Do you trust physical tells when making a decision?

[lapgame]

Despite playing more online, I've started attending live games and I'm trying to better understand how tells physical influence decisions.

Those classic things like: fiddling with chips too much, avoiding eye contact, taking a deep breath before betting... do you really take that into consideration? Or do you think that a lot of people fake these signals and it's better to rely solely on betting?

What tells have worked for you yet? And what traps have you fallen by relying too much on body reading?

 

[hajaehyun]

Such behavior earns more trust because it acts as an opponent.

 

[havingfun]

I think physical tells mean something when you have history with the opponent and you know them a bit. For unknown players I don't think physical tells has as much value.