Tells are what we refer to as the body language of a poker player, but how would you deal with a player that has no body to betray their thoughts or in other words an online player. This is the counterpart of the land-based casino poker tells, we will now discuss on how to deal with tells in an online casino site.

In this case we can't see the body language of online players, so we have to observe their actions. Tells are what we call the act of unknowingly betraying information, you don't have to be seen by your opponents, or even have a body for that.

When you are playing online poker, you would notice the tells by simply observing your opponents even if you are not facing them personally. Some of the definitions of online poker tells are as follows, use it as a tool for your winning streak.

The Rant – this is the most obvious announcements of the not so good players, in other words the bad players telling you that they are about to play far worse than normal. In all varieties of poker, flawed players go on tilt and online poker is not an exception. The thing about these online bullies and loudmouths can't glare at, roll their eyes or do something belittling physical action. But they can insult other players via the chatbox.

You want to play against a player on tilt, but also you want to be sure you play a stronger hand at them, because weaker hand will help them calm down. Go ahead and provoke abusive players in the chatbox. These are the type of opponents who think they are far better than they are, but in reality far more worse when losing than when winning.

Chat Revoked – A tiny number of players list “chat revoked”, prior to rude or immature chat outburst that chat privileges of these players are blocked. This means that you are dealing with an immature person when you see one of your opponents who need to tell you that their chat is revoked.

These players are more likely to tilt. If they lose a pot in a horrible way, chat revoked players wish that they could call they opponent an imbecile or worse. They want to rant, to insult, they want to exhibit their the tilt impulse they are feeling. By saying something like “nice hand” to the winner, you will be able push them further, you can see the steam coming out of the revoked  player's icon.

The Rocket Scientist – This is the type of opponent who sees to fit lectures about how to play poker, but then is blatantly wrong, is a short term target. These opponents are often first-timers or new to the game and are seldom exploitable over time, these type of opponents almost never last very long.

Online tells will always provide you bits of information, but don't confuse “it means something” with “it means the same thing in every situation.” You can't see your opponents when playing online, but you can obviously see their actions. How they act reveals their skills, confidence, backbone and maturity. The chat behavior and betting actions of your opponents offers you bits of information that you can use as a tool against them. It may seem to be hard to decipher online tells but that is the very fact that makes them all essential.