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Old 11-12-2007, 01:12 PM
MicroBob MicroBob is offline
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All the abuse of the guy who was calling out the "no wash" pee-ers makes me think I've found a whole lot of you bastards. I'd never call you out at the table, but wash your hands, you filthy slobs. I'm a degenerate, and I wash before (whatever is on those chips is not touching my privates) and after. It takes 15 seconds extra.

And LOL at those of you who don't like drunks and potheads. One of my pet peeves is other sober players.

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I'm hardly someone who would be called a clean or neat-freak. But I wash my hands pretty diligently at the good old B&M...and for longer than 15 seconds.
I can't imagine I would ever call out someone else at the table for failing to do this though.


Reminds me of my brief stretch dealing blackjack.
20 minute break for every hour on the floor and whether you had to take a leak or not practically every dealer would head to the bathroom at the start of their break and diligently wash their hands. Repeat this action all night long.
I have to think a lot of poker-players do the same thing.

A lot of the chips you are handing can get pretty disgusting. And some of the bills that have been crumpled up in a sweaty pocket or something aren't exactly the cleanest pieces of paper either.

It may sound pretty OCD of me but I really don't think I get like that about pretty much anything else.
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:53 PM
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it was a $100 SNG which I agree makes an $80 tip for an hour worth of work pretty crazy but the other player didn't say anything and I didn't feel like being a dick so i said "oh ok.....thats cool i guess" in a very sarcastic tone... from now on, if a floorman ever does that again im gonna say...thank you, now i won't tip him at all...ship it!
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Old 11-12-2007, 02:22 PM
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Default Re: Things that annoy you about live poker.

My pet peeves:

1. B.O.
2. Bad breath including heavy alcohol/smoke breath
3. Show one, show all dammit!!!
4. Players (especially men) with long nails that mark up the cards on purpose or not.
5. If you're gonna eat at the table, keep the pizza/burger/hot wing grease off the table, chips, & cards.
6. When everybody at the table is looking at you, don't ask "Is it on me?"
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Old 11-12-2007, 02:23 PM
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1. Calm down
2. I try and only talk when the action is completed not during a hand in progress.
3. I did not mean for the tone to imply "kiddie", sorry if you took it that way.

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Heh, fair enough. Misdirected frustration, I think. Sorry that I came off harsher than I intended. The original post was about talking during the hand, and TT said he does this, and you were defending TT, so, well...

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4. Thank you for your comments. That was the first time that my name and "balla" were ever used in the same sentence/paragraph/post.

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Now you need a hoodie, shades, and an iPod. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-12-2007, 03:09 PM
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-#1 has got to be the slow pace of the games cause by confused players and dealer who talk to much (trying to buddy up the players for an extra tip)

-the enormous rake amount on low stakes games setup by crooked casino owners

-tips, wtf i pay rake for use that money to pay your workers

-1+ hour waiting time to be seated

-people who are in your business asking question like its a job interview but dont really care, they just want to talk and look social

-the guy who thanks he's funny but he's not

-fat people or muscle men who take up too much space at the table

-the donk action gambler type who has to announce to the table that player x hasnt played a hand in a hour when he raises pf

- lol at everyone thinking there pro at these places

and by the way a hat hoodie and ipod are required for this environment. i'm not trying to look cool it Fing cold in these places because the casino thinks it keeps people awake+spending more.

the closest casino near me is caesars IN and it's a joke filled with clowns who think there pro but i guarantee 99% are losing players

F you b+m
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Old 11-12-2007, 03:10 PM
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My number 1 is definitely arrogance. I understand that you have to have confidence in your play but some people really think they are the cats meow at the table. Especially the lower limit table. Don't tell me how awful everyone at the table is in $2-$4 limit or $1-$2 no limit. The fact that you are playing at the lowest levels possible tells me that you aren't that great either. My favorite form of arrogance is the excessive chip stack. Nothing better than seeing some idiot with a $500 chip walk into a 3/6 limit game.

This is more of an AC thing but nothing is worse than young guys who think they are mobbed up. I swear you would have thought there was a 24 hour Sopranos marathon the night before. Just because you have gaudy bling, two male friends, and a Italian accent doesn't make you Tony Soprano. And most of them from the little I have played are so aggressive they are losers at the end of the night.
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Old 11-12-2007, 05:17 PM
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Chopped pot at showdown: "You play that junk?"
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Old 11-12-2007, 05:18 PM
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Default Re: Things that annoy you about live poker.

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it was a $100 SNG which I agree makes an $80 tip for an hour worth of work pretty crazy but the other player didn't say anything and I didn't feel like being a dick so i said "oh ok.....thats cool i guess" in a very sarcastic tone... from now on, if a floorman ever does that again im gonna say...thank you, now i won't tip him at all...ship it!

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If a floor tried to take that kind of a tip out of a 1 hour, $100 SNG then there's no way I would do it. That's pretty damn excessive.
$80 for a 1 hour tourney? wow. No way I would let them pressure me into doing that.

Only floor-pressure I have had from a tourney was when I cashed in 8th place or something in a 60 or 70 player tourney. I only got $150 which was more than most had paid in this $35 rebuy tourney but still wasn't exactly a huge profit.
When I went up to collect my winnings the floor politely asked if I would like to leave a tip for the dealers who worked this tourney and I gave him $20.
I'm not a big fan of even doing it that way either but it's not quite the same as tipping the dealer personally in a cash-game and some people do forget about it. Plus, the guy floor was extremely polite about it without really 'pressuring' so I didn't feel he was really over-the-line.

But taking $40 from each player who cashes in a SNG and TELLING you that it's your tip for the dealers is incredibly inappropriate.
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Old 11-12-2007, 05:45 PM
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ok...i CANNOT stand when people ask to see my hand if i lost a big pot and i was obviously sucked out on and they weren't even in the pot!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] a few weeks ago I almost jumped on the table and ate my cards...haha
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Old 11-12-2007, 06:10 PM
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Default Re: Things that annoy you about live poker.

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

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Er, I was under the impression that one was supposed to do this 'cause you're watching the other players to see their play.
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