Tells

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Tells are so personality dependent. We used to play a regular game at work and I found that tell 'generalities' were way off.

We had a player that would always stare at the board when he hit the flop solid. Same guy would also double check his cards when he hits just to make sure before betting (typically you see this with flush draws checking their suit not made hands).

Most people tend to bet the perceived value of their hand in our game. Bottom pair bets the minimum and so forth...

Some people get very chatty when they've made a good hand, others get dead silent.

As for hiding my own tells? I just use them against people. I'm very self conscious, so I'm quite aware of what I'm doing and how I may be perceived, i then change my behavior accordingly if I think one of my oppenents has picked up on it. I was at one point betting in an aggressive physical manner on bluffs or draws (splashing the chips rather than placing) as soon as I noticed a guy picked up on it by playing back at me I waited for a good hand against him and caused him to play back at me.