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Message: [QUOTE="Pokerstudent, post: 1519276, member: 53113"] I think people are negating tells because they think that people use them like every movie we have ever seen. He sits down, you see a tell and then use it to milk him for all his money. I've never seen them like that. I mean, if you know what he has, you know what he has. But poker is a game of incomplete information. If, when you are stuck, you can look to a tell to provide [I]ancillary [/I]information, it becomes helpful. And yes, tells are different based on who you are and where you grow up. North Americans nod their head up and down to signify 'yes'. South Asians (Indians) tilt their head from side to side (similar to a bobble-head -no disrespect intended) to signify 'yes'. That's why you have to watch them while you're NOT in the hand to collect the information needed. Once you see what they do normally, you can compare it to what is abnormal. It's NEVER 100%.....but heck, I'll take 70% anyday! [/QUOTE]