One part of playing Poker that is very important is that you should never give away any type of “tells” when sat there playing your hand. Whilst many players can adopt their own unique Poker face, and never give away any hints on whether they are holding a strong or poor valued hand, some players will struggle to keep a straight face when they have a very strong or even a very poor valued hand!
This is why you will have probably noticed many Poker players have started to wear all manner of disguises when sat at real money land based Poker tables.
By having such a disguise in place it can often make it very difficult for your opponents to read your facial expression correctly, and may just give you a slight edge!
Below we have put together a listing of the most common Poker player disguises that you are almost certainly going to find some Poker players wearing when you next watch or take part in a Poker Tournament. Do consider getting one of these top 10 Poker player disguises yourself, more so if you have been known to give away little facial tells when playing!
When you are playing Poker we guaranteed that you will come across players who are wearing sun glasses such as Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer, and they are not doing so as they suffer from light intolerance, they are wearing them to stop you reading their eyes when playing!
Whilst to many players this is simply a fashion accessory, there are some players who always can be seen with headgear on, and the reasons for his are several fold, but a large semi face covering hat or cap is usually being worn to stop them giving away any tells more often than not!
You will often find some players do tend to overgrow their facial hair like Andy Black and will use it to disguise themselves and stop them giving away certain facial expression tells when playing in a real life Poker playing environment.
So be on the lookout for anyone who looks like Father Christmas!
Always be alert to players like Vanessa Rousso wearing oversized headphones.
As they are not wearing it as a disguise they are often wearing them to distract you and your fellow players and opponents!
There has been the odd occasional in the past where no such rules have been in place on a Poker Tournament, and as such one or two players have appeared wearing outrageous face masks! If there is one way you are going to seriously confuse and put off other players it is wearing a face mask, and one that is designed around a face celebrity or politician for example!
Do not be surprised if you find one of more players at a large Poker tournament come dressed in some form of costume.
This could be anything from an Indian Chief’s costume to something bizarre such as the Pink Panther, Batman or even as a Bunny outfit like Kara Scott did in 2008 EPT San Remo!
You will often find if a player has won a direct entry into a major Poker Tournament then that player will come to the tables dressed in an outfit on which, from head to toe, the Poker site that sent them there is sponsoring!
Well that is always going to be a very real possibility when playing at some Poker venues or taking part in some Poker tournaments.
By having something on your head such as a brightly coloured or misshapen wig it is always going to throw your opponent off their game, and this is something you need to be on the lookout for when you next sit down to play.
If you can’t beat them, join them and get your own hideously coloured or designed wig!
You could, but it is very rare, find a Poker player has sent another player to take their entry into a Poker Tournament. Obviously you have to play off your own entry but determined or very experienced Poker players could train up their own proxy and pass on their skills to that other player!
The Poker playing environment is not all about hard faces, humourless Poker players sitting down and taking each other on. There is often a lot of respect and humour around a Poker table, and from time to time you will find one or more players will actually disguise themselves as one of their opponents and as such will come wearing the clothes usually associated with that other player or will wear a similar hat or jewellery as that other player!
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