. It was just
online poker every day, hanging out with friends
every evening, taking days off to go golﬁng or play
tennis, go drinking with my friends. So i just had a
happy and very balanced life when I was able to do a
little of everything I wanted.
The biggest difference that the money online poker
provided me was a real direction for what I wanted to
do in my life. I was a theatre major in college and I
didn’t really care about it and I knew that I wanted
something that allowed me a large degree of
autonomy, but would hopefully make me a fairly
wealthy guy and that was exactly online poker. Plus
it allowed me the freedom to be whatever kind of
person I wanted to be and hanging out with
whomever i wanted so as long as you could go
home, log on and play well enough to win, everything
else you did was to your discretion.
2 of 3
The boy who realized his dream to
live like James Bond

2 of 3
The kid who won $2,1 million
at the age of 21
Online Winnings: $4,712,278
I was ﬁrst exposed to poker around 2003. I saw Chris
Moneymaker win the World Series on TV and was
immediately enthralled and became interested in the
game. I gradually started playing with friends – I was
in high school and a few of my friends got into poker
as well at that time. We started small games for fun
and from there I slowly made the transition to online
play. I started playing online with 888poker and
things started growing from there.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko is an Ukrainian poker player.
He was born in 1988 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Timoshenko
moved to Washington when he was 8 years old. He
currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko (AKA bballer88)

POKER GLOSSARY
Terms you must know
5
5
9
9
K
K
Flop Turn River
Community cards (The Board)
Hole cards (Your Hands)
Four down, one to go. The fifth and final community
card to be dealt is the river. Now that all the cards
have been dealt, each player remaining in the hand
can now see what their best five-card hand is. It's
now time for the final round of betting, again at the
higher level of the table stakes.
River
It's now time to see who takes the pot - the
showdown. Each remaining player in the hand
shows his cards, starting with the last person to bet
and so on. The winner is decided using universal
hand rankings.
The Showdown
Now that the first round of betting is out of the way,
it's time for the flop. The flop is the set of three
cards that are dealt face up in the middle of the
table, and each player can use these community
cards to build their hand. At this point you can begin
to assess the strength of your hand. After the flop
it's time for another round of betting.
Flop
Once the post-flop betting has finished, it's time for
another card to be dealt face up on the board. This
fourth card is called the turn card, and again can be
used by all players to construct their hand.
Turn
K
K
A
A
1. 2.
3. 4.

The act of checking passes the action to the next person,
immediately clockwise from the player.
A check does not forfeit interest in the pot, only the current
right to bet. If all active players check during a round of
betting, the round is considered complete.
POKER GAME RULES
Betting
Check
If there is not yet a wager on the current betting round, a
player may bet. If a player bets, the player immediately
clockwise from him or her (and any subsequent players) may
fold, raise, or call.
Bet
The act of folding forfeits all interest in the pot.
A player who folds is not required or allowed to wager any
further money during the current poker hand, but cannot win
that hand either.
Fold
If there has been a bet on the current round of poker play, a
player may call. The act of calling requires the player to
match the current bet made by his or her opponent(s).
Call
If there has been a bet on the current betting round, a player
may raise. The act of raising requires the poker player to
match the current bet, and then make a greater one. All
subsequent players are required to call the raise or raise
again ("re-raise") to maintain interest in the pot.
Raise

Style used by almost all
successful poker pros
PLAYING STYLES
What playing tactics to choose
Tight-aggressive Strategy
PassiveLoose Tight Aggressive
Playing strong hands
and folding weak ones.
Frequent bets and
raises, and calling
rarely.
Frequent calls and rare
raises.
Playing too many
hands, including weak
ones.
Playing tight and aggressive means waiting for
profitable situations and consistently taking
advantage of them.
Tight play
Tight means that you don‘t play everything that falls
into your hands. There are many cards that look
weak and actually are weak. However, there are also
some hands that look strong, but aren't, such as King
Jack. After the flop you don’t need to see every
showdown simply because you have a pair. Knowing
when you are beat or when the price is too high can
save you a lot of money.
Aggressive play
There is one simple rule in Texas Hold’em: You don‘t
want to be the one to just call, i.e., the one who just
goes along with the bets, without betting or raising
yourself.
In a poker game your profit is a result of your
opponents' mistakes. And when do people make
mistakes? When they have to make an important
decision under pressure.
At a table with nine players you should
only play 15% to 20% of the hands you
are dealt, on average. This means you
should fold before the flop in four out
of five cases.
It is also profitable if all your
opponents fold their cards, giving you
the pot without having to show your
hand. This is only possible if you are
betting and raising a lot.
Best style combo for beginners

DAN BILZERIAN’S
ONLINE POKER TIPS
A couple factors differentiate my online strategy from regular poker. In a regular live game I
can’t switch tables all the time, and I also can’t play tight all the time as others would learn my
pattern of only playing good hands. But online I can switch tables as I wish and no one will
notice this. Online I can also play as tight or as loose as I want.
Switching tables allowes me to get a lot of action
even with playing only the best hands like AA, 1010
and AK. Of course, to mix it up I randomly also bluff
and go in with weaker hands.
Play Tight-Aggressive
I change tables every two or three rounds of the
blinds and always have four tables going. Since I
play only premium hands I am not overwhelmed with
decisions. My time is spent folding, going all in and
changing tables. For this I use the multitable
feauture on betonline.
Change tables every
2 or 3 rounds
K
K
A
A
A
A
10
10
A
A
10
10
Examples of hands to play
1
2
I love home games because I can socialize face to
face. Until recently it was not possible online, but
now on some sites like 888poker you can play face
to face via webcam technology. You can brush up
on your blufﬁng skills, just have fun with mates or
even make new friends. It gives you the real taste of
poker.
See opponents’ faces with PokerCam3

BENEFITS OF ONLINE POKER
Try before you buy Become your own boss
There Are More Fish OnlinePlay Anytime, Anywhere
Much smaller commission/rakeBonuses
Any poker game you wantSmallest stakes
Multiple tables simultaneouslyTracking your opponents
Poker in a live casino can prove
very costly. The beauty of
online poker is that most good
sites offer play money tables so
you can get used to the game,
etiquette and rules before
committing real money
With online poker you can
manage your time as you wish.
Don’t miss any important life
moments just because your
boss tells you to.
You can play poker from the
comfort of your couch or travel
the world while playing. The
choice is yours. Poker rooms
are open 24/7.
While Las Vegas may boast
more drunk tourists just dying
to donate their money to you,
the pool online is much bigger.
There’s so much competition
online right now that all poker
rooms offer generous welcome
bonuses for first-time
real-money depositors.
Live tournament fees of 15% on
a buy-in are common. Live
games also have 5-8% rake
compared to online 3%
average.
Not only you can play virtually
any poker variation you can
think of, you can also find great
online sites that offer micro
stakes of only $0.02.
No-limit Holdem, Limit Holdem,
Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card
Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, Five
Card Stud, Five Card Draw,
Razz, Badugi - are just a few
that you can play online.
Some major sites have now
banned the use of tracking
software but taking notes on
players at an online table is now
easier than ever with a simple
on-screen notebook.
Playing live you’re pretty much
restricted to playing one table
at a time. Learning to
multi-table online is key to
making more profit over the
long-term. And that’s where
online poker excels.
24/7

WHICH POKER HANDS WIN
The hidden factors of strength
The number of players helps determine poker hand
strength. If lots of players have chosen to play the
hand voluntarily, you have to assume they are doing
so because they hold strong hands. However, if only
two players are involved in a hand, it is less likely. A
pair of Aces, for example, is quite a strong poker
combination against one player, but its value
decreases signiﬁcantly against four players.
The number of players
It makes no difference whether someone has the ace of clubs or the ace
of diamonds. If remaining players have exactly the same hand at
showdown, only in different suits, the pot is split.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
= = =
All the suits in poker are of equal value.
A fundamental skill in poker is being able to determine whether your hand is strong or not. A
common beginners’ mistake is to think that the strength lies purely within the hands. But there
are numerous outside factors that contribute to how strong or weak a certain poker card
combination actually is. Here are the main four:
The composition of the community poker cards will
determine how many strong potential hands are in
play. If you hold three of a kind, but there are four
cards to a flush and four cards to a straight, your
poker combination strength goes down. This is
called a 'wet' board. Likewise, if the board is made up
of out of sequence cards with no flushes possible,
your hand strength goes up.
Community cards31
If your opponent plays “tight”, meaning he plays few
hands, then you can expect him to show up with a
strong hand when has one. If he is “loose” meaning
he plays a lot of hands, then the relative strength of
his hand usually goes down.
Opponent’s style2
In a tournament when chip stacks are shallow, it is
not unusual for players to commit their money with
weaker holdings to avoid 'blinding away'. However in
cash games, where the stacks are deep, you are less
likely to see such risks being taken.
Amount of chips4

#1 Royal/Straight Flush
Poker hand rankings | Traditional High Poker Hand Ranks
#2 Four of a Kind:
Four cards of the same rank, and one
side card or ‘kicker’.
Five cards in numerical order,
all of identical suits.
#3 Full House
Three cards of the same rank, and two
cards of a different, matching rank.
#4 Flush
Five cards of the same suit.
#5 Straight
Five cards in sequence.
#6 Three of a kind
Three cards of the same rank, and two
unrelated side cards.
#7 Two pair
Two cards of a matching rank, another
two cards of a different matching rank,
and one side card.
#8 One pair
Two cards of a matching rank,
and three unrelated side cards.
#9 High card
Any hand that does not qualify
under a category listed above.
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TABLE POSITION
Which are the best positions
Remember that poker action moves clockwise. If you can choose, sit behind (to the left of) opponents who are
unaggressive. That way when you raise, these players will already have money invested. If you’re on their right and
raise, they probably won’t play and you’ll lose their action. You should also sit to the left of experienced and
aggressive players. They can interfere with your strategy, so let them act ﬁrst.
The earlier your position, the stronger your hand must be!
EARLY
POSITION
EARLY
POSITION
EARLY
POSITION
EARLY
POSITION
MIDDLE
POSITION
MIDDLE
POSITION
MIDDLE
POSITION
LATE
POSITION
LATE
POSITION
SMALL
BLIND
SMALL
BLIND
BIG
BLIND
BIG
BLIND
Dealer Cut-off
“Under
the gun”
Table position is a very important factor in poker, especially in Texas Hold’em. The best position
to be in is when you are last to act on the hand. This means that you gain knowledge about what
kind of hand they may have before the action gets to you. Having good position in a hand can
easily turn a losing hand into a winning one.
In most situations you should be
coming in for a raise on every dealer
position for a hand which you want to
play. This is because acting last is a
big advantage and you would be wise
to build bigger pots for the hands
where you have the advantage.
Blinds are bets that are made before any cards
have been seen.The player to the immediate left of
the dealer posts the small blind, and the player to
their left posts the big blind. The blinds are placed
in the pot to kick-start the betting and give players
an incentive to enter the hand. They also mean that
the winner of the hand can never walk away
completely empty-handed.
The Blinds

WHICH HANDS TO PLAY AND HOW
Before the flop
One player raised Fold
Examples of preflop hand potential
Choosing the right starting hand is half the battle in poker and many players lose their money at
exactly this point. If you enter the game with the right cards, you will not only avoid difﬁcult
situations in the later betting rounds, you can also be reasonably sure that you are indeed
holding the best hand. You will learn when certain hands are playable and why, as well as how
to extract maximum proﬁt from them.
Weak potential Medium potential Good potential
A K
9 8
6 6
- Connected & Suited
- Ace & strong kicker
- Pairs
A Q
7 5
J 10
- Suited, unconnected
- Ace & medium kicker
- Medium kickers
A 4
K 10
9 6
- Offsuited, unconected
- Ace & weak kicker
- Random numbers

CHEAT-SHEET: HOW TO PLAY BEFORE THE FLOP
Your Cards Actions before you Early Position Middle Position Late Position Blinds
High Pairs
AA, KK, QQ
All players fold Raise
One player called Raise
One player raised Raise
Middle Pairs
JJ, TT
All players fold Raise
One player called Raise
One player raised Call 20
Low Pairs
99 - 22
All players fold Fold Call Raise Call
One player called Fold Call
One player raised Call 20
Ace-High Kicker
AK
All players fold. Raise
Someone called. Raise
There was one raise. Raise
Ace-High to Middle Kicker
AQ, AJ, AT
All players fold Fold Raise
One player called Fold Raise Call
Ace-Small suited
A9s - A2s
Suited Face Cards
KQs, KJs, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs
Face Cards Offsuit
KQo, KJo, KTo, QJo, QTo, JTo
Suited cards in sequence
T9s - 54s
All players fold Fold Raise Fold
A9s stands for ace nine of the same suit
KQo stands for king queen of different suits
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WHICH HANDS TO PLAY AND HOW
After the flop
After the flop the weaker your hand, the more you should pay control the size of the pot. Try to
keep the pot small with weak hands, and if your opponents create too much resistance or too
much action, fold. The more opponents you are facing, the stronger your hand needs to be. If
there was no raise before the flop, or if you called a pre-flop raise, you should have a really good
hand before you get involved in any large post-flop pots.
4 4
4 4
A 9 4
10 9 6
K Q 7
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6
8 7
Your hand Community cards Your potential
Great Bet or Raise
Bad Check or Fold
Great Bet or Raise
Strong draw Bet or Raise or Call
Monster draw Bet or Raise
Bad Check or Fold
What should you do
K 58 7
28 7
K 9 48 7

TIPS & TRICKS
Advice from the pros
Michael Mock
Look for check-raises
If a smart guy check-raises an unconnected flop, he
has a good set in his hands and you should watch
out.
Bodo Sbrzesny
Top mistake of rookies
The biggest mistake that rookie poker players make
with a flopped monster hand is to automatically
slow-play to the river. The desire for deception is
admirable, but it usually comes at the cost of profits.
Instead of asking yourself how can I look weak you
should be asking how can I get as much money into
the pot as possible? This won’t work if you haven’t
been bluffing and being aggressive before, so try to
be moderately aggressive all the time.
James Sudworth
Make your deposit last
The first time you play poker online can be
intimidating. There are so many buttons to press and
more exciting noises than a Vegas Casino! Just
relax. Don’t try to play every pot, or bluff every hand.
Patience is a virtue, the longer you’re initial deposit
lasts you; the more experience you will get. The more
experience you get; the higher your win rate.
Tyler Patterson
Bet while eating
While eating, put down your fork and make a huge
bet. They’ll fold double queens!
Erik Jensen
Use a city for your nickname
Many poker players are afraid of players who are
nicknamed after a city. So if you want to instill
fear - this is an easy way to do it!
Erik Jensen
Look for patterns
The difference between winning and losing can be as
a simple a quick distraction. Does your opponent
always limp in with big hands? Does he only re-raise
with AA or KK pre-flop? Take notes and take the
game seriously then you’ll see how you’ve been
doing.
Check-raise
is a common deceptive play in which a
player checks early in a betting round,
hoping someone else will open. The
player who checked then raises in the
same round.

Antonio Esfandiari
Confidence is Key
I really believe that you have to believe you’re going
to win everytime you’re going to play. Confidence is
key to being successful at poker.
David Vamplew
You can’t win every pot
Amateur players try to win every pot.
You can’t, so don’t.
TIPS & TRICKS
Tournament strategies
Who to attack
As a short stack, you want to attack the medium
stacks who can’t afford to call you light. Big
stacks can call you more freely. As a medium
stack, you want to attack fellow medium stacks
and the big stacks. Don’t attack the small stacks,
as they have less to lose. As a big stack, you can
pick your spots more carefully, if you must - play
against some big stacks who have a seat locked.
Raise from early position = danger
If an early-position player raises, it means he feels
that his hand is already better than the rest of the
table. After all, his raise has to make it through the
entire table, and each player left to act could
potentially hold a better hand. If, however, he raises
from late position, he is really only saying "my hand
figures to be best against everybody else." Thus, an
early-position raise holds a lot more weight than a
late-position raise because it needs to beat more
players.
Mix up your play
You should be taking different lines in marginal
spots. So most of the time you should be playing
in a similar fashion, but sometimes you should
change your play. For example, don’t always
reraise preflop with the same types of hands or
don’t always check raise a flush draw on the flop.
Stay aggressive
The more aggressive players tend to have an
advantage over a less aggressive player. Most of the
time neither one of you will make a strong hand so
whoever makes the most convincing argument will
win the pot.
Don't bluff too much
Another common misconception about poker is that
you need to bluff to win. You may see spectacular
bluffs on the WSOP shows, but these are edited to
show the highlights of the tournaments and give the
wrong impression of how often top players bluff.
Bluffing in poker is not as essential as you think it is.

LIVE POKER TELLS
Master how to read your opponents
When you have learned the basics of poker, the main element for success becomes the ability to
read your opponents. A tell is any mannerism or movement that a player makes subconsciously
or purposely when trying to disguise the strength of their hand. Average players double and
triple their proﬁts when they master the science of tells.
Tells happen because players are trying to conceal
the true value of their cards. If a hand is weak, they
will try to make you believe you it's strong. If a hand
is strong, they'll try to convince you it's weak. Your
opponents are actors. But if they’re not Ben Stiller,
you can learn to decode them.
Why and how players lie
The most important tell is the one you give to the
other players. Don't use the same method every time
you bet or raise. Do one method on strong hands
several times and then use it again on a bluff, or after
getting caught on a bluff, use the same method the
next time you have a monster.
Reverse psychology
It’s critical to understand that most decisions of
your opponents will be made randomly. That's
because there are relatively few overwhelmingly
strong or weak hands that dictate an exact tactic.
Most decisions are spontaneous

TOP14 LIVE POKER TELLS
Master how to read & fool your opponents
Players often stack chips in a manner directly
indicative of their style of play. You shouldn’t expect
a player with neatly stacked chips to bluff very much
or be in with weak hands.
Tell #1
Chip stacking
It is very important to determine the style of your
opponent - is he a tight or a loose player. Your first
clue to this is how many hands they actually play.
A tight player is likely to only find about one hand in
10 they really want to play. Simply count the hands
they are involved in. If they fold a lot, expect the
hands they do get involved in to be all pocket pairs,
face cards and face cards with an ace.
Tell #4
Fold percentage
A player who does an instant raise is unlikely to be
bluffing. He was just waiting for the action to get to
them and then quickly tosses the chips - that’s a
sign of a good hand.
Tell #3
Insta-Raise
Some players that are normally talkative get very
quiet when they hit a hand. And if they suddenly
raise, that's usually the tell to watch out!
Tell #2
Sudden silence
Neatly
stacked
chips
Messy chips - Those are his winnings.
Usually if you bet just a little more than those
winnings, he won’t call. This is especially true
when the night is coming to an end.

A player who raises pre-flop and on the flop, will
sometimes try to act so relaxed that he actually
whistles or sings a little tune when he bets on the
turn or the river. That's usually a good tell that he
hasn’t improved his hand, he’s just acting happy.
Tell #5
Lying whistler
An almost involuntary move by many players is to
immediately look at their chips when they love a card
that hits. It could be the flop, turn, or river. However,
when they look down quickly, then act uninterested
until it is their turn and they raise, I'm usually
convinced they hit something nice.
Tell #6
Chip glance
The shortest tell is the most reliable. Most long,
drawn out tells are false, set up to confuse.
Tell #7
How long is the tell?
Most players do shuffle around in their chair and sit
upright when they have a good hand
Tell #9
Sits upright
Anytime a player uses a sad tone, he or she is trying
to fake weakness. Remember, pretended weakness
means strength, so you should be cautious about
calling sad tones. Especially cheerful tones are
attempts to show contentment. Usually, these mean
weakness.
Tell #8
Sounds of sadness

If a player looks at his hole cards and then checks
instantly, it's unlikely that he improved his hand.
Tell #10
Instant check
Players staring at you are usually less of a threat
than players staring away.
Tell #11
Why is he staring at me?
Players staring at their cards are usually weak. The
player would normally guard his hand if he liked its
looks.
Tell #12
Staring at his cards
A gentle bet usually means strength. In his mind,
overly forceful or exaggerated betting moves will
make his hand appear strong. Bland, timid motions
convey weakness, he thinks.
Tell #14
Gentle bet
Players who ask for any clariﬁcation of the rules
before they raise are legitimately strong. Often they
already know the answer to their questions. By
acting dumb, they're trying to convey that they're
uncertain — that perhaps they'll raise or bet only if it
doesn't cost too much. This is an act to appear weak
and unsure. You should seldom call when a player
asks, "How much is it to raise?"
Tell #13
Asking for clariﬁcation

5 GOLDEN RULES OF BLUFFING
How to bluff correctly
Blufﬁng is better if
your hand can still improve.
Only bluff against opponents that you know usually fold.
Don't bluff against several players at once.
Don't inflate the pot with bluff bets.
Only bluff when you can credibly represent
a strong hand and you think that
your opponents don’t have monster hands.
The purpose of blufﬁng is to force opponents with better hands to fold so you can win the pot.
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ONLINE POKER
STRATEGY
& TOP6 TELLS

Most players who call your bet immediately have a
weak calling hand. These players want you to
believe they have a stronger hand and hope that you
will not bet into them again.
The insta-call after you bet
Most players who take longer than normal to check
to you do not want you to bet. They are attempting to
display strength because they want to see the next
card for free.
The delayed check
When an opponent thinks for a long time and then
bets, they are usually holding a strong hand. They
want you to believe they are weak so that you will
call/raise.
The delayed bet
The player who utilizes this move will usually be
holding a very strong hand. By raising or betting so
quickly, they are trying to make you think they are
bluffing. This move can also be used on the turn and
generally, though not as frequently, denotes
strength.
The insta-bet/raise on the river
A player sitting in late position who uses the "in turn"
check/fold button is usually weak. Often, they are
playing at multiple tables and are hoping to save
time by using the "in turn" buttons.
The insta-check
When a player has checked and called on the flop
and then bets into you on the turn, it usually
indicates weakness. This type of bet often means
that they picked up a draw or that they are
semi-bluffing with a draw they picked up on the flop.
Strongly consider raising even though you might be
bluffing yourself.
The bet into on the turn
ONLINE POKER TELLS
How to read your opponents wihout seeing them
Since you can’t physically see your opponents when playing online, the physical tells we’ve
mentioned are clearly not going to apply. Remember though, that betting patterns are the most
reliable of all poker tells. Online tells are mostly related to the speed with which an opponent
acts. For example, online it is possible to use the "in turn" buttons, or you can wait until it is your
turn to act and click on the desired button. When using the "in turn" buttons, a player can select
"check/fold" or "bet/raise" before the action gets to them. There is clear distinction in speed
between these two methods of acting and, in certain situations, it can provide you with
advantageous information.

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