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Old 10-22-04, 11:49 AM
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This is the only time I will use the pre-action buttons on-line. Usually, I try to wait for my turn, wait 3 seconds consistently and then fold/call/raise. But when people are taking forever, I usually just pre-click what I will be doing so I don't stare at the screen and start cursing and such. This could cause me to go on "tilt" (and for some reason, I don't like that word). But perhaps at times that is what the slow-poke is trying to achieve.
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Similarly, but contrasting as well, I use the pre-action buttons almost everytime. Especially in limit.
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Old 10-22-04, 12:31 PM
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The use of action buttons can be a tell if the player consistently uses it but then waits before acting. I have tried to eliminate this tell by not using the action buttons and counting to 5 consistently before taking any action.
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I use the pre-action buttons all the time - well, when I am raising anyway. I've never used the "Call Any" button in my life.

Back to the original question... a lot of times it's nothing. I play multiple tables at once, so sometimes there are delays before I act, and it is certainly not a tell.

But, with that said, if you are looking for a very general strong/weak read here that will be right more of the time than not, I tend to think a long delay before a raise (not a call) means strength. The player is acting - and acting poorly.
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