Fossilman Comments on Tells?

[Vince Lepore]

Just watched the final table of the WSOP. ESPN had Greg "Fossilman" do commentary at various points during the broadcast. I think they made a great decison in having Fossilman give his take of what happened on various hands. I found Fossilmans comment concerning tells interesting. Fossilman made the statement that "tells" are very important in poker. When I play I do find tells occaisionally helpful but I do not find them helpful enough to deem them important. Granted I play much more limit poker than no limit and understand that they take on a greater importance at No Limit than limit but I wonder just how valuable and reliable tells are to pro poker players including pro tournament players? Any thoughts. Please do not reply if I have indicated to you that I have you on ignore. Thank you.

Vince