I wouldn't wear traditional dark sunglasses at the table. But my vintage Serengeti Drivers do help enhance contrast, so it might be a plus.
3rd place? Damn. Nice job!If you had asked me this question a week ago, I would have said "no" because wearing sunglasses in poker to "hide your tells" is stupid. But I final tabled the $3k HORSE event this weekend at the WSOP and after playing under the bright lights, I definitely have a different perspective. Those lights at the featured tables are intense. They're practically blinding. The entire table was taking about it for the first 15 minutes after we sat down. I was fine because I was wearing a hat, but if I didn't have my hat I definitely would have wished I had some sunglasses. I think a hat is better, but if you have neither and you make it to the FT at the WSOP, you're going to wish you had something to block out that lighting.
If you had asked me this question a week ago, I would have said "no" because wearing sunglasses in poker to "hide your tells" is stupid. But I final tabled the $3k HORSE event this weekend at the WSOP and after playing under the bright lights, I definitely have a different perspective. Those lights at the featured tables are intense. They're practically blinding. The entire table was taking about it for the first 15 minutes after we sat down. I was fine because I was wearing a hat, but if I didn't have my hat I definitely would have wished I had some sunglasses. I think a hat is better, but if you have neither and you make it to the FT at the WSOP, you're going to wish you had something to block out that lighting.
Personally a two pairs of sunglasses guyALRIGHT. I've never worn sunglasses at a poker table, I love being social and I think the sunglasses put some people off. But lets say you've made it to the World Series of Poker Main Event, where significant 6-figure pay jumps are the norm.
Do you wear sunglasses? How far do you take it? I dont know, I think I might. I'm a proud goofy rec, Im sure I give off tells and if these help me in any way I'd probably wear them. Curious what others think. I've definitely toned down the chatter when deep in a tournament but never made wardrobe choices on it other than a big sweatshirt.
Never wearing a scarf though, I've got a pretty neck and I need to use it to distract the opponent
Not sure if this is a short from the same interview but a friend passed this along.Doug Polk just did a podcast with Negreanu and Alan Keating and the subject of sunglasses came up. Alan proposed banning sunglasses at the table (as a way to keep tables lighter and more social.) Doug cautioned that he thought sunglasses were more common for recs and that you want to keep your recs happy. Daniel wouldn’t quite agree that it’s mostly recs wearing sunglasses, but I think he was good with banning them.
Upon rethinking a main event situation, I guess I’d like to have a pair with me and maybe put them on when I got involved in a hand, but I’m never gonna be a sunglasses for the whole time guy.
It’s not from that interview, but it’s a great example of what I was trying to say.Not sure if this is a short from the same interview but a friend passed this along.
yeah hes allow to say that lol one of the best live readers poker has ever seenNot sure if this is a short from the same interview but a friend passed this along.
Solid dose of sexism, good stuff, always welcome at the casinos.no sunglasses for me. I think it is weak AF to wear sunglasses while playing poker. Hiding like a little girl.
Thank you good Sir!Solid dose of sexism, good stuff, always welcome at the casinos.
Working on computers for 8 hours a day, I know some of my colleagues are doing this tooIvey and Negreanu both started wearing yellow tinted glasses at tv tables this year. Cuts down the glare, but doesn’t reduce their vision apparently.
Absolutely, it would show nerves on my part, I'm a rec in a huge spot. Appreciate all the inputs, was just wondering whether the fact that I could stare at whatever I wanted to would outweigh the target it puts on my back.The ironic thing is the act of wearing sunglasses due to fear of giving off body language clues is often a very helpful tell in itself.
Players that do this are already sending the message they are nervous about being seen doing something, which begs the question what are they hoping to hide, which means I am on the lookout for these players to have a higher bluff frequency.
Again, no tell is 100% and when using tells, always review consistently per each individual opponent. But when I know little else about a player, assuming sunglasses players have a bias toward aggression is a decent default starting point.
I'd highly advise, I'm stuck at a few monitors for most of the day and blue-light glasses really helped. Lowers eye strain without having to filter my screen's light.Working on computers for 8 hours a day, I know some of my colleagues are doing this too
ETA: I should really be looking at this myself.
In all modesty, I don't think too many players think like me on this. Some probably do. But the other points in this thread are very goodAbsolutely, it would show nerves on my part, I'm a rec in a huge spot. Appreciate all the inputs, was just wondering whether the fact that I could stare at whatever I wanted to would outweigh the target it puts on my back.