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Fold | 17 | 21.52% | |
Call | 21 | 26.58% | |
Reraise | 41 | 51.90% | |
Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
The city that I live in has a reputation as being an 'easy mark' for panhandlers. We get people from all over the area that bus in and panhandle on our streets. One woman has a nice house two towns over who collects disability yet panhandles with the pitch 'Help Victims of Domestic Violence'.
My standard reply is "I'm sorry, I can't help you." When confronted at the poker table, my reply is the same. |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
Happened a couple times on Absolute, I tell them that they have been good luck for me since they have been there and that if I reach X amount I will give them a few bucks (LIE).
X is about +50BB so I had a cheering section for awhile before they got tired of waiting. |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
I either make fun of them if I'm feeling witty or ignore them if I'm not.
Stars is the worst for panhandlers-probably because you can make micro-transfers from player to player. The main problem at Party are the dooshbags selling "Party Poker Cracked" and similar crap. I've seen little panhandling at the other sites I play (UB, Full Tilt, Planet, 24h). |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
You know, I voted for "ignore", but after some of the responses, I might feel compelled to come up with a witty remark or two if I encounter a panhandler (not that I ever find any at the .5/1 tables).
[ QUOTE ] The main problem at Party are the dooshbags selling "Party Poker Cracked" and similar crap. [/ QUOTE ] I was watching my brother play $25 NL on Party the other day and someone came along trying to sell some BS like that. My response, "Lose weight now! Ask me how!" Got a few chuckles, which makes me the coolest. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
They usually don't usually come to the 2/4 tables so it's not a problem for me, though I wish they would so I could [censored] with them.
One of my friends plays 15/30 and he gets a good laugh with them. He will have them write poems or songs about how great he is or how much of a pathetic loser the person is to be asking for a dollar. Then tell them the song isn't good enough and to write another or do something else. Then after a bit he will just screw with them and tell them he transfered the money. Tell them he was feeling generous and went ahead and added a couple zeros to the end of what he was asking for, so he transfered $500 instead of $5. Then the guy gets all excited until it's been like 20 mins and no money. Then the nice closer is always to repeat the song about the person being a loser and telling them that is why they aren't getting any money. You gotta have fun with the punks at their own expense and then report them [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
(A) If you can afford a computer (or a day old chili dog, for that matter) how come you don't have a buck to play with?
(B) How much of a genius/zen monk/lucky bastard would you have to be to parlay a dollar bankroll into anything? You're actualy being kind by NOT putting somebody in that situation. |
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Beware the panhandler trick
often they come to table and all of a sudden start talking to me like im a friend or buddy. They say hows it going, real chummy and all, and of course i don't know if i know the person, i have played and chatted with so many i may have forgotten.
Then they also talk about how you clenaed them out last time etc... then eventually they get to tpart asking if i could help them out and lend anything from $5 to $100 and i know they been trying to play me. Thing is, i have seen others fall for this |
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
I guess I'm a sucker but one time on stars i actually loaned someone $2. I was jerking them around for about 15 minutes and finally felt bad and gave them the money. They payed me back 3 days later. I stopped playing stars and when i returned about 3 months later the person was playing $200 NL and winning.
I asked for my 15%....he said to check my account.... JKratzer |
#9
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Re: What do you do when someone comes to your table and panhandles?
I tell them to cyber-sex the entire table and I'll send them a buck.
...and yes...9 times out of 10...they do ...and no...10 times out of 10...I don't |
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