Quote Originally Posted by Molinero
Any suggestions as to how I should do this? I mean, obviously, if a really conservative player bets big into me, I can be reasonably certain he had a favorable flop. But I don't see many of those types -- especially not online. Besides, any reasonably good player can be expected to vary his play...how does one take things like this into account?
Like I said, it comes with experience. Once you get a feel for their game, you get a feel for what they likely have. Also one thing I forgot to mention above that factors in is how long they take to play. You can get a feel for when they're stalling purposely or weren't there or whatever (usually preflop in this case), and when they're geniunely faced with a decision. Most notably, if they always act in the first couple seconds, but this time take 10 seconds, coupled with how they're betting, you can get a feel for if they're slowplaying you and trying to trap you by taking a while, if they have a good draw and were figuring out pot odds, if they have good hand but are worried they're beat, etc.

But again, once you get a lot of experience, as long as you're paying attention to what they have and how they play it, this'll come pretty naturally I think.

Here's an interesting article on this that I read a week ago - http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_maga...php?a_id=14185

Most of it is just on the delay thing, but it mentions the "patterns" and "situations" too.