Yeah, it's lame. When one guy does something like wear a hood over his face, he's eccentric, weird, unique, etc. When lots of other people start doing it, they're just goofy.
Someone at my regular poker game has adopted the Unabomber look. Hoods and sunglasses only work, if you can keep your shit together while lighting your smoke, or counting your chips. I don't need to see your eyes, if I can hear your heartbeat from across the flippin' table. So, yes... Lame.
But the pros might be a little different. When you're up against folks who can count outs and pot odds like it's second nature, all they have left to do is study your tells. And they'll git ya.
I generally show up wearing a burqua and beat the tar out of any poker player. It not only hides your face, but it makes it easy to sneak in illegal cards!
I think it's part of a bigger trend. At some Winter Olympics event it occured to me that the trend in most disciplines goes towards 1. showing less and less of the face, and 2. showing more and more of the body (contours, not actually skin). I sure hope this doesn't catch on in poker.
Geez what's with all the snark about people's handles? If I were to play poker my strategy of choice would be to grow my bangs really long, over my eyes.
Since "wearing sunglasses at poker tournaments" is a subset of the larger poker tournament phenomenon, yes.
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 11:47 AM
Since thinking the wearing of sunglassess in poker tournaments is lame is a subset of thinking about poker tournaments, no.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:07 PM
Are they wearing them for strategy, style, sponsorship deals?
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:09 PM
They wear them to minimize the ability of other players to read their faces.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:13 PM
I thought it might be something that started because of the increase in tv coverage (hence the sponsorship question).
In any case, lame.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:15 PM
Have you seen the unabomber pro? The guy covers his entire face with a hood.
That would be way too hot for me.
Posted by Tripp | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:25 PM
You're a kinky dude, Tripp.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:28 PM
Yeah, it's lame. When one guy does something like wear a hood over his face, he's eccentric, weird, unique, etc. When lots of other people start doing it, they're just goofy.
Posted by annie | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 12:49 PM
Someone at my regular poker game has adopted the Unabomber look. Hoods and sunglasses only work, if you can keep your shit together while lighting your smoke, or counting your chips. I don't need to see your eyes, if I can hear your heartbeat from across the flippin' table. So, yes... Lame.
But the pros might be a little different. When you're up against folks who can count outs and pot odds like it's second nature, all they have left to do is study your tells. And they'll git ya.
Posted by girl27 | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:30 PM
Porn-title machine girl27 has a regular poker game? What else should we know about you 27?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 2:32 PM
I generally show up wearing a burqua and beat the tar out of any poker player. It not only hides your face, but it makes it easy to sneak in illegal cards!
Posted by Abdullah Mulla | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:38 PM
Um, Abbie, that would be Mullah Abdullah. Like Father O'Brien, say.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:44 PM
I think it's part of a bigger trend. At some Winter Olympics event it occured to me that the trend in most disciplines goes towards 1. showing less and less of the face, and 2. showing more and more of the body (contours, not actually skin). I sure hope this doesn't catch on in poker.
Posted by ogmb | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 11:05 PM
Geez what's with all the snark about people's handles? If I were to play poker my strategy of choice would be to grow my bangs really long, over my eyes.
Posted by Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 07-12-05 12:02 PM
It would be demoralizing to to have a flock-of-seagulls looking guy kick your ass at poker.
Posted by Joe O | Link to this comment | 07-12-05 12:08 PM