Things that annoy you about live poker.
 

What habits/traits of other live players annoy you?

- Taking forever to fold EVERY time.
- Making "reads" on other players then trying to find out if they were correct.
- Say "wow" all the time whenever something happens. Yeah you've seen an episode of HSP - we get it.

Any others?

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Annie Duke when she doesn't shower for 7 days.

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Smelling guys bad breath and smelling their burps too.

Gross.

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tables where nobody talks. im used to multitabling so if i have to play 1 hand at a time, 30 hands an hour, and at a full table at that i want to at least be able to BS w/ other players.

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tables where nobody talks. im used to multitabling so if i have to play 1 hand at a time, 30 hands an hour, and at a full table at that i want to at least be able to BS w/ other players.

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Which reminds me of another annoyance, people who just have to chat.

I can't talk and chew gum at the same time let alone stay focused on my business. I don't care where you're from or how your team is doing. Take a hint and leave me alone.

I'm home at the quiet tables.

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Players mistreating dealers has to be right up there. So they make a small mistake occasionally or you don't get any good cards. Take it out on the dealers? Lame.

Players constantly asking for new setups.

Really filthy chips. Those little "who knows what greyish globs" on the $1 chips

Other than that game on Wayne!

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players who think big stacks can push around small stacks in cash games.

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players who think big stacks can push around small stacks in cash games.

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They actually can, 80% of the players at a 1/2 will play it like a tournament.

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you can push around the short stacks just as much if you have an equal stack.

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looking at the board and looking at your hand over and over again after the hand is over and you've obviously lost but want everyone to know you just got beat by a worse hand...just muck the cards no one cares you probably suck anyway

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What habits/traits of other live players annoy you?


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When they beat me.

BO

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when they fking try to have stupid conversations with you, telling you what they folded the previous hand, what they woulda flopped or rivered and other retarded sh*t

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When people whine "I could have won that" when their folded hand tables in some way.

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when they fking try to have stupid conversations with you, telling you what they folded the previous hand, what they woulda flopped or rivered and other retarded sh*t

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Oh yeah this is a good one.

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why i love it when poeple tell me what they had all the time

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People that waste time with bullshyt in games with table charge, God that tilts me.

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when they fking try to have stupid conversations with you, telling you what they folded the previous hand, what they woulda flopped or rivered and other retarded sh*t

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Agreed, I hate that [censored].

First they give you that look and then whisper "7-2, I folded 7-2" while shaking their head and then you say "well, what are you gonna do?" and then they say "yeah, I mean, how can I play that, right?" and then you say "yeah, you can't play that", and then they turn to the person on the other side and whisper "I folded 7-2"................

.....and, because they think that they've now bonded with you in some way, take the liberty of talking about every single hand that gets played for the rest of the tournament.


Did I mention the bad breath?

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People who waste time and slow down the game. This includes people who squeeze out their cards one-by-one every friggin' time. Also who show boat before they fold.

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Chain smokers- While I was dealing the other night there were 3 middle aged women (they were all related) who smoked for 4 hours straight non stop, no exaggeration. They were buying cigarettes for like $8 a pack at the bar every time they ran out.

Players at anytime asking for deck changes, especially in tournaments where the tournament staff is actually dumb enough to allow deck changes upon player request.

People who constantly let everyone know when they know any nickname of any hand. Example- TT2 flops and 5 out of 9 people simultaneously saying "Who's got the DOYLE BRUNSON hand, TEN DEUCE, hyuck hyuck hyuck!". I think I have yet to see a board at $1/2nl containing a ten and deuce without someone mentioning it.

People who ALWAYS have to be reminded to post their blinds (seems like almost everyone).

People who only show one card at a time during a showdown, especially when they have a winning hand and intentionally show a meaningless card first or when they are afraid of being out kicked on a pair and hesitate to show a kicker.

People who stack their chips like they are insane, like people who have a dozen stacks of 10 instead of making just a few normal size stacks, they take up a ridiculous amount of space.

Obnoxious people who scream and jump around like they won the lottery when they hit a freakin' 2 outer on the river against me in a lame $100+15 tourney (same tourney where they were changing decks in the middle of a levels, taking like 10 minutes doing so).

Taking 30+ seconds to think about a 2xbb raise pretending to get a read on some old lady or drunk guy at $1/2nl.


I could go on forever......

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Any time anyone tries to explain strategy.

I also hate hearing "I think you've got me beat, but I'm gonna call."

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I also hate hearing "I think you've got me beat, but I'm gonna call."

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I was in a hand and made an enormous raise preflop with QQ and an ace-hugging hippy calls. Flop is KJx. I bet and he says "ahhh I know I'm probably losing but I'm going to pay you off". I'm not even all-in yet. Immediately I know he has AJ exactly. Value bet all-in on turn and get called [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I don't go to casino much either but last time I was there, there was this guy who sat down who like tilted me from how long he took to fold. He was on my right so I had to always wait before I folded. If he was on my left I probably wouldn't care because I'd be done with the hand and off daydreaming but my god he took so frikkin' long. Capped his cards. Paused. Looked again. Deathstared everyone through his sunnies. And folded. PREFLOP.

I left about 1 hour after he sat down and a friend took my place. Literally 1 orbit in my friend stacks him on this hand:

Friend in bb with J2o. 4-5 limpers and slow idiot is in sb. Flop comes J27. SB leads out, friend raises, all the limpers fold and sb calls. sb check calls the blank turn after some hesitation and then on river my friend went all in (board is Jhigh, J2763 or somesuch). He takes like 2 full minutes trying to get a tell. He's staring, he looks back at his cards, stares at my friend some more, even goes 'do you want me to call' in that "I can read you" tone. the whole table is like collapsing from boredom. friend just shrugs and leaves the table to answer a phone call (you can do that here, not sure about elsewhere). eventually the guy calls and tables J8o. Dealer has to flip friend's hand since he's not even at table cos this guy was taking so long. J2 is shown and wait for it:

The guy SLAMS the table so it rocks and goes 'YOU GOT BLOODY LUCKY KID' BAHAHAHHAHAHAHA the dealer was trying SO HARD not to crack up.

So yes a bit off topic but he annoyed the heck out of me but got his just desserts [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Sometimes the slowness of the games drives me absolutely insane. And everything everyone is doing to contribute to it.

Asking for a (censored) deck change. Moron.
Screwing around with drinks/food/cigarettes/waitress when the action is on them.
Taking a long time preflop when nothing significant has happened.
Guys semi falling asleep at 500AM. Although they make great opponents.

And guys with BO and bad breath who want to tell me every move they have made. I like to know what other people are thinking; but its always the guy who doesn't shower and doesn't know about breath mints.

And anybody who is rude to a polite dealer.

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Can you give the deck a good wash please? I'm not getting any good hands.

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for about 30 hands in a row, the guy to my right kept pretending he had certain hands based on flops and exclaiming them proudly every time.

i.e. flop comes 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and he says, "guess i shouldnt have folded 98 of diamonds!"

for a [censored] hour, every flop. of course you humor him so he keeps splashing, but [censored]

to be honest though i try to act annoying and like an idiot most of the time, nothing is more hilarious to me than the "regulars" being tilted by losing pots to "the idiot"

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for about 30 hands in a row, the guy to my right kept pretending he had certain hands based on flops and exclaiming them proudly every time.

i.e. flop comes 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and he says, "guess i shouldnt have folded 98 of diamonds!"

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Hi. Nice to meet you online. I am that guy. Do you see why?

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people who wait till action is on them to look at their cards preflop.

when a $50 bet is counted out 2 red chips at a time

anywhere from 6-20 stacks of 10

this idiot who raised me my last hand of the night and then in the hour extra i stayed because of it to lose all my profit he'd smooth out the chips on the table with his hand

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for about 30 hands in a row, the guy to my right kept pretending he had certain hands based on flops and exclaiming them proudly every time.

i.e. flop comes 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and he says, "guess i shouldnt have folded 98 of diamonds!"

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Hi. Nice to meet you online. I am that guy. Do you see why?

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No, why?

Hijack - where did the azn baby go?

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1) Dealers who can't keep a game moving.
2) Rooms that allow players to eat at the table slowing down a 30 hand/hour game into a 20 hand/hour game.
3) Taking 10 minutes to reload chips or change cards while everyone is paying table time by the 1/2 hour.

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Reading the posts, it's a wonder anyone plays live poker at all!

1) Setup requests during double jackpot time slots. I will argue instantly and incessantly with any idiot that wants to burn my lottery tickets by cutting down the number of hands dealt during 2X JP!

2) Picking on dealers in a mean spirited way.

3) Any form of racial BS at the table.

I try to remember that all other forms of village idiots are welcome at my table. Bad poker players = DEAD $$$$!!!!! and my iPod is a good defence mechanism if they won't shut up.

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Blaming the dealer.
Commentary about T2 when the flop contains any combination of these cards.
Commentary about "never winning with AK" or "hating pocket Jacks". Obvious sign of bad players, but it's irritating.
Too much talking during your turn to act. As a matter of fact, any such activity that slows the game down.

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Betting the river, getting called, then asking the caller what he has. Just table your [censored] hand.

--klez

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Players who sit there at showdown waiting for the other person to show their cards, even though they are the player who should be showing first.

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Players who sit there at showdown waiting for the other person to show their cards, even though they are the player who should be showing first.

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Yep this has become my biggest annoyence.

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People who only show one card at a time during a showdown, especially when they have a winning hand and intentionally show a meaningless card first or when they are afraid of being out kicked on a pair and hesitate to show a kicker.


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Now that I think about it, this possibly tilts me more than anything. It can also waste alot of time if you get two people of the same mindset at showdown when they both turn over top pair and player A is like "What's your kicker?" B: "What's yours?" etc. I hate this sort of [censored].

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for about 30 hands in a row, the guy to my right kept pretending he had certain hands based on flops and exclaiming them proudly every time.

i.e. flop comes 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and he says, "guess i shouldnt have folded 98 of diamonds!"

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Hi. Nice to meet you online. I am that guy. Do you see why?

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No, why?

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Yeah, I don't get it either.

FWIW, I cut that crap when in the box. "One player to a hand." "Let the players play their own hands, please." "Don't talk about the board." If that finally doesn't get the point across, I get very pointed and direct.

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People who stall and yak for 20-30 seconds at showdown while they read the board and opponent's hands.

Also good players who WHINE when they get outdrawn, or give lessons at the table, etc.

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Players who sit there at showdown waiting for the other person to show their cards, even though they are the player who should be showing first.

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also one of my big annoyances. I always wait for them to table their hand. Some people seem to think that if someone is doing this you should just turn your cards over to move the game along, but I really want to see my opponents hand when he doesn't want to turn it over.

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Acting out of turn, talking about the board, peeling off chips one at a time without announcing action.

Those are the three biggies, really. Well, and dealer-abusers, but that's most of 'em out here. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Players who count out $1000 in green when they've got plenty of black, or worse a $1000 chip.

Players who splash the pot or call/bet a whole stack without showing it's correct - and dealers who don't count it. Like we're supposed to trust people won't take advantage of that. Players who give you grief when you call them on it.

People who assume you're a winner because you're holding a lot of chips - cage staff/other patrons who say "wow! looks like you did well" when you cash out $10k but they don't know you earlier borrowed $20k to play.

Players who will face their hand to invite comments on how they should play before their action is complete, especially heads up in live action when floor support is less likely.

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Players who sit there at showdown waiting for the other person to show their cards, even though they are the player who should be showing first.

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also one of my big annoyances. I always wait for them to table their hand. Some people seem to think that if someone is doing this you should just turn your cards over to move the game along, but I really want to see my opponents hand when he doesn't want to turn it over.

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People who do this instead of just showing what they are 97% sure is the winner and moving on...