Though playing pokern online limits one’s ability to read a player based on physicality, there are many other methods of identifying the way they play. One of the most common that I’ve seen dependably at average stakes no limit games online is the ‘rock’ style players who are always at several tables at once, each often holding at least the max initial buy in, if not often having built their stack way up. These players, known often as rocks, for their tendency to play long slow sessions of poker in which they play tight aggressive and don’t make a lot of mistakes, are an example of the kind of player that you usually can count on to have a hand when they represent one.
These players are sitting at several tables at once to up their chances of seeing big hands. Though many of them are capable of making moves when needed, often they are folding the mediocre hands and misses and waiting to make the hand that pays them off. This is especially true of medium stakes games where the players may be looking to build a bank roll: they aren’t necessarily there to make risks.
Usually, when I find these poker players, I make a note of them to be cautious against, as they aren’t there to ‘fool around’. This is valuable information when trying to decide how to react, and can make all the difference in certain spots between a raise and a fold.
