Poker Etiquette

Mark Smyth Dub

Picture the scene:

I'm playing in a North County Dublin Card Room at their end of month tournament (E250 FO)

It's the final table and we're four handed.

I'm big blind, the button is short stacked and calls.
The small blind (who also happens to be tournament director) ships all in for 130k.
I've got AQ suited, the call will put me all in for 100k.
AQ suited four handed is a pretty big hand, plus the small blind is looking a bit nervous, im putting him on AJ or a small pocket pair.

After a little think I go all in, pretty standard stuff. (the button folds)

At this point the abuse starts.

'What are you doing?' 'Are you on bleedin Drugs?' (note i haven't even turned over my cards yet)

He's got pocket 6's, an Ace hits on the board and I take the hand down.

The abuse continues.....

'Oh what a player!' 'I've seemed some fu***d up play in my time but that takes the biscuit'

More abuse......

I pop out for a cigarette to clear my thoughts.

Then as im outside a very interesting thing happens, the short stack is about to go all in and the now 30k stack says don't! (ie the tournament director)

The short stack folds and the 30k stack shows JJ

I sit back down and about 5 hands later flop a pair of queens to the 30k stack, I check, he goes all in, I call, my queens stand up and the TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR flicks his chips at me as he storms off in a huff.

Needless to say it was the tournament director paying me the first prize when I won , I even tipped the dealers as is customary, not a word of apology though.... maybe he didn't see anything wrong in his behaviour.

Your thoughts please.

winstons pt

'What are you doing?' 'Are you on bleedin Drugs?'
'Oh what a POST!' 'I've seemed some fu***d up POST'S in my time but this takes the biscuit'

Only joking m8, but ur in the wrong place, id say this will get moved

GrogoJones

Hi,

Absolutely appaling behavior especially from the TD(who shouldnt be playing in the first place) and i assume the guy running the club if my guess is correct.

Teach him a lesson and name and shame him, this guy doesent deserve any customers.

KoolKid

I agree with grogo. Terrible carry on. You got the sadisfaction of taking it down. Well done. Now I think this should be really posted into the tournment thread relating to this event. I would also call on the club in question to come on here and defend themselves.

The Clamper

time and time again I see players going off on one for all sorts of reasons


i will say it again

poker is not a team sport
poker is played by every sort of loon, myself included

we sit down and believe we are going to win or that we are good enough to win
otherwise we shouldnt be sitting there

so, each player is like a stag in a herd and wants to be the leaser, the champ

sometimes when players get so engrossed in a beat or when they know they should have called a hand but didnt, that they start beating themselves up, in their own mind, quietly bubbling over until something happens, it might even be something frivolous or insignificant or mabe a caller when they didnt expect one, who knows

look, i know where it happened and who ws involved, its a storm in a teacup really
by now the 2 guys have kissed and made up and all is good in the world of poker again

players usually regret these outbursts more or less as soon as it happens or very shortly thereafter

its over

Derek

westlife2010

koolkid wrote: »

I agree with grogo. Terrible carry on. You got the sadisfaction of taking it down. Well done. Now I think this should be really posted into the tournment thread relating to this event. I would also call on the club in question to come on here and defend themselves.

The situation was: TD played and acted inappropriately to the situation(s) (he is a new TD/owner trying to make a living). He was naive in not seperating the 'player' from the 'TD' (and,yes, if he cant do this then he should not play). Experienced players in the place told him it was wrong and, again yes, he should have put his hand out at the end of the night. I hope he has learned from this and insure it does not happen again.

....Everybody knows (including him) that he was wrong. If this behaviour was to happen again then it is terminal for his business. But I think everybody deserves a chance to learn from their mistakes.

And for the clamper.... You are getting nuttier than Cantona...:D

KoolKid

All good points westlife.I doubt there is anyone here who would not be willing to give a second chance to anyone.
Most know the club in question , as it has been named elsewhere & it has been discussed in may clubs over the past few days.
But I think the TDs best move now is to post up his own explanation & how he intends to improve & learn from this. Silence will do him more harm IMO.
There have been many examples on here in the past. Its always worked out best for clubs when they put their hand up, apologise , if need be & move forward.
In those circumstances people here are a forgiving lot.