huge online tell

[whirleymob 0]

I noticed a tell which I have found helpfull when playing nl online. When a player bets enough to put you all-in, if he himself moves all in he is often strong, but if he manually types in the exact amount of money you have in front of you he is often weak, and bluffing or semi-bluffing. EX you have $23.50 opponent has $55 if he bets $23.50=weak $30=strong.

[Cadam11 0]

I like betting 23.49 and leaving people with a penny (if they have 23.50). Its quite funny.

[Fubar The Sperm 1]

I don't know about this. I usually just push all in to put my opponent all in if I'm multi tabling, watching tv, etc. Basically saving myself a few seconds. I'll bet exactly what the other person has usually when I have a few more seconds to act.

[ffishh 0]

i bet the exact amount when I have a personal vendetta against someone, and im sure I have them beat and I want a call. It seems I get called more often when I do that. I just push all in if they're just a random person, or I am multi-tabling and don't have alot of time.ffishh

[Guest]

i am the opposite, when i have a strong hand i will type in the exact amount. i just killed your theory

[MarionSauce 0]

I like it when I make them almost push on the turn, leaving them with 25 cents or so, and I put them all in for the rest on the river and they fold. Ohh I love pokerroom players.

[doublemeup 0]

Yea this isn't a huge online tell because some people are the exact opposite but usually if they put in the exact amount they are weak. A bigger tell that happens a lot is when somebody clicks the automatic check box, they're very weak. You have to be careful because some people will do this with a strong hand but for the most part if somebody checks automatically, they're not interested in the hand.

[bmtphs05 0]

so during a NL game on fulltilt, would you try and pick anything up if your opponent continues to use the "bet pot" amount? happens way too much, to me.

[doublemeup 0]

No the bet pot amount means nothing. Usually when somebody checks when its their turn in under a second if i have nothing, i'll bet out at the pot to see if they did that because they had nothing or because they were tricking me. If they call then i wont bet at them again but if they fold then they'll usually fold everybody they check quickly so its a good tell.

[quixotic 0]

i am the opposite, when i have a strong hand i will type in the exact amount. i just killed your theory

[j2k99 0]

sry, but your theory sucks! it all depends on the player. For me, I do both.

[Don Giovanni 0]

No the bet pot amount means nothing. Usually when somebody checks when its their turn in under a second if i have nothing, i'll bet out at the pot to see if they did that because they had nothing or because they were tricking me. If they call then i wont bet at them again but if they fold then they'll usually fold everybody they check quickly so its a good tell.

wtf is wrong with you? that is the most worthless mess of words ive ever seen.

[ajs510 122]

I find that doing the same thing every time is a tell in itself...Mix it up kids...

[turd ferguson 1]

How many times have you seen this exactly? Correlation does not equal causation.

[FOOSE1 0]

I like it when I make them almost push on the turn, leaving them with 25 cents or so, and I put them all in for the rest on the river and they fold. Ohh I love pokerroom players.

Thats funny marion - I play at Pokerroom and have had this happen dozens of times to my amazement. Last night was a perfect example. I flopped trips with 2 spades. I bet hard and got a call. I bet hard again on the turn and the guy just called again. I was multi-tabling so I didnt realize after the turn bet, the guy only had $1.20 left. Now there was over $190 in the pot and I bet $2 on the river and he folded. He obviously was chasing the flush but come on . . . $190 pot and you don't call a $1.20 . . . funny stuff!!

[All_In 0]

i've read that it probably means someone is strong if he uses almost all his time up, then goes all in.

[mx957 0]

Sorry OP, I must be playing my hands wrong. Sometimes I do push all-in and want the call because I am strong...Sometimes I bet the exact amount you have left because I want the call. I try to change it up, but since you KNOW it's a HUGH on-line tell, I can only assume that I am messing up your statistics.Do me a favor, evaluate a players play indivudually and don't generalize so much, you to might become a successful poker player someday.

[killer 0]

This is no tell at all unless specific people are consistantly playing this way...I think you'll find a pretty even split as to how people do it!!! I'm sure there are just as many who bluff this way as there are that'll have strong hands!! :? IMNSHO

[custom36 5]

I usually bet the exact stack regardless of what I have.

[Scott3705 0]

i bet the exact amount when I have a personal vendetta against someone, and im sure I have them beat and I want a call. It seems I get called more often when I do that. ffishh

Agreed. When i put some one exactly all in I am usually strong.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

I only bet in prime numbers

[BadBeatBou 0]

I think it is mean to put somebody all in

[krup24 0]

I usually bet the exact stack regardless of what I have.

[iveyfan30 0]

i pull my pants down when i am weak, tends to to tilt the other players.....when i am strong, i just umm play poker and stuff...

[turd ferguson 1]

I only bet in prime numbers

69 is not a prime number.