Lived in Orlando and Tallahassee for almost 20 years. I had a sweater with me all the time. 105 in the shade outside and 65 in every mall, restaurant, or any other public place. Other stuff might be a tell (don't particularly care) but this??????????

Has to be the same TALL guy -- he plays 2/5 sometimes too.. not sure if he plays the entire "neophyte" game on 2/5 also. Sad part is there were a couple of people at the table buying into the act -- they assumed he didn't know what he was doing and would call with marginal hands.

Even if 1,2 and 3 are only possible, that still doesn't mean that the more probable explanation for the scarf-wearing is the fact that this guy is a seasoned poker player.

He's just as likely to be new as he is a seasoned player based on the "scarf theory" and none of those other "telling signs" that OP spoke about.

Like I said: newbie watches ESPN and sees a bunch of players with scarves wrapped around their neck...thinks it's cool...goes to the casino for the first time and wants to "fit in and look cool." To me, THAT is more probable. More of what I'm used to seeing in poker rooms.

So the guy wasn't a newbie after all? Okay, but that wasn't because he was wearing a scarf and we should've known better. That's absurd!

What I disagree with is her interpretation of what angling is.

Or that the individual understands that sometimes indoor locations in warm climates have A/C blasting.

I wear all that in various combinations and don't understand why it's a thing. I find it quite comfortable.

In theory, I've noticed that tools tend to get paid off more than they deserve.

Just part of the trickery of the game. At the end of the day, you can at least be assured that they will be looser than the average player that gives of a tight, knowledgeable image. They won't be looser than a genuine newbie but they will still be loose and just as long as you know that you will make chips/money of them.

Not to disagree, but it's been my experience that the hotter it is outside, the further below 'meat locker' poker rooms set the thermostat.

p.s. Not just poker rooms, it seems to me every florida business location; office, mall, store, theatre, etc. seems to go by this same policy.

So true. Nothing more annoying (BS wise) than a "new player" sitting down wearing a sweatshirt and jacket when it's 90 outside.

It was probably a hipster or pretentious college kid.

yeah, but there, where we pay it's always either a freezer or a sauna. I always say that in the parking lot you can tell who the poker player are.....they are the ones carrying hoodies & sweaters.

If it's who I think it is, then yes, the dude is a hipster.

Surprised people still actually try this but it threw me off about a mid 40s woman tried this in Vegas month or so ago.

Normal table she sits to my left and begins acting real ditsy "Please go easy on me guys I don't know this game very well" and would giggle and joke about wanting to gamble when raising pre.

Anyway about an hour in I crushed her QQ pretty good, with KJ or something, she mucked to my 3 bet on the river and went nuts on me.

"Nice hand you little punk kid, you think you're a good player and you didn't make it 4x Pre flop and only called etc etc" Her voice changed too. like 10 minutes later she left to a new table as I guess she realized the gig was up. Petty hilarious memory tho.

Grunch. I have yet to meet someone who pretends they have hardly played before to be good. Most actual "new guys" want to give the impression they know what's going on, either that or they totally asking/trying to do the right thing as quickly and inconspicuously as possible. So the actor almost always has it wrong.

I find the "new guy act" is usually put on by a guy who is infact fairly new but not a total newby, and his act is often interlaced with trying to give the impression they are so experienced/good that they have come up with the ingenious idea of pretending to be new, which later transpires in a "nudge nudge wink wink" kind of way. If they win a pot at the beginning this act will often become more animated and there play will often become even worse.

I don't dislike these people, I understand there plight, and still to this day find them somewhat amusing.

It's funny cus in England it's polar opposite (excuse the pun). I've lived in Florida and England. In England every shop is so blasted with the most disgusting artificial heat it just makes clothes shopping unbearable (especially if you're shopping with some overly polite and picky English girl) also Avoid busses and trains and NEVER get into a working class persons van/truck on a cold day!!