Conventional wisdom dictates that there are no such things as online tells. How could there be when you can’t see a foe’s face, hear the timbre of his voice or watch his hands shake as he pushes chips into the pot? Even the way he swigs his beer (or, famously, per Rounders, cracks his Oreo cookie) can tell you whether he’s on a monster hand or a stone cold bluff. But how can you check out his cookies, his beady eyes and his other body language when all you can see is a screen name?

Well, conventional wisdom is for conventional thinkers – in fact, reliable tells are abound in Internet poker.