The television coverage of many of the large no-limit poker tournaments has led to many misconceptions about the frequency of bluffing in poker games.

I was sure that there would never anything more boring on TV than bowling. I mean bowling is fun for a lot of people, but watching other people bowling???

After running across some kind of poker tournament---on a sports channel for goodness sake!!!---I had to send my "Most Boring Thing Ever Shown Regularly on TV" meter back to the vendor for recalibration (the needle pegged at full scale and wouldn't go back down). I mean playing poker is fun for a lot of people (well for some people), but watching other people play poker??? Gimme a break!

On the other hand if I ever do decide to play again, I will hope that everyone else in the game learned from those silly TV "tournaments".

Regards,

Dave

Footnote:
My feelings about playing "real" poker are like those of Mark Cuban about investing: Always look for the sucker. If you can't see one, it's you.

On a side note, personally I don't think hats or sunglasses should be allowed at a tournament table. If you aren't able to play well enough to keep a "tell" from showing (or at least from hurting your hand), then you shouldn't be at the table.

Heck, if they allow those, then why not just put everyone behind curtains?

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