Poker Players that remove the fun
- Types of Poker Players that take the fun out
Just your ‘Dead Money’ bloggers rant on the Types of Poker Players he finds 
irritating to play against. I don’t mean irritating in that they play well and take my money. I know I am ‘Dead Money’, I just like to play and I actually hold my own against them. I mean I do not enjoy playing with them as it is no fun. I was just having a discussion yesterday with my son about how much I enjoy playing Poker and writing about Poker and talking about Poker. Guess you could say one of my passions is poker. That being said when I play online or go to a B&M facility there are specific types of players that I can’t wait to see them leave my table. Doesn’t mean I go on Tilt or anything, just means I don’t have as much fun when these types are there.
See if you recognize the types of Poker Players and if you have played against them.
- Trying to teach you how to play
You know the type always trying to show you how they know it all when it comes to poker with comments like:
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- ‘you shouldn’t have called’
- ‘you should have known I had you beat,
- ‘pots odds dictated that you should have called’, said after you muck
- ‘what are you doing calling an all-in with A-7 off’?
- Critical of and rude to all other players at table and dealers
I have heard at live games or seen online comments like:
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- ‘you are an idiot’
- ‘what a stupid a** playing that’
- ‘where did you learn to play like that’?
- ‘is this your 1st game’?
I actually am in a home game with a player that is a good person but has told me he just trys to irritate other players to get them on tilt so he can get their chips. He readily accepts that somebody has to wear the black hat. Envisions himself the Phil Hellmuth or Mike Matusow of the home game. In a post earlier this month I talked about the World Poker Association (WPA) development of a Code of Ethics. One of the sections addresses player to player relationships and another section deals with player and dealer relationship. I hope the Code of Ethics become the standard of how poker is played everywhere.
- Constant whining about Bad Beats
- Citing the Percentages
- ‘I was 80-20 to win after the flop’
- ‘I had you 3-1 after the turn’
- ‘you were 4% to hit that on the river’
- Saying things like:
- ‘I can’t believe you sucked out like that’
- ‘I had a boat and they hit quads’
- ‘I flopped a straight they hit a back door flush’
- ‘they hit a 2 outer’
- Citing the Percentages
- Loud happy winner, Quiet ornery loser
When winning you have the incessant happy chatter with everybody, the constant chip rifling, the loud bets, the showing of their cards including the bluffs, the nutz, the big laydowns.
Of course seeing their cards is a good thing for the other players but when combined with the noise I still find it irritating.
Just the opposite when losing, hardly says a word (not necessarily bad), no chip rifling, never see their cards, big frown on their face.
- Tells you why they called
- ‘I had you on’,
- ‘I felt you were bluffing’
- ‘knew I had you beat’
- ‘I am on a rush’, ‘
Personally, I try to ignore all of the types listed and just focus on playing poker. Very rarely use the chat box online and at B&M generally have very little to say. I think part of the reason there are so many of these types of players now, is that Televised Poker seems to show so many instances of this behavior. ESPN almost tries to make a celebrity of the player that exhibits these playing styles. Just thought I would Rant a little bit.
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October 4th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
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