[SteveM]

Ugh - that kind of play reminds me of a guy who used to play in our home game. He was probably a winning player overall, but not nearly as good as he thought he was. Nice guy otherwise, but he never failed to try any "sleazy" (IMHO) move he could, often involving deliberately misleading table talk. Naturally, these things (like your comment) usually only work on inexperienced players, but they were annonying to everyone else as well. Not only would it make the newbie feel bad/stupid/misled/etc. but it would put a damper on the game as well. My belief is that if you're a winning player, you should be able to win just as much or even more by simply playing smart and being nice at the table.

Did the guy come back next week?

Bring on the flames (but note that I'm talking about low stakes home games [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]).