How can you tell if someone is bluffing in online poker?

Answer 1

the one thing you look for is: THE BETTING PATTERNS of your opponents. It's a form of "tells" After that if you doubt, you need to calculate your pot odds and implied pot odds, that will help you decide to call the bet of your opponent or fold. For example: if you have QJ, and the flop is AQ6, and your opponent push all-in, depending on you stack size, how much is in the pot, how much you need to call, and your opponent can hold K6, so pot odds will indicate the right play.

Take care

Answer 2

You need to try an remember everything that happened in the hand you are playing with them now, along with things they did in previous hands.

Daniel Negreanu once said about bluffing that it's like calling in sick and telling your boss you are ill. If your boss hears that you are on a cell phone and hears the sound of a casino in the background your lie (bluff) may not be all that believable.

It's all about analyzing every move that a player is making, and in online play your major tell is the bet size. If your opponent has the nuts, why did he go all in instead of trying to extract some more money out of you? Does he really want a call or is he hoping you will lay it down? Why was he playing passive and then suddenly betting when a 4 came? Was he hoping for that card to come, was he slow playing, or did he hit a set?

Time and experience will teach you what a bet means. Learning to interpret betting patterns is the key to online poker tells. It takes a lot of time, effort and practice to get there though. Just pay attention to those bets, and ask, does that move make sense?

Answer 3

ZCT nailed this one, but I'll just elaborate a little...

From the first instant you are involved in a hand with someone, you should be trying to place them on a hand or in other words, trying to figure out what they have. If you think you've got them figured out and then they make a bet that doesn't make any logical sense, take another look at the board, rethink how he hand played out and try to figure out if they could have something other than what you thought. If you can't put them on a hand, there's a good chance they are trying to bluff you.

Another thing to look for is if there's a scary board (4 spades or something) and everyone checks until the last person to act throws a bet out. Alot of times they will just be trying to pick up an uncontested pot thinking everyone else is scared of the cards on the board.

But the real key is experience. The more you play, the more you'll recognize suspicious bets.

Answer 4

You need to look at a lot of things:
-Normal betting style
-Every bet at every betting round
-Reading their cards
-Past events

It's a long list. My best advice to give you is to go talk face-to-face with a knoledgeable person. Or else I'd be here lecturing you for hours...

I can tell you one rule at least:
When you read their cards, all the possibilities are eliminated. This means they are trying to bet on a different set of cards. It's a basic rule. If something doesn't add up, there isn't something wrong with you, but the opponent. That's when you review the hand.

Answer 5

It's very difficult when you first playing at the table. Only by watching how each player plays each hand he is in can you get a general idea later on. A lot of preflop raises, raises on a junkie flop repeatedly. Just be careful when you make your stand. Have a good hand and let him hang himself.

Answer 6

Usually you can if someone bids high alot. If someone bids high usually makes you throw in your cards and they win.

Answer 7

Call 'em and see what they got.

Answer 8

they try to go all in a lot,,,,,,,,,,,,,,or big betters