For the love of the game.....

dK1NG

The past few months, I’ve started to fall out of love with poker. I dunno why, maybe its just a phase, but I just stopped enjoying playing, both online and home games.

Anyway, the past two weeks I started to go back to STT to get the vibe back – I put €20 into PPP and started afresh. Sticking to low buy-ins - €1, 2 or 3 – and work up from there. Not playing a lot, but I’ve found I’m beginning to enjoy it again. And I’ve stayed away from cash games altogether.

Has anyone here ever gone through this?

johnnysmurfman

I haven't played since December. I just stopped enjoying it. I've been playing live in Dublin for the last few years and just found that the poker scence here became infiltrated with an endless amount of teenage clowns. It used to be a relaxing experience playing live in Dublin, full of characters and a great laugh, now it's just foolishness. Guys with sunglasses and hoodies listening to ipods. I'm just not into it anymore and therefore quit, I have no regrets and doubt I'll be going back to play again anytime soon.

max_power

Yet another generalisation of teenagers or students in card rooms. The lads with the ipods and sunglasses are harmless, although they may look like idiots. As has been said before it's people going on about odds and berating other people play that annoys me the most when playing live.

I'd say the "characters" your talking about are the reason i don't like playing in certain places. Usually older lads who think they know what they're doing but they are usually just fish with gambling addicts who give any newish player whether they are young or not s*it the second they sit down. The most annoying one is been told by someone to call because "it's only mummy and daddys money".

Getting slightly off topic here.

Mr.Plough

yeah cant stand the "HOW COULD YOU CALL THAT" crap.

how is anyone going to return and play again when they get berated by a muppet whenever they make a crap call.

people seem to forget that everyone was a fish once.

max_power

and that fish are good for the game!

phantom_lord

I dunno where u guys play....but I never faced any of the mentioned bs when I played live.

rag2gar

I do find the atmosphere of the game lacking mesmelfs sometimes when playing in dub

max_power

Well in jackpot last thursday i wasnt playing but waiting for cash to start, i saw a guy call an all in with j 9 on an 8 high board with no draws, the other guys k 8 held up. It was a terrible call but if i was at the table i would have said nothing, or just unlucky or something. About 3 lads started basically giving out to the J8 guy about the call, he began to look a bit sheepish but another lad stuck up for him and said he could play who he wanted. As they say don't tap the aquarium.

LuckyLloyd

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El Stuntman

johnnysmurfman wrote:

I haven't played since December. I just stopped enjoying it. I've been playing live in Dublin for the last few years and just found that the poker scence here became infiltrated with an endless amount of teenage clowns. It used to be a relaxing experience playing live in Dublin, full of characters and a great laugh, now it's just foolishness. Guys with sunglasses and hoodies listening to ipods. I'm just not into it anymore and therefore quit, I have no regrets and doubt I'll be going back to play again anytime soon.

I think that's a bit harsh, played a live tournie for the first time in months last week and every table I played at had a very friendly vibe with players of all ages from 18 to 80!

kebabfest

Yeah I remember once I got p1ssed off with the game and didnt play for a whole week. Jez the first hand back was like the alkie who hadnt had a dram of whiskey for a while !!
In terms of the IPOD\hoodie\young lad brigade I dont think they are too bad.
Neither do I do think the older "experienced " poker players are too intimidatory. However if you find the whole scene intimidating then it really isnt for you as lets be honest about it here the best poker players are a bunch of cut throat *****. Now they might smile when doing it , but it doesnt take away from the general principal of taking somebody elses money, encourgaing him to get some more and then doing it all again.
There are 2 scenarios which I find most amusing though
1 ) Lower Cash Tables in the Fitz. The amount of rubbish which is talked is hysterical.
Comments like " you raise that again and I'll call " Followed by
" oh yeah well so I'll do it " and this rubbish banter generally being had by cr@p players
2) The Main Round of Each Game in the Jackpot.
3 or 4 regulars who sit and pray on easy cash. Critising any play that isnt in their small and limited portfolio.

Killme00

johnnysmurfman wrote:

I haven't played since December. I just stopped enjoying it. I've been playing live in Dublin for the last few years and just found that the poker scence here became infiltrated with an endless amount of teenage clowns. It used to be a relaxing experience playing live in Dublin, full of characters and a great laugh, now it's just foolishness. Guys with sunglasses and hoodies listening to ipods. I'm just not into it anymore and therefore quit, I have no regrets and doubt I'll be going back to play again anytime soon.

Yawn...cry me a river

Surely poker is a situational game and you should be able to deal with the different situations that you are dealt including the players you are playing against. So what if the younger guys are wearing hoodies or listening to ipods!!! Its all part of the game

a-k-47

johnnysmurfman wrote:

I haven't played since December. I just stopped enjoying it. I've been playing live in Dublin for the last few years and just found that the poker scence here became infiltrated with an endless amount of teenage clowns. It used to be a relaxing experience playing live in Dublin, full of characters and a great laugh, now it's just foolishness. Guys with sunglasses and hoodies listening to ipods. I'm just not into it anymore and therefore quit, I have no regrets and doubt I'll be going back to play again anytime soon.

world series of poker would be hell for you so.

strewelpeter

El Stuntman wrote:

I think that's a bit harsh, played a live tournie for the first time in months last week and every table I played at had a very friendly vibe with players of all ages from 18 to 80!

The poker table is one of the few places that you get that mix of ages socalising and interacting together.
There are so many places in Dublin these days where you'd feel totally out of place if you were more than a few years out of the 'target' age group.

smurph

I think that if you enjoy the game, the actually game of Texas Holdem than don't let one or two bad experiences put you off. The ipod thing is basically that Poker is generally boring, fold fold fold oh fold and listening to a bit of background music is good. The us and them comments. the"old crew" and the "young'un's" is getting a bit boring at this stage.


I am going to show my age here but I played 5 card draw for years in the "Cara" community hall in Raheny, on a Thursday and Sunday night. In the Sunday night game there would be 9 - 10 tables. You would turn up, pay your money, and draw your table, but not your seat. So over you would stroll to your seat but no you cant sit in that one, cause John x sits there and not this sit cause Mary Mac sits there.

Poker, in Dublin and in the whole of Ireland has gotten so big that people can pick and chose, structures and games are improving and getting bigger aswell. I remember my aim was to win a ticket to play in the Fitzwilliam end of month tournament for €270 which was a huge game for me. Now most games can cost betwen €150 - €300 quite reguarly.

I reckon by the end of this year there will be a €500 game on weekly in Ireland.

People are going to berate peoples play, it happens, although it will die out, hopefully. Poker hopefully will win out in the end.

Goodluck2me

the only place i have ever left due to feeling uncomfortable was the jackpot when about 3-4 people got out of our seats and broke up the game because the atmosphere was horrible, snide remarks left right and centre, no banter it seemed just a bit hateful. i must say i have never once felt uncomfortable in the fitz, or any other tournament i have played red cow, at home, UCD, DIT. so to be fair i wouldnt stop just down to one incident, but i do realise now why people are barred from such clubs it can be awfully offputting. if i had to listen to that **** every time i played i probably would just play online/not at all.
i cant blame a lot of people for wearing ipods really.

Glowingmind

I fall in and out of love with poker on a hand by hand basis. Sometimes a break is really good though. I'd just come off a horrible two months or so online so i'd not been playing online at all this month until today. Live was shocking aswell with the last 4 tourneys i was in ending with me getting my chips in ahead and being outdrawn. But it does turn around, all my good hands held up last night in the SE. :eek:

Regarding the teenager thing; i think it's great that there so many new players playing(though certain card room should be concerned about the underage players they have). I don' know how you can be irritated people with ipods and sungalsses, they mostly just sit there quietly.