Quote Originally Posted by midas06
You mentioned betting behaviour and betting size. If you can find someone who isn't new to poker ie. who's played enough hands to make it almost monotonous, and you find these patterns, then this is a very good tell.
The funniest thing are these "minbets" on a big pot. Most of the time this means "I have a doubtful hand" or "I have a draw". Infrequently it can be a means a guy uses to try to get you to reraise him, but a few showdowns and you can generally say what a person does in certain situations. After that, I don't need to think very hard anymore about what they possibly could have.. they simply tell me. It's not always 100% accurate, but still pretty good.

Another common thing I'm seeing is that when a poorer player pushes heavily (for his standards), this often means he has either a draw or a not-so-sure hand. I guess they think "I hope they fold; And if they don't, maybe I'll win anyway." (and a third scenario is when they have a premium hand that they probably feel should pay them off, but the flop sucks.. like QQ on a A-high flop) When they have a solid hand, they tend to play it more carefully. Probably because they don't want to scare you off of it.

If a better player however pushes heavy, it means he has a top hand - because the poorer players have a tendency to be lured into accepting this.