Celebrities are often seen donning different outfits and accessories to portray their
fashion statements, Kim Kardashian did mange to take📈 headlines as usual back in 2024 by
wearing mirrored glasses at the “If Only” charity poker tournament in Texas.
This act
📈 of hers quickly caught the fire on internet through memes as people flocked to call the
move idiotic or stupid📈 and started making statements like “Any time you feel like an
idiot and nobody takes you seriously, remember that Kim📈 Kardashian once played poker
with mirrored sunglasses.”
Making fun of the incident is one thing, but do mirrored
glasses really act📈 as a disadvantage for the poker players or do people just believe
this from watching it in movies or drama?📈 There are many other speculations on why Kim
wore those glasses.
Rich people usually like to flaunt their wealth with expensive
📈 day-to-day equipments from premium brands and these premium brands do not hesitate to
promote them through celebrities. Many believe that📈 Kim wore these glasses in order to
advertise the brand.
Others believe that she had previously heard about pros wearing
mirrored📈 glasses during tournament or regular matches and wanted to copy them in order
to look professional herself and gain some📈 more traction from media.
Yes you read it
correct, several pro poker players do wear mirrored glasses during tournaments and as
📈 silly as it sounds it is for their advantage. These include some well-known names like
Phil Laak, Chris Moneymaker, Connor📈 Drinan, Iwan Jones, Scott Fischman, Qui Nguyen and
many more.
While in theory, wearing mirrored glasses may sound something that give📈 you
disadvantage, it is actually a great way to hide your confuse your opponents on your
next move and maintain📈 your opponent to bluff.
It is a common misconception that
players will be able to see your cards through the reflection📈 of mirrored glasses which
can technically be correct, but players never pick up their cards during a tournament.
Instead, they📈 just partially bend the corners after the hand is dealt.
Another great
advantage of mirrored glasses is that they hide or📈 at least make it hard for other to
figure out your expressions. This in turn can make the other players📈 anxious to know
what you might be thinking and make your moves during the game more
unpredictable.
Being not able to📈 predict what others are thinking during any general
conversation makes everyone uncomfortable and lose their cool. This can have a📈 drastic
effect on one’s concentration which may lead to them making a wrong move and
potentially lose the round.
In conclusion,📈 mirrored glasses only have disadvantages in
theory and prove rather as an advantage to people who know what they are📈 doing. With a
little practice, anyone can use mirrored glasses to their advantage.
So does Kim
wearing the mirrored glasses during📈 the poker tournament was a bad and stupid move as
people were claiming it to be? Probably not, but it📈 did not stop her from becoming an
instant hit in the memes’ culture once again and gain publicity.
