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Old 10-21-2005, 07:40 AM
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Default Re: Why Can\'t Poker Players Behave?

was it you or Al Capone who told me the story of dealing in the big game and one of you said you'd rather just deal in the main room - too much stress and no tips and everyone was an [censored].

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Old 10-21-2005, 12:30 PM
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Yes, there is a disproportionately high percentage of absolute walking anuses in the poker world. It's one of the things that makes me not want to play anymore, etc etc.

A better question is this: Why the f*ck even GO to the buffet in the first place? I mean, you know that the entire tournament is running over there, PLUS the usual dinner crowd.

So there you are, relatively well-off financially, and you're gonna stand in a line for twenty minutes to eat at the buffet to save what would amount to one half of one big bet (tax deductible) in your usual game.

Duh.

I am nowhere near as financially comfortable as a lot of these guys, and I invariably give the coupon to somebody, get up and walk at a brisk pace to the furthest point from the poker room, so that I might eat in peace.

I mean, does what I am saying make any sense?
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Old 10-21-2005, 12:48 PM
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Yes, there is a disproportionately high percentage of absolute walking anuses in the poker world. It's one of the things that makes me not want to play anymore, etc etc.

A better question is this: Why the f*ck even GO to the buffet in the first place? I mean, you know that the entire tournament is running over there, PLUS the usual dinner crowd.

So there you are, relatively well-off financially, and you're gonna stand in a line for twenty minutes to eat at the buffet to save what would amount to one half of one big bet (tax deductible) in your usual game.

Duh.

I am nowhere near as financially comfortable as a lot of these guys, and I invariably give the coupon to somebody, get up and walk at a brisk pace to the furthest point from the poker room, so that I might eat in peace.

I mean, does what I am saying make any sense?

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Completely! The last thing I would want to do while involved in a tournament is to eat with the people that I'm playing agianst - espeically if they were/are jerks.

I would do the same as you - give the free lunch to someone who really wants it and go some place else. The price of the meal is the cost of donig business.

Reminds me a little (but not to the same scale) of when I lived in Florida. A friend/acquaintance of mine is married to a someone who makes good money, they live in an expensive house, drive nice cars, and so on. When they bought their generator after the second hurricane to hit the state last year, they were the first in line to ask FEMA for a voucher on that generator.

I don't get it.
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Old 10-21-2005, 01:43 PM
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Makes perfect sense. I'm the same way. Although, don't necessarily assume that most of these folks are more financially secure than you are. Most, I would say, are living day to day, often having to beg and borrow their entry fees, etc.

Because most of these folks' bankroll is always "in play", so to speak, this is a very low level of financial security.

Because of this constant stress and guilt about not having a more productive job, they have more of a tendency to act like asses, to make up for and hide their own insecurities and shortcomings.

TSP
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Old 10-21-2005, 04:03 PM
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If anyone is abusive or disrespectful, regardless of fame or wealth, they should get punched out. It really is that simple.

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Old 10-22-2005, 02:01 PM
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Default Re: Why Can\'t Poker Players Behave?

It can be very dangerous to your health to be abusive to someone who handles your food.
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Old 10-22-2005, 02:14 PM
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Default Re: A Better Question

That's what I do/did (except I usually keep the coupon and save it for a future date assuming it doesn't expire for a few days).


If I'm unable to beat the crowd of poker-players and be one of the first one to the buffet then I'm skipping it and it's not even close.
If it means getting a burger at whatever snack-bar in the casino then that's what I'm doing.


I have no idea what the situation with these guys was...but I'm assuming that it had something to do with the buffet going too slowly and these guys needed to make it back before play resumed.


Why anyone who has been to an event or three wouldn't see in advance that it's probably too crowded and they aren't going to make it is beyond me.
Even NEVER having been to an event before I could just kind of look at the line and make a judgement about whether there will be enough time.
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