Aspies may be good at poker ...

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My husband is good at poker, and I imagine his aspie traits do contribute to that. I on the other hand, don't have those same aspie traits. (But I did get a much larger dose of clumsiness than him. :/)

I've only played 5 card stud.

I play with my friends sometimes, and I'm alright at it, but it seems to me like I never get a good hand (either that or I have a great hand and don't notice)...then when I actually do get a great hand, nobody else has anything, so I don't end up winning very many chips @_@ But I do win sometimes

We don't play very seriously or anything, when we do play for money it's usually less than a buck...so I usually goof around a lot and bluff like crazy, especially if I have absolutely nothing...just to keep the game going, and to see what happens. Every once in a while I'll get someone to bluff with me, and I just barely have a higher hand than them. And then they're like "Why'd you keep betting if you didn't have anything?" and I like to think it keeps them on their toes a bit

It's more fun when you play for keeps. No money, items you don't want and get rid of them in the game.

Aspies may be good at poker, but I'd think it'd be more cause thinking logically is the default Aspie way of thinking. Part of being a good poker player is putting aside your emotions and letting your brain make your decisions and I think at least some Aspies are much better than your average person at that.

Anyway, the whole reading emotions aspect of poker I honestly would have to say would disfavor Aspies. Sure, you may be harder for others to read you, and of course them being able to read you would give them an advantage over you, but there's the flip side where you have to read the people you're playing against, and I wouldn't think that would exactly be an Aspie's strength. Simply put, not being able to read others is probably enough of a disadvantage that it would negate the advantage of them not being able to read you.

Well, I may or may not be an aspie, but I always beat my friends at poker

I guess it's mostly because they get very emotional about it, and play hands they shouldn't. I couldn't play it competitively however, since I'm just kind of generally averse to gambling for actual money and don't deal well under high pressure situations...

I played blackjack professionally for about three years and finally got in the black book. As an old gambler once said "It is a very hard way to make easy money".

I love playing card games, sometimes me and my friends will play 5 card stud, Texas Hold 'Em, occasionally my favorite, Blackjack. That is with real cards, LOL Since I'm real good with number patterns and can narrow down the possibilities of each card, sometimes I win

I should really get into online tournaments, anyone know of a good website for beginner who may be looking to make some $$$?

Yes. Playing for chips alone always turns out lame. Someone always decides to wager all their chips on a marginal hand just to be a douchebag. When you play for keeps the betting is more conservative.

That's the one thing I don't like about poker...I really like five card, but my friends only ever want to play Texas hold'em

I've been playing a lot of poker lately and was wondering the same thing: how does having AS affect one's chances of succeeding at poker?

ON the one hand, you can pretty easily think of a few advantages, such as flat effect and an intense interest i nthe nuts and bolts and systems of poker (probability, etc.). But on the other hand, I imagine an Aspie would find it very, very difficult to read other players and there might also be some executive functionining issues that might impact one's play. In Sklansky's Theory of Poker, he said that poker is a game of quick thinking in tense situations, which for this aspie is not a situation conducive to making good decisions.

My game has been improving, but sometimes I can't help but wonder if having AS will prevent me from advancing too far.

Nordic

An Aspie can be quite good at poker, especially if he has savant-like traits and learns how to count cards! Even though Rain Man had HFA and not AS, this question reminds me of the movie.

I don't think that being an aspie would necessarily make someone a good poker player. There's a lot more to it than trying to keep a 'poker face'. I've tried playing a couple of times and even though people find me hard to read, I've never won much of anything. Why? I keep forgetting the rules.

Counting cards =/= poker skill.

Counting cards is Blackjack, and it's something that will get you kicked out of a casino.

Poker is not a game where counting cards is a useful skill. In fact, if you play it skillfully, it's not even gambling, because it's not a game of luck.

I play Stud8. I'm pretty good, nothing special. I make a little money there, but my bankroll is small (just over $30), so I can only play in the smallest games. I once got it up to over $100 from $8, but I lost about $75 because I tried to play outside of the limits of my bankroll ($16 single table tourneys and $.25/$.50 cash games), and trying to play NLHE when I know I'm not very good at it. Now, I play the smaller limits, and am slowly building my bankroll up to the point where I can move up in limits.

Have you ever tried playing Omaha, it's very fun to play in my opinion. I love 'Hold em to, that's my favourite.

When I first started playing with my friends, I was rather easy to read and I found it difficult to read other players. However, through time and practice (and a bit of illegal playing online ) I'm rather difficult to read now and I find it much easier to read people now. I also understand to pot odds very well and I'm getting much better at implied odds (although I'm still learning as I go along with implied odds).

I think there is one thing we can all agree on with poker though - Poker is a very fascinating and fun game to play.

i have an almost savant skill with dominoes...funny since I am so functionally bad at math, I probably have dyscalculea. I find poker confusing...I can be fairly good at black jack.