Is their such a thing as poker snobbery?

pokerscene

I have noticed something in live cash games that is really starting to annoy me. Poker snobbery. I mean i have noticed on more than one ocasion when a supposed good poker player gets a bad beat that he ends up giving out about f@#c#ng internet players, should not have been in the hand after the flop etc. Surely if someone sits down with their money rightly or wrongly he/she can play whatever cards they like and not have to be subject to the poker snobs with the fancy tricks with the chips.

Anyone in agreement? afterall we all started somewhere. we were not born poker gods.

BigDragon

Yep...each club has them. The more experienced you get the more you spot them and ignore them. Too many people give up poker cause of these people.

5starpool

Of course you get this, and sometimes from people that can make the worst plays themselves at times too. I keep my poker snobbery to myself apart from the very occasional blood boiled over induced comment.

Mostly people should and are glad to see less experienced or less good players at their table, that is how I look at it, even if they are sucking out left right and centre. It can be very frustrating though, but people should learn to keep their cool.

bohsman

Not familiar with the term pokersnobbery, think "fish" is the more commonly used term. Anyone giving out about bad calls is a fish tbh

Zen Poker

We have a saying at our club in London..'Don't scare the fish'.
I firmly believe it is more profitable to keep these players at the table..

TacT

Zen Poker wrote:

We have a saying at our club in London..'Don't scare the fish'.
I firmly believe it is more profitable to keep these players at the table..

indeed, please don't scare the fish. Let them play their rags and punish when appropriate, it's so much more fun.

Sinfonia

and it's not just giving out about bad beats - it's the hand-by-hand commentary and analysis - Jesse May would roll over in his....eh....bed.

mewso

I have been playing poker alot longer than you guys and am probably a much better player than any of you mainly because of experience but also because I know the game. I have never seen any snobbery in the card rooms. Maybe put in some decent time at the game newbies.


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mfitz20

musician wrote:

I have been playing poker alot longer than you guys and am probably a much better player than any of you mainly because of experience but also because I know the game. I have never seen any snobbery in the card rooms. Maybe put in some decent time at the game newbies.


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Presume your joking. I've seen exp players display poker snobbery in many card rooms, Fitz, SE, Jackpot. If I hear one more "pro" mutter FFS after losing to a questionable call I'm gonna add to his misery and tell him I'm a student playing my first live game.

cardshark202

"I'm just learning"

BigDragon

mfitz20 wrote:

Presume your joking. I've seen exp players display poker snobbery in many card rooms, Fitz, SE, Jackpot. If I hear one more "pro" mutter FFS after losing to a questionable call I'm gonna add to his misery and tell him I'm a student playing my first live game.

If I laughed at this does that make me an Irony Snob?

mfitz20 click on the link in Muso's post that looks like this >>>

ntlbell

BigDragon wrote:

If I laughed at this does that make me an Irony Snob?

mfitz20 click on the link in Muso's post that looks like this >>>

You ruin _everything_ Dave everything! why are you still involved in this thread? do you not understand how this thread should of played out?

You're a fooking n00b

I'm sick of posting with these morons, I'm going to move to a forum where people know how to fookin post more importanly to know when they've said enough.

You make me sick.

Sigh.

NickyOD

ntlbell wrote:

You ruin _everything_ Dave everything! why are you still involved in this thread? do you not understand how this thread should of played out?

You're a fooking n00b

I'm sick of posting with these morons, I'm going to move to a forum where people know how to fookin post more importanly to know when they've said enough.

You make me sick.

Sigh.

lol!

Marq

To be perfectly honest I just think you're a pack of cúnts.

And I'm not even fúcking joking.

pok3rplaya

pokerscene wrote:

a supposed good poker player gets a bad beat that he ends up giving out about f@#c#ng internet players,

Any player wh complains and moans about bad beats is automatiaclly an idiot.

mfitz20

BigDragon wrote:

If I laughed at this does that make me an Irony Snob?

mfitz20 click on the link in Muso's post that looks like this >>>

Thanks Bd for stopping a posting newbie making an (even bigger) fool of himself. Musician - my irony detector was set too low.

mewso

mfitz20 wrote:

Thanks Bd for stopping a posting newbie making an (even bigger) fool of himself. Musician - my irony detector was set too low.

Yes but give yourself a clap on the back you didn't resort to personal abuse in some kind of idiotic knee jerk reaction to my statement

jtsuited

jesus I don't look at this forum for 2 weeks and when i come back all hell has broken loose.
Is everyone on crack or does September just make y'all giddy, argumentative, and yet highly amusing?

mewso

Well jt you are someone who has to work on the arrogance thing if you want to be a rock star.

imeatingchips

poker snobs are people who are sick of the luck element in poker.

best way to handle them is after they've had a little rant say something like "what can i say, k4 is my lucky hand!". You may get ridiculed even more here or you may get a few dont-scare-the-fish smiles around the table... but keep steady, this puts you in a prime position to lash them out of it (also, when a k or 4 comes up you might be able to play with a bit).

the thing is, no one like to be made a fool of - but specially poker snobs, who somehow thing that luck is absolutely minimal in texas holdem.

ps also, wouldn't a good player assess their opponents (possibly at the cost of a hand or two) so they could decide which way(s) to play them?

ianmc38

Sick for a week and I miss all this fun. BTW Daragh that poll was fúcking hilarious.

It turns out the HectorJelly rumours are true.

5starpool

Does HJ have a servant called Baldrick?

Blackadder 5 - The River

sligobhoy67

ntlbell wrote:

You ruin _everything_ Dave everything! why are you still involved in this thread? do you not understand how this thread should of played out?

You're a fooking n00b

I'm sick of posting with these morons, I'm going to move to a forum where people know how to fookin post more importanly to know when they've said enough.

You make me sick.

Sigh.

classic

Lafortezza

Looks like this thread has run its course too.