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[QUOTE="BDDP, post: 1144147, member: 53317"]
tells are a HUGE part of live play.  It is something you have to practice watching for.  Studying videos and books is important to get you on teh right track but you have to watch people very closely for very subtle hints.  the more you do it successfully the more you can rely on your assessment.  When you first start looking for tells, you have to take them all with a grain of salt because the tendency it to imagine tells because you're looking for them.  The tell about looking at the neck does suggest seeing the heartbeat in the carotid artery.  if you were to pick up on a difference in a player based on that alone you'd have to ask yourself (and it would vary player to player) if it were beating because of being nervous to get caught in a lie, or out of anticipation of the monster they were hiding.  The best time to catch a tell is as the new card comes out.  Watch the players as the card hits the table, not the card hitting the table.  You will catch more in that split second than you ever will once they've had time to digest the new information.  As far as all the negative comments on tells, i can tell that most of you are strictly online players or only play live once in a while for a fun quaint little home game.  Live poker is almost ALL about reading players.  If you want to improve your knowlege of tells, check out Carro's Book of Tells.  A great read even if you're not convinced it's effective.
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