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[bengaffleck]

I've discovered, as of late, that playing poker online requires little to no skill. Oh, sure, you have to know the basics -- what makes a good hand, when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, and all that. But the biggest skills in poker are the ability to read people, and the ability to make yourself unreadable. As the "Party Poker" commercials like to

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[sjphoenix]

When in doubt whip out a placeholder

[bengaffleck]

Exactly!

[bryhoward]

Oh, Texas Hold 'Em is my downfall! I'm one of those players who rarely folds just because I want to play and run up the pot, haha. But, sigh, I don't have any half-naked icons, so this one will have to do.

[bengaffleck]

We should get some people together for a game sometime. I can't seem to think of a way to say that I like to play with new people that doesn't sound sexual. So there we are.

That icon works just fine.

[j_garner]

As long as you aren't betting the college fund

[bengaffleck]

. . . We have a college fund? She isn't even one yet!

[leighwallace]

in your own opinion, do you think you can read people really well, or not at all?

my icon is so much hotter than yours. ;)

[bengaffleck]

Holy shit. Ahaha. You still have that thing? God, I love you. :-*

And now to answer your question. Say I'm sitting down at a table in Vegas, it's going to take me about four or five hands, but eventually I start to notice everyone's tells. The woman on my left brushes her index finger over the top chip on her pile when she as a good hand, the man next to her blinks rapidly when he's bluffing.

For some reason, I'm not as good at reading people when I'm not at a poker table.

[g_gershon]

You're the only person I want to talk to. Find me when you come around.