Why do players think they can do this when not in a hand?

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The main reason I don't play binky-limit NL is that I'm crap at it. The main reason I don't want to learn binky-limit NL well enough to be good at it is that those tables are inevitably populated by WPT wannabes. After you're done with all the posing, sullen stare downs, rules misinterpretations and related antics, you've barely got time to get a hand or two of poken in.

That, and although I can't really find that the quality of the social interaction at ANY poker table ever exceeds that of a ramshackle bowling alley at midnight, I can find a slightly higher caliber of conversation at the limit tables.

I mean after all, I've got better things to do with my life than sit around a table with 9 underaged kids, all wearing their WPT poker uniforms (shades, cap, etc) trying harder to look cool than to win anything. I mean, yeah, there's some real earning potential there, but I just don't like stealing candy from babies, so what's the point?