Home Etiquette (This would make you mad too)
I was playing a small sit and go with 10 friends this past weekend.
Shortstacked against the two chip leaders I pushed all in after the biggest stack folded. I had about $2400 in chips left with the blinds at $400-800.
The player who was still debating to 'call' my hand had actually picked up his cards from the table.. which I translated as "he was ready to fold his hand". A player who had been knocked out of the tournament, who was still sitting at the table says. "You could knock him out right here." So the guy decides to call me with 10-2 off vs. my K-4 off. Without blowing my stack, I told him to "Please shut the **** up, and don't help anyone else in the hand, especially when you're not even in the tournament. On the flop, the caller hit a deuce, but I turned a king to take the pot down and eventually win the tournament.
The point is, this sort of talk is not allowed in a casino, and for good reasons.
What do you think is the best way I should handle establishing some rules at our home game? And players that talk about hands?
Thanks,
nutz
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