When The Other Guy Gets Mad, We Make Money
I love being berated in the chat box when I stack a fish. Or, at least I do when they keep going on and on about it and then I stack them a few more times.
Normally I don’t chat and keep playing. But this time this short-stacking idiot kept going on and on and on. So I pointed out that I was the “donk” playing with HIS money. This sent him into further spew monkey tilt mode. Which is what I expected, and why this was one of the few times I engaged in chatbox trash talk. Unfortunately, he took off before I could finish typing that I planned to cash out his money and put it in a frame in my wall.
Apparently, playing any two suited cards and getting it in bad repeatedly is “good play”. You’d think if I was so “bad” that this guy would just shut up and be thrilled to be at the same table as me so he could exploit me. I sure didn’t say anything to the other fish who shoved over me on the flop when I had a set and he had a 7-high flush draw and hit by the river. I just let my auto-reload do its thing and thought about whether or not I should call it a night. Ultimately, I want the people who I think play poorly to keep playing at my table. Bitching them out doesn’t seem conducive to keeping them there.
I only bring this up because I’m trying to learn how to put myself in my opponents’ shoes and think like them. When you can do that it’s easier to exploit them. I just really don’t understand some of these guys. I mean this not only strategically, but their bad attitudes when somebody shows up with a stronger hand. I understand getting frustrated, but just learn where you went wrong (or where your opponent went wrong and got lucky), shut up and keep playing.
I guess a little verbal abuse is a small price to pay for hitting with my top 2-pair + 15 outs (nut flush + boat draws) vs an aggrodonk.
