What is your most reliable tell?

[Rotterdaum]

What about the involuntary smile or a chuckle if you study the player carefully?

I think it means a good hand, at least for me, when I give this tell in games with my friends.

Anyone have a different experience with it?

[Shaun]

When players take a long time stacking and restacking chips in no limit when they are betting on the end. It is usually a bluff the first time you see it.

[Peter]

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The trembling hand.

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Definitely. Probably the only one I'll trust the first time I see a player demonstrate it.

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You have to be careful with this one. It only indicates how strong they think their hand is, not how strong it actually is. I've seen a new player tremble like that pre-flop with KJo in early position.

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If it's a really new player I don't think it means anything.
When I went to Vegas last year it was my first time in a B&M room and I think that I had a trembling hand every time I put in a bet for the first week, no matter what I had.

Peter

[diebitter]

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If it's a really new player I don't think it means anything.
When I went to Vegas last year it was my first time in a B&M room and I think that I had a trembling hand every time I put in a bet for the first week, no matter what I had.
Peter

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Yeah, I had this in my first few sessions. I found it real embarrassing, as I was only playing 2/4. Shaky hands when calling $2 is really lame...

[stinkypete]

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The retiree crowd has a favorite:

Flop: Ah Ad Ac
Retiree: "Who's got the ace?" <---HAS THE ACE

Flop: 4c 4h 6x Turn: 4d
Retiree: "Someone's got that four!" <---HAS THE FOUR

-ZEN

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this is a good one to use as a reverse tell when you dont have the quads and want to represent it. the only problem is it doesnt work if someone else has it.

[imported_Dozer]

What about when a player has his hands on his cards after he bets? Isn't that a sign of a bad hand?

Also, what about a player who looks at his chips (counting them) before he bets? A guy I play with a lot does this, and usually it means he has a nice hand. The same guy also stares through the flop when he has a nice hand, not when he misses like I expect.

The closer someone's cards get to their chips the stronger they are (as if they are trying to protect the cards) as opposed to someone who doesn't care where there cards are on the table (weak).