Joined: Dec '08
Location: Netherlands
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Posted by JoeJeavons: The big stacks that don't call the bubble boys minute all-in do my head in.
I see your point, but what if big stack holds rags like 7-2o and is last to act with no other callers? Often enough I folded so he doesn't double up. Please explain.
Joined: May '09
Location: Estonia
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Its hand to hand in a MTT and you get the idiot who slows things down thinking hes somehow got a better chance of someon busting before he decides what to do.. WHY.. it makes no difference you moron....
Joined: Dec '09
Location: Belgium
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i really hate when some players act like donks not respecting raises and calling with barely nothing then hitting miracle river or turn, that is what make me really angry when playing.
Joined: May '08
Location: Canada
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Nice thread. If there's one thing poker players can agree on it's how much this wonderful game has a way of aggravating us.
One thing that gets to me is the guy who puts in a weak 2x raise, especially when the blinds are low. When you get about 5 players in an MTT with blinds at level 1 calling 10 chips and the BB raises it to 20, it's just a waste of time. That's such a weak raise, do you really expect to scare players out? And if you're trying to sweeten the pot, you can at least do a bit better than that.
On the other spectrum of the weak raise is the maniac raise. Today I was at blinds level 1, flop came down with the pot holding only 35 chips. Player bets out 500 of his 1,500 stack. That's an insane over-bet! Why are you willing to risk 1/3 of your chips on a weak pot? It reflects that a player like that must have some of the worst bankroll management. It reminds me of players who can win 1/4 of the hands they play and be scratching their head wondering how they're still losing money.
Most annoying though? That's being called a donkey or any other negative term after having lost a pot despite playing it correctly. To have the winner, who might have been 3.5:1 or worse actually call you out is just about to enough to put me on a tilt.
What a game we play. I've never known anything in life that people have this much of a love/hate relationship with.
