Sunglasses Help Please

[kinger]

I know this is probably a lame question, but I need some help with my sunglasses purchase.

I wear regular glasses and contacts don't work for me. I want to get a pair of sunglasses that go completely over my regular glasses and cover the sides as well. That way no one can see my eyes from the side.

I think I saw Alan Goering(sp) wearing a pair like this on a TV event.

I have casually looked for them at the nearby mall and Walmart and this type is obviously not popular with the nonpoker playing crowd.

Can someone recommend a pair that they purchased from an online site? I don't want to buy a pair online unless it is recommended from someone. I figure if I buy them without seeing it first, the glasses will not end up being the best ones.

thanks!
kinger

[TheMetetron]

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I know this is probably a lame question, but....

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You should have trusted your instinct.

Why the hell do you need sunglasses that go around your entire head?

[ononimo]

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I wear regular glasses and contacts don't work for me. I want to get a pair of sunglasses that go completely over my regular glasses and cover the sides as well. That way no one can see my eyes from the side.

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if you mean these, i hope - for your sake - you're at least 65 years old. that's the only thing that makes wearing these halfway understandable (and even then ...):

[kinger]

I think those will work. Now I have to figure out where to buy them.

[PoorLawyer]

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I think those will work. Now I have to figure out where to buy them.

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Go to an early bird special and snatch them off someone's face.

Oh man, I hope you are joking. That is hilarious. Doctors usually give those to you for free after an eye exam for dilated pupils.

Anecdote time: Last weekend while playing 2-4, I was sitting at 1 and the guy sitting at 4, who had obviously learned everything he knew about poker from watching WPT on TV, was wearing mirrorshades. They reflected his hand nicely. I couldn't make out exact cards, but I could determine if the front card was an ace, a face card, high or low pips, and red or black. They were wraparounds, so I knew the guy at 2 could also see, and possibly 3 as well.

After twenty minutes, the guy had lost about $80 trying to be Gus Hansen, so I took pity on him and told him. The look on his face was worth not getting the rest of his chips. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

They are the RayBan,Oakly and Spy cool sunglasses all wrapped into one for the 70+ crowd. I can get you a pair since my gramma's cataract surgery was a success.

You can most likely see these glasses on an old lady behind the wheel of an insanely large Caddy or Lincoln as she drives 45mph in the left lane with the left signal blinking for the last 6 miles. I know you have seen one of her clones, blue hair and all.

BTW, She sped up to 45MPH cause she is late for her weekly Kanasta game.

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You're probably not going to get much help here because most folks on this forum don't think too highly of people the wear shades at low limit games.I hope they're not too harsh on you.
On the other hand,where and when do you play?

[kinger]

I am not a low limit player, I play $100 NL tournaments online and have been in 3 WPT events. I am a winning poker player like most other people on 2+2. I never tried sunglasses before and wanted to give it a shot.

People can be harsh if they want, I know these glasses look lame, but I am not concerned with impressing anyone here.

I play in a home game and often look for tells and can be reasonable successful. Friends of mine in the home game have commented that I stare a little too much which is why I want to try glasses. If I can look for tells when people don't know I am looking then I might be even more successful.

I also play on the internet 90% of the time and have plans to play in WPT Foxwoods again this Nov. Since I don't play live as much, I do think that I also give off some tells. I know this is a weakness of mine which is why I'd like to try sunglasses before the event.

thanks,
kinger