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[Tailgunner]

I want everyone I play with to have such a great time losing their money to me that they'll come back next paycheck and lose some more. Often, however, there just isn't much time to do any kind of socializing. I do try to respond with at least a "ty" or "nh", since it doesn't take a whole lot of time, though even that may be delayed a bit if I'm multi-tabling. If things are flowing smoothly and I can squeeze in a little conversation I try to liven the table up, but I can't afford to chat to the point where I lose focus on my game(s).

I think it's more of a long term advantage, for me at least, to play fewer tables and make things more exciting, building a reputation as a "fun" player than try to play as many tables as I can at once, even if it means a potential loss of income. Not only is it good for business, it makes the job a lot more enjoyable than just grinding it out day after day, month after month, year after year.

Sure, some pros don't realize or don't care how anybody feels as long as they're making money. I'm not going to go out of my way to convince them to be nicer or more talkative though. Hell, if they're mean, rude, arrogant bastards it just means the ones who come to play for fun will be more inclined to come play with me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

~TG [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Thanks for the post, was good reading.

The thing is that a lot of poker players are jerks, especially some of the wannabe pros on here. I don't like giving jerks my money either. Which is why I came here and learnt poker.

[Transference]

Usually I keep chat off. I've had a couple nice conversations since I started poker, but after a certain point all the childish whining and ranting just gets painfully repetitive.

I play my best poker when im not irritated.

[chesspain]

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chesspain

Why is your name in green?

[CalleN]

Good point. A lot of players behave badly online.

[Toro]

There's a famous quote by some president, think it was Truman. "If you want a friend buy a dog".

I have a dog but he will not chat with me

[mackthefork]

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I have a dog but he will not chat with me

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If he ever starts, pour away the rest of the bottle.

Mack

[timprov]

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chesspain
Why is your name in green?

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It's because he's a moderator, one of our best and brightest. Consider what that says about the rest of us.