anyone else colourblind?

[raju]

I cant tell the difference between most to all shades of green/brown/red/black/grey.

i cant distinguish any light shade of colour from any other light shade or white.



I`ve played in most of my local and semi local casinos and havent yet come accross a set of chips in which i can distinguish all of the denominations.

I know i can ask how many chips my opponenants have at any time but if any time turns out to be every time it becomes a bit of an issue.


Also im concerned that it gives something away about my hands,say, if im having to ask BB every time i have the chance to open raise in the H/J

As a result of this problem i miss too many chances to steel and try to steel against the wrong stack sizes too often when i`ve got the colours wrong
The problem is magnified post flop as theres more chips involved


The upshot of all this is i play very ABC live and dont cash enough.

I`ve pretty much given up live games, at least for profit but i just thought id ask if anyone had anything on this?

Cheers

[GTL]

play limit.

[NatasNJ]

I am color blind. I used to have SUCH problems in Atlantic City at the Tropicana since their tournament chips did not have denominations on them and the $25/$100 chips looked identical to me. (Red/Green) I believe they finally upgraded their chips and it was no longer a problem. Most cash games aren't an issue either since the chips are clearly marked. Taj tournaments had easy to tell chips for me as well. And I would always just ask what a bet was if I couldn't tell from the chips.

Sucked but not a deal breaker...

[*TT*]

i am color blind also. I announce it at the table when playing with red & green mixed chips, amazingly everyone is always helpful, even in tournaments so its never been a problem.

[pismeyer]

I to am color blind. Depending on the color of the chips combined with the lighting can make things simply crazy for me and I'm constantly asking "How much?". And I've had numerous players tell me "Hey, you have a green stuck in that chip stack".

I hate it, but it only happens sometimes for me, and yes it's very embarassing but I can't do anything but tell everyone I'm having trouble discerning the colors.

It's the hardest thing in the world to try and tell someone you're color blind and then have to go through the quick test of "What color is my shirt?", or "What color pants does she have on?"...When I'm really feeling frisky I always answer "grey" or "light-black"...Talk about strange looks!

<font color="orange"> It looks green to me. </font>

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[AngusThermopyle]

Grabbed the pix of the chips from the wiki, but most clubs use a similar sort of edge coding:





Grayscale:

[kassdog]

I mean this with no disrespect but I find people that are color blind kind of amazing. For instance, I install audio equptment in cars for years and came across a color blind installer one time. He was one of the best installers and wasn't able to really tell the difference between lt.blue/green and blue/orange. Some cars have many wire colors very similar right next to each other. I found it amazing when he did stuff. But don't most casinos have the amount printed on chips. All the casinos around me do.

[PITTM]

i am colorblind as well. In the venetian tournament this weekend i accidentally bet 1100 instead of the 700 i meant to bet when i had 2 500s and a 100 and thought i had 1 500 and 2 100s. I should have said the bet amount. lesson learned.

[AngusThermopyle]

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But don't most casinos have the amount printed on chips. All the casinos around me do.

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Opponent sitting across the table, with stacks of chips in front of him. Can you see the denomination printed on the top chip of each stack?

[wrschultz]

I know the casinos around me have the exact same edge pattern on each chip. It seems like this would make it extremely difficult to tell how deep all of your opponents are. A friend of mine can't tell the difference between green and blue, and we always used to make fun of him for it... The good ole' days..