Do LAGS have more fun, and other important questions
 

As a purported TAG, this is what I wonder about the LAGS:

(1) Do they have more fun?
(2) Do they have a shorter lifespan, both in poker terms and in "real life"?
(3) Do they have huge, insufferable egos outside of poker?
(4) Do they have more sex?
(5) Do they brake for animals?
(6) Do they brush in between meals?
(7) Do they care about global warming?
(8) Do they believe in life after poker, or life after death, and do they believe there is a difference?

But mostly, I wonder about number 1.

Anyone know the answers?

Re: Do LAGS have more fun, and other important questions
 

all i know is they are latent homosexuals.

Re: Do LAGS have more fun, and other important questions
 

i have no idea what your average 50/30/3 horrible lag is thinking. but when i'm tilting i like to drop down to a very shorthanded 0.02/0.04 table and press the bet/raise button everytime the action's on me. i think it's pretty funny how horribly they adjust.

Re: Do LAGS have more fun, and other important questions
 

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all i know is they are latent homosexuals.

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I don't find raising 83 os on the big blind against three people to be latently homosexual. In fact, it's in-your-face gayness.

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Hidden underneath my OP - perhaps pretty far underneath - is the inkling of a serious question.

Do LAGs actually have more fun, or at least more fun when they're winning (than do TAGs when they're winning)?

Re: Do LAGS have more fun, and other important questions
 

lags just wanna have fun
(i love playing lag, so probably)

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Jeez, whats with all the psych posts coming to SSHUSH? I mean, of course you love this forum, it rocks, but don't you think psych people will get jealous?

The following answers assume one very large assumption - that poker playing LAGs are reflecting the way the way they live the rest of their lives. Many LAGs will otherwise be totally different in their "normal" life.

That given...

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(1) Do they have more fun?

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LAGs throw caution to the wind and don't care much about risk. I imagine people like this have more "fun" (a pertinent example of social LAGs would be those from the MTV show Jackass) than risk managers, but end up in many more sticky situations.


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(2) Do they have a shorter lifespan, both in poker terms and in "real life"?

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This one is hard to quantify. Successful business LAGs, for example, door-to-door salespeople (relying on charisma, a strong image and persistence) may have longer poker lives as they will have an income to lose at the tables.

As for long life, i imagine LAGs smoke and drink a lot, but may also work out, caring as they do about a strong image.

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(3) Do they have huge, insufferable egos outside of poker?

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I imagine they will care a lot about their image. Whether they brag depends on their upbringing and culture; they will either be vocal egotists or will be the sort of people who hate to get their reality shattered and thus don't talk about their business.


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(4) Do they have more sex?

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DEFINITELY. LAGs don't care about risk, so they will approach more women, be more forward and care less about repercussions. many LAGs will get more ass than Heathrow airport's toilet seats.

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(5) Do they brake for animals?

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I don't think even LAGs are deliberate animal killers.

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(6) Do they brush in between meals?

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Do they brush?

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(7) Do they care about global warming?

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Hell, no!

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(8) Do they believe in life after poker, or life after death, and do they believe there is a difference?

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a) LAGs have too much fun living life to care about the future.
b) LAGs aren't necessarily poker addicts, and could get on fine without poker, so saying life after death = life after poker is a bit farfetched.

How do they suit? Thinking of becoming a LAG, Wynton?

Re: Do LAGS have more fun, and other important questions
 

LAGs suck at poker. That is all that matters.

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Jeez, whats with all the psych posts coming to SSHUSH? I mean, of course you love this forum, it rocks, but don't you think psych people will get jealous?

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You've got a good point. This probably belongs somewhere else. But I'm more interested in the opinions of people here, even about silly things.

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How do they suit? Thinking of becoming a LAG, Wynton?

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I just can't help myself. I get LAG envy.

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i have no idea what your average 50/30/3 horrible lag is thinking. but when i'm tilting i like to drop down to a very shorthanded 0.02/0.04 table and press the bet/raise button everytime the action's on me. i think it's pretty funny how horribly they adjust.

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I did this a while ago when I hit a horrible slump on Paradise. It was the most fun I ever had. Despite having just dropped 100 or so BB at my normal level, I was literally rolling on the floor laughing at how much fun it was. Delivering bad beats--like capping every street with K6o and hitting runner-runner for a winning straight to suck out on a flopped set--was incredibly fun. Players had no idea how to adapt to such craziness. One guy called on the river with 7 high, because he knew I was bluffing, of course.

In short, I had way more fun being a maniac at .02/.04 than I've ever had being a reasonable player at 2/4. So I'd say that LAG's probably do have more fun.