TABLE MANNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[M3boy]

I have to post this as I am VERY annoyed.

I was wondering how many of you "get it quietly" when outdrawing someone on a table. To me this is the proper way to act, yes inside you may be doing cartwheels, but outside I feel you should remain calm and polite.

This is what happened to me at the Main event in Brighton.

Down to 3 tables, only 40 minutes before we finish for the night.

I have 29.5K and the blinds have just gone up to 1500 3000.

I am in first position and find AA. I move all in.

Guy in late position with approx 35k also moves all in. SB passes BB passes.

There is now 63.5K in the pot (and the av for the final table would be 80k)
The guy is up out of his seat, waving his cards. You can tell he cant wait to show them to me. He lays down KK

I turn over my AA

"Give me a King!! " he shouts, "Come on the King!!!"

When the King hit the flop he went mental!! He was shouting "YES YES!!!" at the top of his voice, not once but over and over and over again.

I just sat there calmly, obviously hoping the A would fall on turn or river - to shut him up more than anything!!

But then the 4th King came on the turn and he went mental again!!!!

Now being knocked out of a tourney this way is bad enough, but to be subjected to such poor manners is a disgrace!!!!!!!!

Anger vented, sorry

BTW, Dave C was still in when I left - GOOD LUCK Mr C

[snoopy1239]

I agree.

hope you feel better now. 

[TightEnd]

I agree. I hate it, but not as much as I hate it when someone not in the pot does it


Name and shame?*


_{* unless he's from Australia!}

[M3boy]

Tighty, if i could remember his name I would.

He is (or was when i played there) a regular at The Vic

[mex]

I blame television! The shouting and jumping up and down makes good TV and a lot of players are copying this. Thing is the old gentleman image of the card room has gone. If this was the final table and the last 2 then yes he could of done perhaps been forgiven for getting excited, But at that stage he got lucky and very lucky by the sound of it. Did you act the bigger man and shake his hand M3 as this some times makes them feel very silly?, what would of been funny would a 15 min sit out issued by the TD.

[12barblues]

So tournament directors will people for swapping 'shifts' and give 10 minute bans for using the 'f' word even if it was not abusive to another player (who amongst us hasn't muttered 'ffs' under their breath after a savage outdraw?), but this incitement to violence is tolerated? The temptation to deck the ******* must have been enormous.

I fear I will remain a live poker virgin for some time. Surely card rooms can see that tolerating this kind of behaviour is simply bad for business, quite apart from any ethical considerations 

[M3boy]

So tournament directors will people for swapping 'shifts' and give 10 minute bans for using the 'f' word even if it was not abusive to another player (who amongst us hasn't muttered 'ffs' under their breath after a savage outdraw?), but this incitement to violence is tolerated? The temptation to deck the ******* must have been enormous.

I fear I will remain a live poker virgin for some time. Surely card rooms can see that tolerating this kind of behaviour is simply bad for business, quite apart from any ethical considerations 

I can easily see how this is going to lead to some violence.

Just as an example, the table we were on must have been a "bad beat" table. All of the examples below happened within about 20 hands.

Chip leader with 44 calls a 3xBB raise, flop comes J 7 2 and he bets out 30k (enough to set the other guy in) The guy called with AA. And a 4 came on the river. Did the c/l get exited? Probably, Did he shout?? NO He said "very unlucky".

Then about 4 hands later the same C/L calls Mark Banin's all in (who had just called a short stacks all in with AQ to find the shortstack with J 4, he hit a 4 on the river). Mark had 10 10, the c/l had 66, he hit a 6 on the river. Again, no emotion just the words "unlucky"

AA was cracked 4 hands after mine by 88 and again just the words "unlucky"

What a difference eh?

And who said online poker is rigged?!?!?!?

[M3boy]

And just for the record, I sat calmly, got up and said "same as the Gutshot" "nice hand" and walked out calmly (well on the outside anyway)

[Nem]

M3boy,

Good job they didn't introduce my idea.

"Bad beat section. 50p a go"

You would owe £2.50 already


But I do agree with you, there is no need for shouting and gettng over excited because you have given someone a bad beat.

[redsimon]

And just for the record, I sat calmly, got up and said "same as the Gutshot" "nice hand" and walked out calmly (well on the outside anyway)

Should have found out where his car was and let the tyres down (only joking)...lets face it some players have no class.

[Royal Flush]

Sounds like a muppet to me.

on a seperate note....all in for 30k utg with AA, lol, you fish!

[M3boy]

Anyone know the result from the main event? I just wondered how Mr C finished??

[tikay]

Mr C finished, in line with is current form, 10th.

He is in Cardiff today, playing the William Hill Grand Prix.

[tikay]

Oh, & xx to Charmaine.

[wsopin07]

I think it is the way the person who is knocked out takes the "celebration" from the other player. When I played John Gale headsup I was very very animated!!! But John did not mind, in fact John considers me a friend and he actually thanked me for the way I acted when I finally won the event. If you are rubbing it in that is one thing. If you are purely enjoying what you are doing that is another. When Tony G yapped at Surrindar during the Paris WPT many people thiught it was bad and out of line. Surrindar has told me that it did not matter to him, he was not mad at all....... he said Tony did nothing wrong and I agree w/ him.


I am more troubled w/ players that comment about the way someone plays, always putting people down. I think this is a much bigger problem than the celebration problems. Just my opinion