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 These are just guidelines but could be a good starting point when observing your opponents.

 2. Observe how much time they spend making decisions

 Many players leave a lot of valuable information on the table by not considering the timing of others.

 Some actions can be a very good indication of your opponent’s hand strength:

 Almost always an indication of a weak hand. It shows that your opponent didn’t have to spend any time to think through the decision, which is very unlikely to happen with a strong holding.

 Can indicate strength, except for a c-bet. When a player instantly decides to continuation bet, they’re less likely to have a strong holding, but in most other cases you should be aware of this information.

 Very unlikely to have a strong holding. From my experience, a bet in this situation will take down the most, the majority of the time.

 Betting or raising after taking a lot of time

 This is very strong. I rarely see players bluffing with this line, and the reason they take more time is to appear weak, so you shouldn’t be fooled by this action.

 Generally indicates more strength. We can follow the same logic as in the previous point that players tend to take more time to look weaker and encourage another bet from you.

 It goes without saying that this could change depending on the players, so you shouldn’t base your decision on this information alone but instead consider it along with other information.

 Moreover, some players may try to fake these tells and act the opposite, so observe your opponent and be open to adjusting your strategy.

 How To Read Opponents In Live Poker Games

 While there are only a few ways to read your opponents when playing online, you can get a lot of additional information in live games.

 That being said, there’s not much difference between online and live games regarding sizing and timing tells, so the same logic applies as covered in the online section.

 However, there are a lot of other factors to consider that I’ll split into two different parts – physical and verbal tells.

 Player hesitates and then bets or raises

 In my experience, a player is very unlikely to be bluffing with this line of action. Also, players rarely have suited hands when double-checking, so that’s worth noticing.

 Playing with chips in an unusual way

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 Indicates that your opponent is relaxed and less likely to be bluffing. Of course, if they always play with chips in a specific way, ignore this, but if they usually sit quietly and out of nowhere start doing some tricks after betting, they’re probably not bluffing.

 2. Physical tells that indicate weakness

 The pretending-to-plan-to-bet-when-waiting act

 Whenever you see players reaching for chips when you’re thinking of betting, you can be sure that they do not have a strong hand. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to fold to your bet but they’re very unlikely to have better than a one pair hand, so you can continue betting and barrel them off in most cases.

 Counting chips for betting and then checking

 Strong indication of a weak or medium-strength hand. By this action, your opponent tries to appear strong and discourage you from betting while most likely just hoping for a cheap showdown.

 This attracts attention and indicates a weak hand. If you notice someone putting chips in the pot by slamming it hard, hear loud announcements of call or bet, see extra arms or shoulders movements, you could be facing a weak hand and an opponent who is just trying to look scary. This also includes shuffling cards or doing anything else that draws the attention you actually wouldn’t want when having a strong hand.

 This attracts attention and indicates a weak hand. If you notice someone putting chips in the pot by slamming it hard, hear loud announcements of call or bet, see extra arms or shoulders movements, you could be facing a weak hand and an opponent who is just trying to look scary. This also includes shuffling cards or doing anything else that draws the attention you actually wouldn’t want when having a strong hand.

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 As a general rule of thumb, players are weak when they try to show strength and are strong when showing weakness.

 Indicates that the player is relaxed and less likely to bluff. Of course, when someone asks how many chips you have and the player answers, it doesn’t count. But if the player starts talking while you’re thinking without any particular reason, they’re probably trying to convince you that they’re just friendly and you should play with them.

 Announcing they don’t have a strong hand

 Smiling and laughing is an indication of a weak hand from a player who is waiting to act (not necessarily true for player who is betting themself), but it’s even more likely to be true when a player is joking.

 Again, the reasoning is very similar. They would not risk attracting attention and discouraging action with a premium holding, so they’re more likely to be weak when joking or making funny statements.

 Indicates a weak hand because they want to appear confident to prevent you from betting. The louder the check is, the more likely the player has a weak holding. The same could be said about verbal announcements of “calling”. When they have poor holding, they’ll do everything to indicate strength, which is very unlikely action with a really strong hand, because they would not want to discourage the action.

 Everything can be logically explained, so always try to remember this and make better decisions.

 Generally, acting strong = weak hand, acting weak = strong hand.