Saturday, September 23, 2006

My Poker Maxim: Never, I Mean Never, Teach at the Table.

Too many times I watch the sharks berating the fishes in the chat box. Livid at the horrible suckout that has the tilting or close. “You didn’t have the odds to call that, you luckbox.” “You only had 4 outs. I needed more than 10 outs to call that.” Suck it up and say nothing to the fishes.

Odds are odds and outs are outs. It’s called variance. I know you know this, teaching them the finer nuances of the game is only hurting you. Why you say?

When a player whines in the girly chat, not realizing he was the one that misplayed the hand, don’t tell him otherwise. He believes it's just bad luck. Never tell players what they did wrong because you are teaching them and making them smarter, thereby losing money for all of us. No matter how much they call you names. Just write junk back to incite the rage at tilt. (Talking about their mother usually works well. Tell them that you are going to buy her something nice that night, when you take her out, with their money.) When someone sucks out on you without the odds, don’t bitch and tell him how bad he sucks and explain why he shouldn’t have called. Don’t teach at the table no matter what. Just sit back knowing that he will continue to pay us off until he pays for the experience thru time and money to learn it himself.

Suck it up, take that bad beat, and say nothing to the fishes. You only make less food for the sharks.

2 comments:

ashmc2 said...

I concur Webber.

Later Bro.

ashmc2 said...

I love your comments. Keep them coming. They make me think. And that is a feat in and of itself. later webber.

Looks like our buddy has bowed-out on the online thing, aye? I wish him luck in Med School. Hopefully we get him back. Poker ain't that easy to just say bye to.