Re: Poker Player\'s Ego
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I don’t ever recall playing a game of pool, going bowling with friends, playing tennis, Basketball while insulting other's play.
-You call that a top spin?
–What a horrible passing shot.
- Jumping like that you are lucky to dunk.
-You may have gotten a strike but your form was horrible.
- Good luck making the 8 ball you pool fish.
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Based on this post, this isn't what those posters are doing. They are not directly insulting poor players but giving a setting for the situation they are in. None of your examples shows them insulting their opponents during a session. That's not to say there isn't a little crossover in what you are saying, but it is much different.
Poker is a very ego driven, predatory game. When they do it out in the open, then I think it's much more to bring attention to themselves. Which makes them look like idiots if they do that. But I don't see that in the examples you gave.
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