Mercury69 3 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I would have snapped just like you but you should be ashamed for slow-rolling your cards. Tsk tsk. Link to post Share on other sites
NOFX_PUNK 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Try using 'Lawrence' If I remember Full Metal Jacket correctly, 'Only censored and sailors are called Lawrence'i don't think that's from FMJ, but i could be wrong . . .You are, the 'If I remember...' was a ploy, I of course remember perfectlylol Link to post Share on other sites
econ_tim 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 You are, the 'If I remember...' was a ploy, I of course remember perfectlylolyou are correct, sirlink Link to post Share on other sites
NOFX_PUNK 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 You are, the 'If I remember...' was a ploy, I of course remember perfectlylolyou are correct, sirlink That was worth the effort.... swHell yeah it was! Link to post Share on other sites
AceyDucey 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Here is what I would do, and this is just me. (I can do this b/c I have a really good gay voice) I would start hitting on the guy. Stuff like: I really like how forcefull you are with the table Eugene (call him Eugene even though that's not his name, and if he corrects you, use a different, yet still incorrect name next time) It's really a pleasure to see a strong man assert his dominance at the table. I hope you don't bluff me. I'm scared. If he persists. Loudly ask the table, "Is this turning anyone else on?" then offer to buy him a shot, then order a round of Blow Jobs, and wink at him while ordering. Be prepared to whip an old guys ass if this backfires. Always ask yourself: WHAT WOULD RON MEXICO DO? Never fails.haha..brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites
mk 11 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Here is what I would do, and this is just me.(I can do this b/c I have a really good gay voice)I would start hitting on the guy.Stuff like:I really like how forcefull you are with the table Eugene (call him Eugene even though that's not his name, and if he corrects you, use a different, yet still incorrect name next time) It's really a pleasure to see a strong man assert his dominance at the table. I hope you don't bluff me. I'm scared.If he persists. Loudly ask the table, "Is this turning anyone else on?" then offer to buy him a shot, then order a round of Blow Jobs, and wink at him while ordering.Be prepared to whip an old guys ass if this backfires.Always ask yourself: WHAT WOULD RON MEXICO DO? Never fails.This line alone positions the post as frontrunner for POTY. Link to post Share on other sites
Redrum 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ya I know what you mean. It's always the older guy who is acting like the captain of the table. Those guys and slowrollers piss a lot of people off.I usually just keep asking those guys the same questions over and over until the sarcasm sinks in. "How much, oh its on me, sorry how much is it?...and repeat" after a couple times they realize you are mocking them and they'll shut up when it's your turn to act.....but then again sometimes they don't and feel it necessary to explain the concept of pot odds...incorrectly. Link to post Share on other sites
Redrum 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ya I know what you mean. It's always the older guy who is acting like the captain of the table. Those guys and slowrollers piss a lot of people off.I usually just keep asking those guys the same questions over and over until the sarcasm sinks in. "How much, oh its on me, sorry how much is it?...and repeat" after a couple times they realize you are mocking them and they'll shut up when it's your turn to act.....but then again sometimes they don't and feel it necessary to explain the concept of pot odds...incorrectly. Link to post Share on other sites
Dratj 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 There is always one old crusty guy in every poker room who's got to be an annoying ************. I'm glad you told that guy off even though you shouldn't have slow rolled your cards. Link to post Share on other sites
nhlfan 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 I wasn't slowrolling, I went to turn them both over and just missed the first one, that's when the old man went apeshit. I can understand someone getting pissed if I was grinning like a fool while I turned up the one card, but jesus, give me more than a millisecond to turn the other one over! Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Do you ever run into the guy (usually older) that is always telling people to post their blinds, act in turn, show both cards, show one show all, and all the other things that the dealers or floormen should be doing? I play 1/2NL at Trump in East Chicago pretty regularly, and there is an old man there that is always doing that crap.What do you all do? Ignore him? I tried that for a long time, but I finally snapped last week. The guy's not even in the hand, it's heads up with me and another guy. Comes to showdown time and I flip one card, getting ready to flip the other, and this old guys starts yelling 'YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM BOTH, YOU CAN'T WIN WITHOUT SHOWING BOTH CARDS" That was it! I told him I'll show my other card when I'm censored good and ready, and until he's on the payroll and wearing a censored bowtie, he needs to shut his censored mouth before I stuff it with all of the chips I took from him. Well, needless to say the floor was called and I was given a warning, however the floor did give me a wink and a subtle pat on the back as she left the table.What do you guys do to guys like this? It drives me nut!!!:clap: I like it... I think you handled that perfectly well. :)I know the types of people that go to Trump, and this is exactly what he needed to hear. Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Do you ever run into the guy (usually older) that is always telling people to post their blinds, act in turn, show both cards, show one show all, and all the other things that the dealers or floormen should be doing? I play 1/2NL at Trump in East Chicago pretty regularly, and there is an old man there that is always doing that crap.What do you all do? Ignore him? I tried that for a long time, but I finally snapped last week. The guy's not even in the hand, it's heads up with me and another guy. Comes to showdown time and I flip one card, getting ready to flip the other, and this old guys starts yelling 'YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM BOTH, YOU CAN'T WIN WITHOUT SHOWING BOTH CARDS" That was it! I told him I'll show my other card when I'm censored good and ready, and until he's on the payroll and wearing a censored bowtie, he needs to shut his censored mouth before I stuff it with all of the chips I took from him. Well, needless to say the floor was called and I was given a warning, however the floor did give me a wink and a subtle pat on the back as she left the table.What do you guys do to guys like this? It drives me nut!!!Tilt him!Intentionally make an extremely minor faux pas, then after he corrects you keep making the same faux pas everytime you and him are involved in a pot. Now you can play the repeats one or two ways, like just remain silent on every correction or sheepishly apologize, things along that line. Then I predict one of two things will happenA) he'll finally snap and become abusive and threatening at which point you kindly ask the floor to remove him. orB) he'll steam and you can keep busting him til he's broke and slinks off of his own accordjust an idea... Link to post Share on other sites
No_Neck 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Do the Corkins: Look him in the eye and don't say a word. Show then stare at him as you drag the pot. Stay quiet, and become hyperaggressive against everyone but him at the table.Staring down an 80 year old man? How can you do that with a straight face? Honestly people, what are you trying to accomplish here? The guy has been this way for 7 or 8 decades, do you expect him to change because you yell at him or stare him down? You look like a jackass picking on an old man. There's plenty of these guys at every casino I play at as well, and everytime they're easy money. They make up for their lack of skill at the actual game by knowing the rules verbatim from playing for so long. Every game has their characters, he's the table captain. You're the smug slowrolling wonderkid punk with the sunglasses and baseball cap. Know your role, and don't tap on the glass. :roll: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Link to post Share on other sites
DB10-2 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 when i sit at a live table i'm there for two reasons: to have fun and make some money. i remain friendly whether i win or lose, politely remind new people once if they look like they need help figuring out the blinds or showing down hands or figuring out appropriate raises, etc. i've been known to divulge other players' tells i've picked up to the people next to me to help them save a few bets, and i've also shamelessly busted the people i helped when i held the best cards. for me it's never personal--we're all there to have fun and hopefully walk out winner.i've seen every kind of player: the idiot kid who just loves throwing chips after a loser (and who sucks out at least once an hour and consequently keeps rebuying), the crusty old guy silently and slowly pissing away his pension, the crusty old guy loudly and slowly pissing away his pension while he berates everyone, the confused beginner who saw poker on tv and wants to look cool in a hat and glasses at the 1-2 table, the punkassed slowrolling kid who thinks he's in an audition for eddie's sidekick on the next season of tilt, the asian maniacs, the honky maniacs, the mexican maniacs, the black maniacs, the persian maniacs, etc. you name it. all of those types can be really annoying. but so what? what do i care? just play.i've noticed that a lot of people get really uptight at the table and look for reasons to have confrontations outside of the hands. this never made any sense to me--it can be stressful enough to play the game without all the extra bullshit and unpleasantness.i'm more of the mike caro school--in a low limit NL cash game expecially, it's more than likely i'll be walking away with some of my fellow players' money, so i might as well be nice and make sure people have a good time while i'm around. i do my best to observe etiquette and am polite to people who remind me of mistakes i do make, even if they're being a-holes about it. i just see no reason to get into a verbal confrontation with anyone, over anything, except i guess theft or collusion...but that's just me. Link to post Share on other sites
76clubs 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I am that guy. My home game is the slowest ever, and everyone tries to pull shit like showing only one card or they forget to post their blinds, etc.Its a habit I got into. Im not proud of it, but Im being honest. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I am that guy. My home game is the slowest ever, and everyone tries to pull shit like showing only one card or they forget to post their blinds, etc.Its a habit I got into. Im not proud of it, but Im being honest.totally with you. I play with total amatuers. I have become the poker naz1. correcting them, asking them not to react to the flop after they folded.I don't know why though, I'm the only one paying attention to that stuff. Everyone else in my game is either super tight or huge donkeys. Scary stuff. I angled a little on Sunday to see where I was at. I started counting out my chips when I was first to act to get my opponents reaction on the river because I fired on the flop and turn and he called both times. He reached for his chips, I checked, he bet, I folded. He flipped over trips. I felt bad for it so I told him what he did. Friendly game. All cops and me. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 That was it! I told him I'll show my other card when I'm censored good and ready, and until he's on the payroll and wearing a censored bowtie, he needs to shut his censored mouth before I stuff it with all of the chips I took from him.Something tells me you dreamed up this comeback 20 minutes later on the way to your Hyundai.SNAP Link to post Share on other sites
yergan 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I am that guy. My home game is the slowest ever, and everyone tries to pull shit like showing only one card or they forget to post their blinds, etc.Its a habit I got into. Im not proud of it, but Im being honest.I'm the same but no-one seems to mind when I do it. I think its different amoung friends. It also depends a lot on how you say and do it that can piss people off. Link to post Share on other sites
chappy3 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Try using 'Lawrence' If I remember Full Metal Jacket correctly, 'Only censored and sailors are called Lawrence'i don't think that's from FMJ, but i could be wrong . . .Sure is :wink: Link to post Share on other sites
Moneyball16 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I am that guy. My home game is the slowest ever, and everyone tries to pull shit like showing only one card or they forget to post their blinds, etc.Its a habit I got into. Im not proud of it, but Im being honest.At my home game I always end up doing the same thing, but its mostly explaning what a string bet is, and telling them that they cant reraise $5 more after a raise 0f $20 or that they cant bet $1 on the flop when the blinds are 3/6.I get alot of nasty comments from the less experienced players at the table. Link to post Share on other sites
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