Do they ever show Data playing poker with the emotion chip? I don’t recall seeing a poker game in the movies…
I only ask because in TNG they show Data not being able to tell all the time when someone is bluffing. So I’m wondering if that got better when he has emotions…
All Good Things…" — Season 7, Episodes 25–26 (1994)
Star Trek: Picard came to an end in a manner very familiar to fans of TNG. After closing down Guinan’s bar in 24th century Los Angeles, the former crew of the USS Enterprise-D settled into a game of poker. In the TNG finale specifically, Picard finally joins the poker game for the first time, with Data dealing
Star Trek: Picard
“Remembrance” — Season 1, Episode 1 (2020)
Jean-Luc Picard sits down with Data for a friendly game of poker and a spot of tea, but the showdown yields unbelievable results for the retired Admiral. This is a dream/simulation sequence set at the very start of the series. Paramount+
“The Last Generation” — Season 3 Finale (2023)
The credits rolled with the lifelong friends laughing and happily talking with each other as Jean-Luc Picard dealt a fresh hand of cards at a final poker game reuniting the TNG crew — including Data (now in a new android body).
I certainly don’t remember those episodes in detail, but I suspect they didn’t spend a ton of time on it
Knowing Geordi can tune his visor sensitivities and spectrum, I would bet he “lowers the sensitivity” in order to play fairly. And I trust Geordi enough to not cheat unless he suspects someone else is, and then only to confirm cheating.
And Riker could also be just that good at his poker face when he wants to be.
Here is a trick to acting. Believe the scene. When you are in it, it is real. The more you believe that you are there in reality, the better the acting comes across. I imagine lying or bluffing in poker works the same. If I have a pair but convince myself to believe, really truly believe I’ve got a full house and bet and act accordingly, I can bluff better. Self deception is an art.
Geordi and Data cheat
Data doesn’t cheat. He is just sending coded messages to the other players across time.
If he ends up taking all their money at the end of it, that’s more their fault than his.
Do they ever show Data playing poker with the emotion chip? I don’t recall seeing a poker game in the movies…
I only ask because in TNG they show Data not being able to tell all the time when someone is bluffing. So I’m wondering if that got better when he has emotions…
The only instances that might come close I found…
I certainly don’t remember those episodes in detail, but I suspect they didn’t spend a ton of time on it
OK, so is this spirit CGI Data then?
In that case, forget it
Don’t forget the empath.
Geordi doesn’t cheat. He only looks after the hand is done.
But that makes me wonder why he can’t read Riker like a book since he’ll see every time he bluffs and could note whatever his tells might be.
Knowing Geordi can tune his visor sensitivities and spectrum, I would bet he “lowers the sensitivity” in order to play fairly. And I trust Geordi enough to not cheat unless he suspects someone else is, and then only to confirm cheating.
And Riker could also be just that good at his poker face when he wants to be.
Here is a trick to acting. Believe the scene. When you are in it, it is real. The more you believe that you are there in reality, the better the acting comes across. I imagine lying or bluffing in poker works the same. If I have a pair but convince myself to believe, really truly believe I’ve got a full house and bet and act accordingly, I can bluff better. Self deception is an art.
That would still be cheating if the other player doesn’t have to and also doesn’t want to show their cards.
You’d get kicked out of any serious poker game if you reached over and looked at a hand that was intentionally not shown.
Sorry. My comment about him not cheating was in jest. Hence why i mentioned him cheating immediately after.
I don’t believe that for a second