{"id":29009,"date":"2021-08-25T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=29009"},"modified":"2021-08-23T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T12:04:14","slug":"most-common-poker-tells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/most-common-poker-tells\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6 Most Common Poker Tells You Need To Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bluffing is an essential part of poker. You need to know how to bluff<\/a> as well as how to spot bluffs if you want to increase your edge over the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you know what some of the common tells\nare, you can recognize it in others and adjust when required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is especially true for live games where\nthere are more opportunities to pick up tells, and you\u2019ll encounter more\namateur players who are giving away information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to note right at the start that\nthe ways to spot poker bluffs described in this article will not work every\ntime, all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that you\u2019ll still get it wrong from\ntime to time is nothing to worry about. If anything, it\u2019s an opportunity to\nlearn and refine your bluff spotting skills even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain behaviors and actions are more\nfrequently found with players who are bluffing, and this knowledge should be\nmore than enough to give you a solid edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So for the sake of this article, let\u2019s leave\nall of the balancing discussion and minimal defense frequencies aside and\nconcentrate on actual indications that your opponent might be trying to bluff\nyou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Intent Staring<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are some pros out there who\u2019ll stare down\ntheir opponents no matter what. Their stare isn\u2019t meant to scare other players\ninto folding but rather make them uncomfortable and further increase the\npressure of the situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With amateurs, however, this is a completely\ndifferent story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If an amateur player keeps staring at you after\nthey\u2019ve made their big bet, there is a big chance they\u2019re bluffing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their \u201cscary\u201d glare is meant to compensate for\ntheir weak hand. If you aren\u2019t afraid of their bet, they\u2019re hoping you\u2019ll back\nout in the face of their brave behavior, which must mean they have the goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, while staring alone is usually a sign\nof weakness, you shouldn\u2019t judge your decisions entirely on that and should\nconsider other information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if your opponent also starts\ntalking a lot and taunting you into calling, alarm bells should be going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recreational players don\u2019t have it in them\nto casually talk and taunt you (without their voices breaking at some point)\nwhen they have a stone-cold bluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Quick Bets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When someone is hell-bent on getting you to\nfold, they\u2019ll often lack the patience to play the hand the way they\u2019re supposed\nto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They bet the flop, you called, and now the turn\nis out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you tap the table or as the word \u201ccheck\u201d\ncrosses your lips, you see them already pushing out a stack of chips, often accompanied\nby a loud statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More often than not, these quick bets are a\nsign of a bluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When someone has a good hand, the last thing\nthey want is for you to fold. So, they\u2019ll usually take their time to figure out\nhow much to bet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of that, they\u2019ll act slowly exactly\nbecause they don\u2019t want to telegraph just how strong they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re holding a marginal hand like a second\npair with a solid kicker, you\u2019ll also want to take a moment and think about the\nturn card. Has it changed anything? Do you need\/want to keep betting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, there are very few instances where someone\nwill be firing these snap bets on the turn or the river with a very strong\nhand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe if they\u2019ve flopped a set and are afraid\nyou\u2019re drawing to a straight or flush, they\u2019ll want you to fold so they don\u2019t\nget sucked out on, but this rarely happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay attention to these snap bets if you want to\nget better at spotting bluffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideally, you\u2019ll have already seen that player\ndoing something similar in a hand against someone else before, which should\ngive you even more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Weird Bet Sizings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s true that inexperienced players aren\u2019t\nthat good when it comes to figuring out a proper bet sizing, since that is one\nof the hardest things at the tables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ll frequently make bets that are quite\nsmall in comparison to the pot, which will cause frequent \u201cbad beats\u201d and \u201csuckouts.\u201d\nWhat they don\u2019t realize is that it was their bad sizing that gave other players\ncorrect odds to keep chasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, even recreational players will size\ntheir bets in a \u201cnormal\u201d way for the most part. They might be betting on a\nsmaller or a bigger side of things, but it doesn\u2019t look too much out of the\nordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, all of a sudden, you see them firing $200\ninto a $70 pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of an unusual bet just screams \u201cbluff.\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s usually a player trying to buy the pot and\nbreak the dry spell or get back to even. Perhaps they\u2019ve just realized that\nwinning what\u2019s in the middle would put them back in the black and figured no\none is crazy enough to call such a big bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do be careful, though, especially when dealing\nwith these big bets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes they\u2019ll also be coming from a player\nwho\u2019s just turned the nuts and got too excited. So, when trying to put things\ntogether, also consider whatever else you might know about the player in\nquestion, like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n