[TStoneMBD]

i agree 100%. this is one of the worst habits that books/tv has instilled in poker players. this wait until its your turn to look thing really slows the game down tremendously. not only does it take a few extra seconds for everyone to look at their cards they also have to spend more time making decisions. many people will try to take their time on their decision after looking at their cards whether they have a decision to make or not just to balance their tells. if they looked at their cards ahead of time they wouldnt need to do this as they already would have had ample time to think about most decisions.

this is one of my huge pet peeves. although i dont say anything about it, it drives me crazy. ive played in games many times where all 10 players at the table (except for me) wait until their turn to view their cards. if 7 people do this each hand and it takes 3 extra seconds to view their cards per person were losing 20 seconds a hand. a hand should only take like 30 seconds in shortstack nl tournaments so with an added 20 second delay, were only going to get to see 3/5 the amount of hands that we should be seeing per hour.

on a brighter note these monkeys that like to wait till their turn often give off huge tells (as you mention) as they think about their action on the spot.