Concealing face at poker table
I have not played live poker in about 10 years so I do not know what the rules are nowadays. Is it legal to conceal your whole face at the table ? Hat, sunglasses, hoodie, mask. Essentially not allowing anybody to see any part of your face.
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Based on what I've heard you can't conceal your whole face. I'm not sure exactly how the rule is written, but I heard a floor explain it basically that you can wear two of three out of a hat, mask/scarf, sunglasses but you can't wear all three. A portion of your face has to be visible. You can wear a bandana and sunglasses or a hat and sunglasses but you can't wear a bandana, hat and sunglasses.
Are you really so fearful of giving off tells that covering your whole face seems like a logical solution?
You haven't played in 10 years!
Go have some fun playing cards!
Be social, don't be a rock, and just spend some time reacquainting yourself with the game.
GreatWhiteFish gave you the technical answer. The casino will require you to be identifiable, and may even ask you to remove the '2 of the 3' briefly to accomplish this.
But really, save the face hiding for your deep runs in the Main Event or PPC. The sunglass/hoodie/headphone thing is so played out at this point you just end up looking a little silly.
You have to have some sort of brain disorder to go sit at the table like this.
Why would you want to? Your biggest tell is your bet sizing and sun glasses only make other players bluff you more.
Your biggest tell might actually be the way you dress and carry yourself. People who dress like this are almost always very serious players, and usually nits. If anything they'll get no action and get made fun of constantly.
