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Weatherman, I was mostly kidding about the pack analogy, but there are some similarites. You are right about the players uniting to pounce on the weak, but sometimes there is also pack-like behavior in other situations, like when the whole table rolls over in submission to the boss dog by refusing to call him. There usually is a pecking order established at a table, and it is not always based on stack sizes alone. Some players assume dominance by reputation alone, others try to establish it by "strutting" with an imposing table image, or with loud banter or aggressive betting. The table captain role is an easy one to identify, I'm also interested in the roles other players take at the table and the struggle for dominance within a group of people in competition.

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