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Re: The Clueless Loser at the Table
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FWIW, I see lots of lawyers and doctors playing live. They look tired, they look overworked. They want to lose. They want to "give a little back." I think lots of them have guilty feelings. [/ QUOTE ] How much you charge per half-hour, Dr. Freud? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I don't know about doctors, but the amount of time the lawyers who are making the most money spend at the office should get rid of any guilt regarding money. |
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Re: The Clueless Loser at the Table
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What's their problem? [/ QUOTE ] not having a single clue about how to play poker doesn't have to be a 'problem'. some people just don't know how to play and don't care. incredibly enough, MOST people have no interest in sitting around and reading a bunch of poker books....but some of these people DO actually like to play. (similar to a former roommate of mine who I thoguht could be a REALLY good chess player if he put his mind to it...I recommended a couple of books to him...he said 'Hey...I like to play...but I don't want to waste my free-time reading about it.') first time i played casino poker was in 1997 when I was driving through Biloxi. Didn't even know what 'hold-em' meant. So I played stud (probably 1-5 I'm guessing). Had no idea what i was doing. After a couple of hours it occured to me that a lot of the other players were folding a LOT more than me. I think I played almost every hand. And stayed in there on most hands on the off-chance that I might 'catch' something. I was having fun, winning some, losing some, and it never even occured to me that my strategy was so terrible that I had virtually no chance of winning long-term while some of my opponents did. Next time I played poker was Feb, 2003 on Pokerstars. I still couldn't remember if a flush beat a full-house or vice-versa. I bet that I played around 80% of my hands. i also didn't understand what the 'NL' or 'limit' or 'PL' desgination next to the games in the lobby meant. Then I noticed the slide-bad and started to figure it out little by little. Just a few of my total-noob experiences. Some people like to take bad-odds on the craps table, or play ANY bet roulette (they're all pretty bad) or make -EV plays on the BJ table (like standing on their 15 vs. a T...much less the guys who 'have a hunch' and double-down on their hard-13). Other guys like to play poker my 'hunch' without really actually 'thinking' too much about it. If you want to know what the deal is with poker-players who just don't know how to play very well and don't care then I suggest looking around the casino at ALL the other customers having a good, or not-so-good, time at all the other -EV games in the place. |
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Re: The Clueless Loser at the Table
In two years you went from retard bad to multitabling 5/10 good, wow...... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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Re: The Clueless Loser at the Table
Maybe their problem is you not tipping is putting them on tilt.
"I don't understand why this guy thinks he's so special that he doesn't have to chip in like we all do." They get so mad they just have to play 94o. Good strategy. |
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Re: The Clueless Loser at the Table
At least speaking about the $5-$10 through $20-$40 limits, I can't remember the last time that there were fewer than 3 people that were "clueless" at a full-table.
Table selection ahoy! Barron Vangor Toth BarronVangorToth.com |
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