As far as I am concerned, an insta bet or insta check in online poker can only be one where the pre-emptive button has been pressed and the betting action happens the instant play gets around to the villain. Some poker information websites will have you believe that a super-fast bet is an insta-bet but this is not so. A super -fast bet or check may well contain loaded information and act as a tell, but it is not to be confused with the instantaneous (or near-instantaneous) action. At nano stakes cash full ring,and in order of frequency seen instantaneous actions can be:
1. The insta-check or insta call
Rarely in full ring is this anything other than weakness or a drawing hand. A player may preselect check/fold or check/call. The surest time when you can take down the pot in these situations are when a player who multitables has used the insta check button out of the blinds. The texture of the flop will tell you if you should bet or not in position, and if you are insta called on a wet board a dry turn card and bet should finish the job off.
2. The insta min-bet
This is most often ace-high, two overcards or a weak pair in the pocket. Many players will preselect insta min bet all 3 streets with these kinds of holdings. The insta min bet is a hand they perceive to be o.k but not worth betting properly with. The only time you should fold is if you have 1. terrible position and a weak hand multiway 2. Worse than ace high heads up or 3. They change the bet sizing on the river to HUUUUGE! It doesn't take a genius to work out their hand has been the nuts all along, or miraculously came good by the river. It is also important to spot any timing delay on the turn. Calling stations who insta-min bet the flop and think before min betting or 2xing the turn are often trapping, with the intention of blasting the river with a pot bet. More aggressive donkey players perform all these moves with 2X or 3X size bets (which can be pre-selected) as well, so be on the look out for this high level and cunning bluffing tactic.
3. The insta click raise
I cannot think of a situation where this would be anything other than a monster hand. Unless you are playing against a super aggressive moron who has a sizing tell where he bets instantly most of the time and also bets proportionally to the strength of his hand.
4. The insta river shove
Foldfoldfoldfoldfoldfoldfold....... Or risk going down the road of "he cannot have it this time I call oh shit its the mortal nuts, dammit I wish I had folded!" The thing to remember here is that this move was pre-planned. The villain had to know on the turn that he was shoving the river so ignore the river card and fold your unimproved pocket jacks, again.
5. The insta pot bet
This is the only insta action with any ambiguity as far as I am concerned and it is player dependent. It screams strength but you often see players betting like this if they are scared. AK is a hand that gets some players into trouble this way. They know it is supposed to be a good hand, but cannot believe it when then the flop comes down ragged time and time again. In response to this cycle of disappointment they formulate a plan: to pot the hand regardless and show super strength. If they bet this way then only players with a really strong hand can call down, which is unlikely because they have a top 5 starting hand. This donk logic is doomed to fail and all the showdown value of AK vanishes when weaker aces may have stuck around for smaller bets, or weak pairs may have called and been outdrawn by you on the turn or river. The only time you get action you are crushed and these sorts of players have a hard time folding AK once they have invested a chunk of cash into the hand. More often than not an insta pot bet is a decent pair hand though, so look out for players who mostly check/fold and then suddenly insta-pot the flop when they 'have it.'
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