SOURCE: www.post-gazette.com

Poker players are not known for their fashion sense.

Think of all the scruffy-looking men with mirrored sunglasses, bluffing and double bluffing their way through televised poker shows.

But what a player wears to the poker table can be very revealing—and we don't mean in the skin-baring sense.

Judi James, author of "Poker Face: Mastering Body Language to Bluff, Read Tells and Win," said the way someone chooses to dress can give valuable clues to the way he or she plays cards.

Ms. James, a British body language expert, gives poker analysis of the following types of dressers:

Power Dressers -- These people play poker in designer clothes, status-symbol watches and sharp suits. Ms. James said they are highly competitive and driven by the need to win. "Expect industrial-strength bluffs," she said.

Attention-seeking dressers -- Forget tasteful ensembles. These people go for bright colors and patterns and eye-catching accessories. Think women in stilettos and men in designer shoes.

Ms. James said these people will be "flashily competitive players, more concerned with image than the power aspect of winning." Expect them to bluff a lot and take big risks. They prefer to overact bluffing than subdue themselves into a poker face, she said.

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