perhaps one acceptable comment to make is just a more
factual one, such as "wow, i got lucky."
I've been working on not saying "sorry". I agree with Greg; I believe
that "sorry" doesn't make much sense in poker. I've actually been working
hard to keep my comments during an all-in draw situation to a minimum; I
used to say far too much. I noticed how rude it is when people say
certain things to me, and have been working to say less so I don't
accidentally say something rude to them. (Although Joe claims not to
remember it, he once said to me: "Let me suck out on somebody" in such a
situation, which I thought was one of the rudest things I'd heard, since
it was so impersonal -- like I was playing him online and not physically
present in the room. I exacerbated the situation by saying: "Thanks,
Joe.", when he failed to catch. That was an a stupid anger response, but
there was no point in answering rudeness with rudeness even when
angry.
that one [bad beat] really, truly, blew my mind.
Well, a one outer doesn't come that often. I was terrified one was going
to come that one time I was all in with top set against middle set for
about $650 against that fellow named Cue. I wonder if I'd have handled
that beat well; I like to think I would have, although I'm sure I would
have had to leave for the night.
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Re: my three points (first two)
Date: 2005-01-04 02:57 (UTC)Greg wrote:
I've been working on not saying "sorry". I agree with Greg; I believe that "sorry" doesn't make much sense in poker. I've actually been working hard to keep my comments during an all-in draw situation to a minimum; I used to say far too much. I noticed how rude it is when people say certain things to me, and have been working to say less so I don't accidentally say something rude to them. (Although Joe claims not to remember it, he once said to me: "Let me suck out on somebody" in such a situation, which I thought was one of the rudest things I'd heard, since it was so impersonal -- like I was playing him online and not physically present in the room. I exacerbated the situation by saying: "Thanks, Joe.", when he failed to catch. That was an a stupid anger response, but there was no point in answering rudeness with rudeness even when angry.
Well, a one outer doesn't come that often. I was terrified one was going to come that one time I was all in with top set against middle set for about $650 against that fellow named Cue. I wonder if I'd have handled that beat well; I like to think I would have, although I'm sure I would have had to leave for the night.