[touche]

In a tournament style I will always look at...

1) The cards people will take to the showdown. I focus more on the losing hands if you get to see them. You can learn alot about someone by what they won't let go of. You can get important information that can help you later when you are in the hand against them.

2) Betting patterns. These can be some of the easiest tells to pick up quickly. Most people don't vary the bets or plays. Some will never bet when on a draw or will overbet to try and steal when on a drawing hand. Some tight players will fold to any reraise unless they have the nuts. Helpful to steal hands and blinds.

3) Every chip counts. Those marginal hands that you called early and then were forced to fold can haunt you later when the blinds go up.

4) The power of the reraise. Most people hate it and can get you lots of hands or get people out of a hand quickly. Most people get scare when one raise happens let alone someone comes over the top.