Tells in Poker
Tells are traditionally associated with people's physical twitches in which one gives away the strength of his or her hand. Tells exist both in the brick and mortar and the online world. Here is a list of certain common tells:

Online:
1. In limit, a quick call with two flush or straight cards out generally means a draw.
2. In limit, a quick raise on the flop generally means top pair.
3. A poor player who is thinking generally has a weaker holding and is debating a call.
4. Generally if someone thinks for awhile and then raises, it is not a bluff.
5. Someone who is frequently raising the pot preflop and then folds at the flop if someone bets at him is likely to be on tilt.

Live:
1. When a poor player puts a hand over his mouth, it generally means he has a strong hand. Generally he is concealing a smile.
2. Shaking hands means the player is nervous. However, this can mean he is bluffing or that he has a very strong hand.
3. A player reaching for a drink also is a sign of being nervous.
4. When a poor player 'stares you down,' generally it means he is bluffing.
5. When the flop comes and a player quickly looks at his chips, he is likely to have a strong hand

Well i think its about correct. But i have the opinion that sometimes it isn't what it seems to be.

Sure is mate...sure is.

Nice article! ^O^

I know

Smells like arrogance here

Hehe

Harringtons book says of all physical tells hands are the most reliable,and not their cards just their hand movement etc.

I think Mike Caro wrote a pretty good book about tells

A while back I checked out you tube for live poker tells and Mike Caro has alot of past vidio clips about tells. Its pretty old school vidio but alot of very very useful info. Caro is a freak. I love that guy.
For myself when I play online I will always, and I mean always wait the exact same amount of time for each action I take. Even if I have pure junk in first spot I will wait approx 1/4 of the clock and click at that time. I have found this to be very helpful in my game.

#1 in "Live Tells"-Generally he is concealing a smile????!!??? Are you kidding? Who the heck has to cover a smile because the're holding a strong hand? Anyway, you could still tell if a a player was smiling even if he covered his mouth. That supposed "tell"is just silly.

Depends a bit on what level you are playing. For general low stake cafe tournaments, I guess those kind of simple tells might work, if you are up to Gus Hansen it might work bit less well

Online tells are quite easy to point out on the lower levels. Live is a totally different story though

During live play, usually when someone leans towards you it means that they are acting strong with a weak hand, and someone who is relaxed and sitting back is very confident.