Help! My girlfriend wants to watch!!
 

So she smiles when I make the money in a MTT.
She happily agrees to dinners and snacks that poker profits provide.
She doesn't even mind reading at night while I multi-table.
But this weekend we are going to be in Vegas, I play, she shops, we're both happy. . .until she asks if she can sit behind me at the Bellagio and watch for a few hours.
She's heard that its been done.
ARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
Blackjack and sportsbook here I come. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Re: Help! My girlfriend wants to watch!!
 

Why should this be an issue? Just tell her that it's very important that she not show any emotion when you're in a hand and that she not ask you why you played a hand a certain way until you're both away from the table.

In all likelihood, she'll get bored after 30 minutes and leave to go shopping.

Re: Help! My girlfriend wants to watch!!
 

My wife sat behind me for over an hour the other night in a single table satalite at the WPO. She doesn't read hands very well, and has no idea why and how I play certain hands the way I do, so emotion CAN'T come into play. She knows not to discuss hands until later if she must. She also knows I'm not going to be good company when shes sitting there. We've talked about the fact that even though I may not be in a hand it's very important to watch how others are playing their hands. With that in mind I'm not going to be good company. If you talk to your girlfriend prior to playing about some of these things she'll either sit behind you and behave or change her mind about it altogether. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Just be glad she a semi kinky voyeur. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Husker

Re: Help! My girlfriend wants to watch!!
 

Dude, just let her sweat you and be happy you have a girl you not only doesn't sigh at your poker hobby, but actually supports you in it. Most aren't that fortunate.

GoT

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I don't get why this is a bad thing.

It sounds cool.... if she's cool.

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Dude, just let her sweat you and be happy you have a girl you not only doesn't sigh at your poker hobby, but actually supports you in it. Most aren't that fortunate.

GoT

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Seriously. My guys have to deal with their girls complaining about the poker.

She will probably get bored and leave anyway.

Re: Help! My girlfriend wants to watch!!
 

My wife has sat and watched behind me at Foxwoods a few times.

I can't imagine it's all that interesting but she says she's not bored.

Oh, and I don't show her the cards until after the hand, if at all.

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My wife has sat and watched behind me at Foxwoods a few times.

I can't imagine it's all that interesting but she says she's not bored.

Oh, and I don't show her the cards until after the hand, if at all.

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My GF has said the same thing watching me play craps. In my case, she was clearly lying.

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My GF has said the same thing watching me play craps. In my case, she was clearly lying.

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If I give her nine chances to go do something else and she doesn't, she can't blame me if she's bored.