I believe that your first instinct in any game usually is the right one. I'm not into over-analyzing. But I also think that my education in sociology may have been some help in being able to read people. I just sit back and watch when I'm not in a hand, especially when I come into a game where I don't know the players. It doesn't take me long to figure people out.
Poker has so much more to do with people that it does with the cards.
Most tournament players are backed by other people, and that might be a option for me, although I may feel a little uncomfortable playing with other people's money. In the long run, however, I think it's good business for everybody. The first three years, I won two out of three of the tournaments. It seemed to make them feel better. But then I repeated my victory the next year and they weren't quite so vocal.