Re: Is This Cheating?
Neither is cheating.
The pulse is obviously a physical tell and using that information is clearly part of the game.
The glasses is a little different, but I would consider it a kind of physical tell and use the information without considering it to be cheating. Basically, the glasses in this case is an attempt by the player to "hide" facial tells that has backfired. As far as I'm concerned, it serves him right for not playing with a plain face anyway.
Now, I think the glasses example is different than intentionally "shooting angles" to peak at a guy's hole cards when he is clearly trying to hide his cards. I think this kind of "shooting angles" is cheating.
Occasionally, especially with very old or very inexperienced players, I'll be next to a player who makes it easy to see his cards without even trying to do so. I tell that kind of guy that I can see his cards and then tell him to stop doing it.
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