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Old 11-24-2007, 03:16 AM
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Default How to \"Gracefully\" Win without getting pushed around

I have been in a situation a couple of times where I was the big winner at a Home Game. This is a game amongst friends, most of whom make enough money to lose and not really feel it. Most of us play at the Casino. The Home Game is $0.25/$0.50 No limit. Some of the guys who play often at the Casino have a hard time treating these stakes like "real" money and the game gets real loose real fast.

Several times I have pulled in over $200 in this game.

The issue is one or two guys when they get stuck for a few buy-ins want to change the game. One guy in particular will NOT quit asking to "up the stakes" to $1/$2 Blinds. Frankly, I am fine at those stakes but for the purposes of this game I just like to keep the stakes low. These are my friends and i like to play for money, but when the blinds are $1/$2 and buy ins are $200...

...well that is a differet kind of Poker - one I don't mind playing, but not the one I come looking for at a home game with buddies.

This guy relentlessly trying to change the stakes or buy-in limits really makes me crazy, and I feel a little guilty for not wanting to change when I am ahead (not that I would if I was behind). He'll also keep pushing to keep playing later and later. Again, being the big winner, I feel obligated to play while the game is still going (tonight @ 11 I finally said I'd play until 1am, but then would have to split for my hour drive home)

So, how do you handle "winning gracefully" but still not let yourself get put into situations (games) with which you are uncomfortable?

Tonight I actually got annoyed with this crap to the point where it tilted my play and I got angry at the table a couple of times - something I haven't been doing lately. It didn't affect my play as much as playing beyond the point at which I was tired - but I still don't like to lose my cool like that.
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