[LearnedfromTV]

Read the interviewer; some people are able to process "I play a lot of poker and it has taught me these psychological, mathematical, and logical thinking skills." Some people aren't going to get that poker is good for you, but will be fine with hearing "My hobby is playing games, like chess and poker." And other people with have an automatic negative association as soon as you say the word poker.

People who have a resume gap have to manage it a little differently but coming out of college, just use it if it'll help you, mention it if it'll be neutral (because it does take up a lot of your time, it makes sense to mention neutral things that you like), leave it alone if it will hurt you. If you can't read which situation you're in, err on the side of cautious, but to interview well in general you need to figure out where the interviewer is coming from.