What to do when a bad player at the table asks you about his play

[mockingbird]

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My response to this would be to ask why I should be responsible for educating, or even acting kindly toward this player. I would also ask you what limits you play. If I was playing some $100 max buy-in game, I could understand, and perhaps agree with what you are saying here. However, as a student, the money that this poor fool has brought to the poker table will hopefully become my tuition payment. According to you, I should give him truthful advice because he has not taken the time to read the books or make an effort to improve his game? I am not a professional, nor do I aspire to be, but I hardly look at the poker games in which I play as a sporting, friendly, or brotherly. I guess, when it comes down to it, I will do whatever is necessary, within the rules and without shooting angles, to win.


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We are all responsible for acting kindly whenever possible. If you don't instinctively know that then I think there is a piece of the normal human psyche that you are missing.

You don't sound like a very nice guy. And I don't believe that nice guys finish last.