Originally posted on 03/30/2015:

Tells are a little over rated. People concentrate on looking for them too much and either level themselves or misplay their own hand. Just focus on playing your best game and assign player types to each player like you would online. Like this college kid is a tag, this lady is a station, Grandpa Jones is a nit, etc. The one thing I do look for is when the cards are dealt & when the flop is dealt. People can't help but to look at their cards out of turn. You can sometimes get a clue whether or not someone is going to bet/raise/fold behind you by the way they react.