Re: Educating the fish
I still don't really understand why people get their panties in such a bunch about stuff like this. I'm pretty sure the fraction of people whose ears will perk up and lead them off on a quest for poker enlightenment (and for whom that quest will be fruitful) is small. And even if they do, so what? While I'm happy about trying to win when I play, the notion of trying my utmost to keep the unwashed masses uninformed is unappealing to me. This isn't to say I go out of my way to give advice when playing online, but I don't really mind when people do it, at least theoretically.
The main thing that sucks about table coaching in practice is that it frequently makes the person doing it come across as a dick, because there's usually a tone along the lines of "I can't believe how stupid you are you [censored] n00b," and I'm all for fewer people being dicks at the poker table, when possible.
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