[Rushmore]

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so basically you'd prefer everyone -- amateurs and professionals alike -- played poker stone-faced at all times like Ivey and Greenstein ... is that about right?


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Would you say that someone like Greg Raymer conducts himself in an acceptable manner? I mean, I haven't seen him fall on the table when he wins or run around screaming 'THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN BOUT!!!" or berate any other player or cry when he loses with the second nut flush or start doing pushups in the middle of a hand or walk around "working the room" when he's out of the tournament, starved for face time on the television machine.

What I see is a man who knows how to carry himself in the world, who seems to have some regard for his personal dignity.

Ok, I got a little carried away, fair enough. But when I watch Harrington, Raymer, Lederer, Ivey, Greenstein, Brunson, or Seidel, I see men who know how to conduct themselves.

Much of the other stuff I see is simply embarassing, quite frankly.