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blinds are 1/3 at excal and it is sooooft

In my 2 years of playing online (almost exclusively No Limit ring and tournament play) I've come accross two big tells that average and even some above average players are guilty of.The first is what i call the ninja bet. Its fast and furious and and usually a bluff... at any point in the hand but usually postflop its a relatively moderate to large bet that comes as soon as it is the persons turn to act. This impulsive play is almost always an attempt to steal, no thought put into a bet usually means there was nothing to think about. This guy is not doing any math, hes not worried about his k

A lightining fast bet or raise can sometimes signal a bluff. I've seen this quite often, if a guy is firing away with no thought put into hes usually got nothin.

There is something to say about selection bias... the rounders quote comes to mind when Damon says something to the effect that you never remember the good hands or when things go your way, its the bad beats that stick with you... My point here is those bad beats are compounded by the disconnect and anonimty that online poker is. The juice is not in the software its in our heads and index fingers. I think I'm going to start calling online poker what it is... knee jerk poker. I've been playing online for 2 years now and i'm way up lifetime but the game just isnt the same... I was in vegas and p

You play on Doyle's Room Romeo?

You hear a lot of people on just about every site, at least the ones I've been on, cry and moan about the software being fixed. People say things like "they" rig big pots and the river always gets them blah blah... You know, thats just poker, these sites really dont need to doctor anything up. This game is volatile especially no limit but ill argue the game is different.Ok, heres where im goin with this... Live play you have the chips in front of you, an opponent you observe and real cards to feel etc. It takes so much more effort to pick up those chips and physically move them around.. especi