My wife - the fish

[Big Bend]

Me I've read 40+ poker books in the last 2 years and love making +EV decisions. My wife likes to play poker with me sometimes, and I've gotten her to read some books (TOP, SSH, HOH1&2, few others). We enjoy sitting at tables together. But she thinks playing "winning" poker is boring, so she plays WAY too many hands. I've tried over and over, begging her, PLEASE don't play crap hands in bad position, but its all for naught. I really lost it the other day when she played K9 os UTG, then proceeded to get "lucky" when the board paired so the guy with KJ had to chop the pot with her. She then proceeds to tell me "I would have thought you'd be happy that I won the pot" while I'm wailing about how she didn't win anything but got her $$ back.. etc etc..

So now she says she won't play with me anymore unless I shutup and let her have fun chasing her runner runners and gutshots. Apparently thats what she enjoys, catching long shot draws and sucking out on people. But of course after most sessions she's down then is upset about losing. Its a can't win proposition seems like to me.

Any suggestions on how I can get her to see the light - to be patient for good hands and quit playing like crap? Shes done reading books unfortunately.. I love fish like her in my games I just wish she wasn't one of them.

thx.. Allen