Re: Etiquette question about raking loser\'s chips
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Don't let it bother you. It's not a big deal.
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Well I don't let it bother me but I agree with the poster who wrote "It's not just bad poker etiquette, it's bad manners."
~ Rick
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It's bad manners and it's spreading. There are those who simply pick up the chips and there are those who do what is already obnoxious even more obnoxiously, as if it were personal. I get the feeling that people who do it have bad table manners also. Yech.
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It is very rude, and there was a time in the past where you may get your hand cut reaching that close to a man's stack, especially in the medium-high limit games. Unfortunately, those days are gone. I'd love to see this move tried on Moss or Amarillo in the early 70's. I also find the arrogant demeanor people do this with to be very annoying.
Even though I am 23, I learned to play poker at 16, and was taught by members at the country club I was working at as a caddie, so I guess I'm a little weird for my age in that I agree with alot of the older guys who state that they wish the cardrooms in the nicer casinos would implement a dress code requiring collared shirts and long pants. I for one have never once played in a cardroom without, at a minimum, a golf shirt and khaki pants, and usually a nice button down shirt and nice pants. However, thats just my opinion, and probably better suited for another thread.
~Mike
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