Posture
Learning to observe your opponents when you play poker online is a huge part of becoming a good poker player. However, you can watch your poker online opponents all day long, but if you don’t know what to look for you’ll be playing blind. Physical tells are subtle, but if you keep an eye out, you can pick up bits and pieces of how a player feels about his poker hand. A player’s posture, for instance, can be a great indicator of how much a poker player likes his hand. Since players tend to sit in the same place for hours on end, players will move around on their seats occasionally, and occasionally, how they move will betray their emotions. In general, I’ve found that players who lean over the table are holding a pretty weak hand. Someone who leans over the table is anxious, looking for the flop (or turn, or river) to save his hand. A player who slouches or leans back in his chair usually doesn’t need to next card because he’s already made his hand. A relaxed player isn’t worried about anything, he feels like he’s already got the hand won, and unless you’ve got a monster hand, he might be right.
