Online poker doesn't provide much opportunity to REALLY read players well. But I keep very careful notes on my opponents and often run hand histories through a program to get player profiles - especially with the limit players I play with every night - it's often a lot of the same guys.
See diagram (click to enlarge) for an unorthodox strategy that is rarely to be used.
There was a player I was after in a recent game, and I would raise regardless of what I had. Not much - but post raise action was almost exactly the same every time with this player after the flop. If he showed weakness at all... he was truly weak and would fold every time - at least six times that I saw.
My example comes from a guy many people don't like - but we are going to stay away from a personality discussion here. Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott is a classic example of someone who reads opponents like a book (he read an opponent's straight flush in a WSOP tournament and laid down quads). He's also known for playing hole cards like 7-2 offsuit if he's on someone at his table. He read Hellmuth flawlessly throughout one particular tournament, but Hellmuth kept "sucking out" and catching cards. Hellmuth, ironically, later criticized his play in one of his books - but gave Ulliott some credit for being a great player - just not someone to emulate.
Here's an example from a game I used this method very carefully in. You should probably never do this in an online game, but it was just too obvious for me to NOT take advantage of it and I ended up getting about 1000 in chips from him. Once I was busted, I quit and lost only about 200 for a total gain of 800. Then I used this table image, played tight and agressive, and really boosted my stack.
(sorry woodster - I just needed this shot for the example of the earlier game)
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