A walk around any casino’s poker room and its easy to tell the amount of people who are plugged into ipods, mp3 players and other digital devices. It started out with a handful of people wearing sunglasses, but now with the assistance of technology, it seems like everyone who sits at a poker table is dumbing down their senses.

This seems quite contradictory, when considering that poker is largely a game of information and disinformation. Its no wonder a certain James Bond, was so skilled at the game – as a master of the world intelligence game he is well equipped with all the skills necessary to defeat the slick jokers ( in his case criminal masterminds) at the poker table. So the reason I’m scratching my head is that why dull the senses when a higher sense of perception would give you an obvious advantage.

The sunglasses – I heard once and strongly reiterate; there are only two types of people who wear sunglasses inside or at night; rock stars and tryhards. Though I figure that the poker player falls in an obscure grey area between the two. Though that’s all besides the point. So is it that you lack in self control and cant help but give away what your holding through your eyes? In my experience, any time Ive tried the glasses thing its made me play worse and I end up removing them, also its never fazed me when picking tells against an opponent. If their eyes are covered, its the other things that give them away. The question I’m going to leave you with here, how do shades improve your game?

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