Here's my poker history regarding getting reads. Anyone else care to ring in on their experiences in live vs online games when getting reads?

Started out playing live games, friendly home games. I learned the basics and a few tricks, etc. At this point just starting out I thought that getting a read on someone primarily involved seeing if you are observant enough to notice their eyelid twitch. You know, if you zoom in close enough at the dude's skin cells, you'll be able to put him on Kc Jd.

As I moved to online poker I found the transition interesting because the monitor ALWAYS stares back at you and doesn't even blink or anything. It is just so dang hard to see tells when playing online. :P

So. I quickly learned to abandon that notion and started watching betting patterns. It's a lot easier to do this online than it is in a live game because the numbers are right in front of you. You don't have to eye up chips and count it out constantly. Playing online actually helps you become a better player quicker, IMO, because it forces you to concentrate solely on betting patterns and the numbers involved, which is the key to getting good reads.

Now my story. Last week I played a live game, where there was a guy who was obviously watching for tells. I noticed because he would never watch as the flop comes, and would always be looking at folks as they checked their cards, etc. Now I've read Caro and decided to screw with him. It was beautiful. After I busted him out he was talking about how he made good folds and how I just had the better hand every time and there's nothing he could have done. And I, of course, let him go on believing that since I'm sure I'll play him again. Here's the last hand..

Me UTG with KQ
him in late position.
He calls, I put a 1x raise. BB folds. He calls my raise.
Flop is Q95 rainbow. I put in a 1/2 pot sized bet and stare at him. He calls. Turn is K. I hesitate, scratch my face, look at his chips, put in another 1/2 pot bet out and he raises me all in (afterward he admitted it was because he thought i was bluffing from my body language.) My only worry is trip 9's or 5's, but I decide to call because he didnt raise me on the flop, plus I've got plenty to cover him. He turns over QT, on a straight draw with middle pair against my top two pair. River is rag. Later he said he actually put me on a bluff with AJ. I asked him how he could be so sure and he just shrugged. If he would have just paid attention to my betting I think he would have come to a different conclusion.

Any stories or thoughts on what you can learn from ignoring or not ignoring physical "tells" is encouraged.