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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
Online poker should help you realize though that by far the best way to read your opponent is betting patterns (A betting pattern is remembering how an opponent bets in every situation, for example does he bet big with a made hand or when he is bluffing?). When Daniel Negreanu (best flat-out reader of cards IMO) calls a bluff on the river, it's usually because the betting pattern is off. Not because the guy looks scared or something. Usually pros will look at betting pattern first, and then look for physical tells.
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Without a doubt. I've seen many a time when the guy can call out an opponents pocket cards even before the river. In his book he mentions that his table talking helps pull additional information from opponents without them even realizing it. But yeah, most of it is betting pattern.