[KaiShin]

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While this is generally true, Darren and Hilary have both spotted a few tricks that, if nothing else, attempt to compensate for the lack of physical clues:

* Slow bets: While the hands tend to be played more quickly online, some players will take the full amount of time to place a bet no matter what. When Hilary found herself playing against such laggards she often bailed on the hand. Darren says he's occasionally guilty of such stalling: If he has a good hand and he wants to lure other people into betting more money, he'll bet slowly to make it seem like his hand is weaker than it is.

* Extremely fast bets: These are often used to project confidence. Darren says he'll bet quickly on less-than-stellar hands to make it seem like his hand is better than it is.

* Odd betting amounts: Betting an odd dollar amount can require the use of several different colors of chips. Darren says he thinks people use this trick to make their bets appear bigger.

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Heh heh heh.