Not “most likely”. He can definitely see through the cards since he mentions it to Worf in an episode. He only does it after the hand is played but even that could be considered cheating since he might be able to tell what your bluffs look like.
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If Geordi can see through the cards, then he can also see through their clothes..
Just sayin'
Pretty sure he can see through their skin.
I'm... fairly certain he couldn't make out the details.
JWST can swap which wavelengths they are looking at. You're telling me Geordi can't?
He probably just has to hit a button and it goes to ir or x-ray or EHF.
In one episode he claimed that he got all the wavelengths at once, compressed through the visor so that his brain could handle it, and that he had to just focus really hard to filter out extraneous ones. He compared it to trying to follow a single conversation in a noisy room (think a bar or club or something). So I guess maybe he could have spent a bunch of time as a teen focusing on that specific wavelength?
I like to think the mini menu in the lower center is a mid 2ks share bar for Myspace, Tumblr, Twitter, etc.
Oh that's definitely cheating
Geordi can't cheat, because he's always single.
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The man takes risks on the reg, just to feel something.
Every fucking time he ends up as (temp) captain it's some huge gamble
When he ends up commanding the ENT-D he always ends up losing control of the ship
Are you implying that they are letting him win?!
He’s the boss. Of course they let him win.
Wesley was right?
You shut your mouth.
More evidence of how goody-two-shoes the crew is, they never cheat. These are people who would die to not kill someone who is trying to murder them. Intentional and great world building.
Geordi outright told them he looks at the cards, but only after the hand is over. I would still argue that counts as cheating since it lets him get a better idea for when the others are bluffing.
Perhaps, though if he admitted it to the crew and they're ok with it, it's not necessarily in the spirit of cheating.
He did one game, but advised Worf to get cards that are opaque.
Data should pretty much never lose though. Someone over at reddit Daystrum Institute has done several write ups of why the poker doesn't make any sense most of the times we see it
Brilliant analysis. I do agree with one of the replies saying the game is less about winning and more about a fun social experience (except Word who is taking it seriously).
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If only we could agree such ideals make us stronger as a species, least be honest with each other... And hopefully others if we get to meet them.
Data also has the ultimate poker face.
He does realize that his tell is literally just his willingness to play a hand. If Data doesn't fold, you should.
Is Data playing, though, or just dealing?
Is he dealing or is he just coping?
Is he coping or just surviving?
Is he just surviving or eye-of-the-tigering?
Is he eye of the tigering or subconsciously stacking the deck to pass a message to himself in future iterations of a temporal causality loop?
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data is usually also playing, theres a whole episode where he finds out what bluffing is
The best player unless Crusher is at the table.
You don't count cards in poker. That's blackjack
With his hands and then every card revealed he can in fact count the cards and calculate the probability. As well as profile every players past games and day to day life.
It doesn't require counting cards, as he there isn't any long term play (blackjack uses the same initial decks for multiple rounds).
But you're right that he could calculate probabilities of each person having other hands. However, the thing with poker is that it's about bluffing and choosing when/when not to take risks. He could build profiles for each person, but that assumes a consistent plan/strategy.
Keeping track of the odds with a single deck doesn't take a positronic brain. Anyone could do it with some practice.
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But he could analyze the shuffle in real time and know the order of the cards.
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The Screencap almost made me think this was an early 90s game.
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