Man, what is up, sounds like drama to me. I actually enjoy beating assholes at the table - makes taking their money that much easier to do, not that I feel guilty taking money from the nice guys... I'm a good poker player (netting over 10K a year over the past 3 years) and don't think I'm an asshole or a semi-pro. I play at Foxwoods once a month and only a short list of the people at 20-40 (where I play) are assholes. Yes its more competive than splashing around at 2-4, but then it should be. I would argue you get more assholes at 4-8 and 5-10 than 20-40 because the college frat kids that fill most of the 5-10 tables can not afford to be playing that level and the money means more to them the the older well-to-do players that play 20-40. So when a kid loses his weekend clubbing stash of $500 playing 5-10 he's more likely to have a tantrum than a retired business man who lost $1000 playing 20-40. Also those same frat punk kids play NL - where you have been hanging around lately and the egos in NL are even more intense and the asshole factor is even higher. I enjoy poker as entertainment and for the extra cash flow... yes it has assholes, just like any other kind of competition. I mean that's why the worl loves whatching Mike Matasow or Phil Helmuth - they love watching their tantrums... not because they are assholes, because they are passionate about the game.
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Date: 2007-06-18 14:07 (UTC)