My facebook rant

So I know I said I wanted to post a blog about specific topics once a week.  I haven't yet been able to do so but I promise one will be coming soon.  It will probably be about "pot odds" since many people do not understand that concept and will say they have pot odds when they don't or they will fold when they do.  Anyways, I want to catch up on something from Thursday.

So many of you probably read my comments on facebook about new people and hating the way they play.  A,3 called a 8 times the blind raise to beat Mike's K's and someone else limped with Aces when I had AK, etc.  I don't really feel like re-telling the story.   I don't think I made a big scene there or really yelled at anyone but I guess I did or I wrote enough about it on facebook for Rob to send out an email to all of WTP that play at Airway that was pretty much directed towards me.  Here it is for those that didn't see it:

A word about behavior on the tables:


We have many new players lately, and some old ones who seem to fall under this category, that may not only be new to the league, but new to Texas Holdem Poker altogether. There is a huge variety of skill levels. This means someone is probably going to call your All-In with pocket Aces with their 8, 5 of clubs... and catch their flush on the river. This is a fact of poker. Please refrain from yelling or berating a fellow player when this happens. Yep, it sucks when that happens, but remember, no one can take all your chips without your permission. I personally know of a player who quit playing in the league because of people yelling at them. - FYI - Such behavior at the tables is a league rule violation and could cause expulsion from the league. This is free and it's a fun league with very lax rules (do you know of any other place that would actually let you un-muck cards?), and we’re all adults. Many people have joined just because it's a cheap way to brush up on their skills, so give them a break.

I will not continue to give people a break.  I want to let them know when they're playing bad hands, calling raises when they shouldn't, and not raising when they should.  The only way people are going to learn is when someone tells them when they're doing something wrong (or right- I'll let people know when they make a good raise to chase me off my flush draw, etc).  If you don't tell someone that what they did is a bad call then  they'll continue to make those calls.  I never yell.  I know some people that yell or get up and go pout.  kind of like Phil Hellmuth.   I don't really blow up.  But I do tell someone when they make a bad call.   Sometimes I don't tell them to their face but I'll yell it to Brian.  Like Thursday night he came and sat down at my table and I said "Hey honey, be careful there are donkeys at this table that like to call 8 times the blind raises with A,3" Maybe I shouldn't have used the word Donkey.  But that's what people are when they call raises they shouldn't and chase cards when they don't have odds.  

Like Kyran tonight- I raise under the gun to 800.  Folds around to him in the big blind with 6,9.  There's now 1100 in the pot but it's going to cost him 600 more... so I guess 600 to win 1100 isn't quite 2-1.  Still I wouldn't have made that call.  But that's ok, I don't mind as much when friends take me out.  I was calling his raises earlier with marginal hands.  I'll still tell them it's a bad call but it's not as bad when you get taken out by a decent player.  So I'm not mad at Kyran.  It was my fault for pushing all in with A,Q - only top pair.   Flop was Q,9,8 and I bet and Kyran calls.  Turn is a 6 and that's where I push all in to chase away a straight draw but it was too late he already hit 2 pair and I don't blame him for calling there...

So anyways, as I said on Facebook I'm probably done with WTP after this season.  I'll play the occasional Sunday or Tuesday game but that's only going to be to hang out with friends.   I've played in this league for 3 years and I'm grateful for it because that's how I met Brian, but with all of the new people and bad players I've had enough.   3 years is enough.  I'm better than most players in this league- lol and I know I'm a little arrogant but I don't care.  I think Brian and I are two of the best players in this league.  There's nothing more we really can do.  If we want to continue to play poker it should be for money now.  I know there are donkey players that play for money but at least there are not as many.  People tend to play differently when there is money on the line.   That's why I'm excited to start up my WSOP league.   More details to come regarding that soon...