Re: What do you do at the tables?
I always talk strategy at the poker table. I do this because,
1) Everyone around me is doing it and I like to fit in
2) People at the 10/20 LHE where I play are remarkably candid (their play matches what they say).
3) I learn a lot about other people's observations of players at the other end of the table.
4) I enjoy telling grown men that they played a hand like a girl
5) I enjoy defending horrendous play (by others) with off the wall arguments and theories
6) I have no problem agreeing with other players that I suck at poker
To date I have not seen any appreciable difference in the play of others who are around the conversation. This may be in part because I try to wholeheartedly agree that bad luck is at the core of most people's misfortune. But mostly people who aren't following or are uninterested just "want to play poker, OK?".
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