Question re: sunglasses and timing

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I don't think it matters. You'll look like a dork either way. The days of shades being cool at the table have passed. Basically it was July and August of '03...

Your eyes don't give away as much as your hands, mouth, voice and betting patterns. And also any deviation from how you do things such as which hand you usually bet with, but change hands when you bluff. Things like that.

If you want to wear shades, keep them on all the time. If you start taking them on and off, you might give away a tell.

Also, I notice some dorks wear shades that I CAN SEE THEIR EYES THRU because they aren't tinted dark enough [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

You also have to becareful that they aren't too dark. You'd give away tells if you have to keep standing up and moving your face closer to see the flop with two [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and one [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] because you aren't sure if you have a flush draw or a backdoor flush draw [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Some pros wear them, but mostly it's newbies or experienced players who didn't get the memo...

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Good stuff. At the level I'm playing (mid-level nl holdem) I think the glasses look kind of foolish and make a table less talkative, reducing action and EV. I'm for a fun talkative table where if people have a good time whether they lose or win money.

For tournaments it makes a little more sense.