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Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card by gretch on Monday August 11, 2025 @11:48PM (#44872196)
The original claim is that people misconceive "that poker is about lying or that you need to lie to play poker"

Just because other people may try to lie to you, does not mean that you need to lie in order to succeed.

No one said "lying can't be used at all"

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Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card by TZubiri on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @01:59AM (#44872898)
My claim is a bit stronger, not only can you play without lying, but you don't sacrifice anything, you can play at top level without lying, and you gain no advantage by lying. In essence at optimal play you ignore whatever your opponent says, there is only the bets and game actions, which are independent from the cards held.
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