[Landlord79]

1. What do you look for when you are watching people pf as they first look at their cards?
A. I watch their initial reaction, do they look at their chips, stiffen up, count the pot, look at the action, look up at the flat-screen, touch their chips, tuck their cards, etc...

2. What do you watch on your opponents when the flop hits?
A. I'm watching their eyes. Do they glance at the flop (see what they need to see) then look away, do they stare through the flop (trying to see something that isn't there), do they glance at their chips, reach for their chips, etc...

3. Who do you focus on more when the flop hits, the strongest player in the hand or the weakest?
A. I used to focus on the strongest player, but then I realized that the weaker player will more likely give me clues about his hand strength through physical clues than a strong player in control of himself.

4. Which "Tells" books have you read? Which do you recommend?
A. Joe Navorro's book and Mike Caro's book as well as smaller tid-bits from every poker book or article that I read. I keep a notebook on tells that I see so that I can review them from time to time and remember what people were doing when they were strong or weak.

5. What are you looking for between streets while the betting is going on?
A. Are people overly interested in the action, are they extending themselves closer to the center of the action, are they looking at the felt (strong for most) or looking at their competiion (usually weaker), are they counting out their bet while the action is moving to them?

6. What is your favorite Tell to spot?
A. I love pegging someone who is really trying to play off the strength of their hand via a speech or the rolling of their eyes or something.

7. What is your favorite hand played that involves a decision made based on a tell?
A. The day that BJJIII and I hit the BBJP at the Goldstrike in Tunica, MS, there was an Asian man who sat down at my table who apparently barely knew what he was doing. He all sorts of facial reactions and wore his hand strength like a mask. I had been really card dead and my BR was very limited at this time, so I was very short-stacked and playing very aggressively with my good hands trying to win pots. I was dealt Ah-Qh in MP and made a standard raise that was called by this Asian man in the BB. The flop was 3 diamonds and missed me completely. The Asian man stared at the flop, looked at his cards, then rubbed his ear. This classic Navarro pacifying behavior and so when he checked, I stuffed my entire $50 stack in w/ A high (except that I accidentally held back 2 red chips to play w/ in my hand which the dealer wouldn't let me add to my bet.) He called on a draw and when the turn and river blanked out on him, I tossed the $10 into the pot which he still called. I was still goot w/ AQ high. Best read ever!!!