[Albert Moulton]

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Play to win money. If you flop top full house in a multiway pot of loose players only to open fold face up, then I'm pretty sure you aren't playing to maximize your EV.

The worse others play, the more +EV the game. Sure, it might have some serious variance, but the EV should be quite large over the long run.

Don't encourage bad players to play better. Don't tap the fish tank and scare off the weak players. Be nice. Say "nice hand" when you lose. Play tight with good position. Value bet good hands. Bluff less. Take their money.

But the main thing is to keep taking more of their money than you're giving away by putting yourself in +EV situations, then letting the cards fall as they may.

I think you need to reexamine your motives at the table. You seem to want to have some kind of intellectual challenge, and you are insulted when you don't have players that can be worthy of your skills in order to make you feel more rewarded when you beat another good player.

That is a bad way to play cards.

Play to win money.

Win the money.

Be nice to the bad players.

Be nice when they get lucky so they like you when they eventually give the money back with interest later in that session, or later in the week, month, or year.

Take their money.

Oh, and when you do find an intellectually challenging table full of players as good as you, then change tables. Why play in a game that is neutral EV? That makes no sense if you have better alternatives.