Acting on Tells

[alanasdad]

I have lost a lot of $ in my live games by relying too much on tells.  Have any of you ever had this happen to you as well :?:

Reminder to Self:

Don't use a weak tell to override an otherwise credible decision. As an example, suppose your opponent almost never bluffs, but he seems to be betting with a little extra emphasis- sometimes an indication of a bluff. In that case, I would usually fold anyway, because the history of this player's actions is more important than the onlysomewhat reliable tell. :evil:

[grilldoggy]

Some guy could be doing laundry, dishes, dinner, while playing in an online tournament.  His pauses could be misconstrued as a slow-play.  If you don't really know your opponent, you don't why the various pause is there, so just play poker and don't read too much into it.

[umbe]

Online tells... Live events are based on good reads on other people tells, but online I'm not sure if  i am getting any....

[puzzykat]

hard for me to get online tells.  to many factors can rule them out.

[NELLOB]

The most prevalent online tell which I am very aware of is that of a player who normally plays fairly quickly, suddenly takes his full time plus extra time and then makes a sizeable bet.  This happens so often that I am not fooled any longer by it.

[pjr54]

I agree with nellob on this, you must really know the player to get a true read online.