'Poker face' is the unsafe bet; LEISURE: Warning to gamblers as big game gets under way.Byline: By Chris Henwood POKER fans heading to a pounds 100,000 tournament starting in Birmingham today have been warned to steer clear of playing a hand with a certain man. He is said to have the perfect poker face - expressionless and devoid of emotion, never giving away the strength of his hand. It is a mish-mash of the facial features Facial Features See also anatomy; beards; body, human; eyes. gnathism the condition of having an upper jaw that protrudes beyond the plane of the face. — gnathic, adj. of the last ten winners of the World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. It is held annually in Las Vegas, lasting just over a month. A bracelet is awarded to the winner of each of the fifty-plus events which include all the major varieties of poker. , held in Las Vegas, who scooped a total of more than EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 42 million. CircusCasino.com put the face together, with its Roman nose, jutting jut v. jut·ted, jut·ting, juts v.intr. To extend outward or upward beyond the limits of the main body; project: chin, cupped out ears and wide set eyes, thanks to the help of a personologist, or face reader. Peter Nolan, managing director of Circus Casino.com, said: "If you're lucky enough to be born with some of these desirable facial characteristics it could benefit your poker playing, but even if you don't have the perfect poker face, or you're not a great bluffer, you can always play on-line where your face or its expression won't matter." Around 200 competitors are expected to battle it out at Circus Casino, in Star City, for a share of a guaranteed pounds 100,000 prize pot. Naomi Tickle, personologist and author of You Can Read a Face Like a Book, said: "Looking at these ten successful players there are many remarkable similarities, suggesting that there may well be a poker face look. "Interestingly, many of the traits are ones you would normally see in actors and successful business people - it seems a good poker player mixes commercial nous with theatrical flair." Players have been competing in qualifiers over the last three months for a chance to play in the fourday tournament with big time players Dave Colclough - the Welsh number one - and top female pro Lucy Rokach among those to have secured places. CAPTION(S): FACE-OFF...the perfect poker face |
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