How common are these guys?

[Runner Runner]

I have seen this increasingly at the local casino, it's almost always an older guy doing it:

They back into some kind of a straight or a flush when they are in the blinds or they made a loose call with bad cards preflop and decide they want to just check it down because they either feel guilty or want to be nice. Then, someone bets into them to either try and steal the pot or maybe for value. So they get pissed off that the person wasn't accepting their gift, so they raise them and get paid off.

I have seen this a few times lately, is this just a fluke thing or is it common among older players.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

There are a lot of old guys who do this.

[BoogerFace]

I always fear raises from old retired type guys. They never bluff.

[BrunoThePug]

I think they're there for the social aspect of the game and are not concerned with taking your money so long as you'll be their friend.

[steamboatin]

You be nice to those old guys and they won't value bet you on the river or check raise you when they are ahead but the will chase a weak draw to the river so you get paid when you are ahead and you save bets when you are behind.

[pistolero]

I pulled an all-nighter Sunday night this week and found myself playing mid-morning with a table full of elderly people. These guys *never* raised. Three times I saw KK shown down without so much as a preflop raise. The couple of times I did raise either preflop or afterwards, the whole table looked over at me like I just lit the table on fire and the only people who called were the ones who were beating me. Frustrating, but it became bearable after I toned my aggression down a lot. After all, the best way to beat aggression is to be passive and let the bettor bet for you.

[Georgia Avenue]

This is what poker tables all used to be like. God bless Christ Monkeymaker...

--GA

[DZgroundhog]

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I think they're there for the social aspect of the game and are not concerned with taking your money so long as you'll be their friend.

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No doubt. I equate them to the old guys who use Tim Horton's or Burger King or whatever as a social club.

I usually hope I don't pick up any raising hands early (or I won't get any action all night) because I don't want to look a jerk who came there and ruined their fun by playing poker instead of Let's All Call The Big Blind And Check Every Street And See Who Wins.

These guys are all so nice to each other too. If somebody hits their draw on the river and is first to act heads-up, some of them will say something like "Johnny, I just hit my flush and I wanted to save you a bet in case you had a good hand" and he'll table his cards. Then the other guy will thank him and muck his two pair or whatever face up.

[magoo]

Your imagination is working overtime.

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I have seen this increasingly at the local casino, it's almost always an older guy doing it:

They back into some kind of a straight or a flush when they are in the blinds or they made a loose call with bad cards preflop and decide they want to just check it down because they either feel guilty or want to be nice. Then, someone bets into them to either try and steal the pot or maybe for value. So they get pissed off that the person wasn't accepting their gift, so they raise them and get paid off.

I have seen this a few times lately, is this just a fluke thing or is it common among older players.

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[lemonPeel]

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Your imagination is working overtime.

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I have seen this increasingly at the local casino, it's almost always an older guy doing it:

They back into some kind of a straight or a flush when they are in the blinds or they made a loose call with bad cards preflop and decide they want to just check it down because they either feel guilty or want to be nice. Then, someone bets into them to either try and steal the pot or maybe for value. So they get pissed off that the person wasn't accepting their gift, so they raise them and get paid off.

I have seen this a few times lately, is this just a fluke thing or is it common among older players.

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Believe it or not, there are people out there who play poker to pass the time and to have fun without the vicious need to relieve everyone of there hard earned cash in each and every hand! OMG!!!!!!!!