I've gotta go with reading. Watching allows you to see all sorts of different moves, but again we're just seeing the extremely edited versions, and it doesn't allow you to get into the mind of the player and figure out WHY they did what they did. You can get that in books though, the good ones at least. Reading another person's thought process is really beneficial - allows you to put yourself in their place and see how you'd do it. This is one of the reasons that I really enjoy reading poker blogs and these types of hand analysis discussions on forums - you can always benefit from hearing the viewpoint of another player.
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Whether he likes it or not, a man’s character is stripped at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life. ~Anthony Holden
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