definately a very valid point having to ask gives away a ridiculous amount of information

mine is a much more petty thing but i would say players who have no idea how to play poker wearing sunglasses and taking forever to act EVERYTIME u know the type looks at his cards, looks around the table at the other players lookinig for a "read", looks at his cards again, looks up one more time and then limps from the small blind must have been a tough decision there

agreed.. both of these bother me. Another related is the player that reluctantly
folds J9.. then has to whisper it to his nieghbor, reacts at the flop or at home
games wants to "save" his rags after every fold and have the run out.

rrr, Rich

The thing that always gets to me, are the guys that think they are hard-asses wearing their sunglasses, trying to be as still as a rock as to not give away any reads. Don't get me wrong, for those that wear sunglasses for this intention, it's not this act that bothers me, but when it is obvious that this person just saw poker for the first time on TV two weeks ago and thought he'd be cool by wearing his glasses when he played, this pisses me off way more than it should.

Disclaimer: I do realize that it is advantageous for newbie's to do this sort of thing because they are more prone to giving away tells and everything, but give me a break. When you try to look like a seasoned-pro and you don't even know what a continuation bet is!!! I want to kill you!!!

Tourney organisers that DONT USE A 2 DECK SYSTEM.................. man this should be a must of every tourney. Ive heard some crazy stories about people not wanting to play with a 2 deck system (2DS) ..... here are some of the best/recent ones

ZJD: I cant play with 2 decks because sometimes when its my turn to act I get confused as to which position I am and may fold or raise a hand that I shouldnt!!!

.... wtf , how big of a moron can you be??

Dude: I was playing with the 2DS and then people were shuffling the cards and were throwing them everywhere!!

.... wtf, wow this guys are idiots.

Anyways, 2DS increases the amounts of hands you see per level and theres no reason to not use it!!! For those who say its too complicated, well, I guess ill play 1DS with them cause if theyre too stupid to use 2DS... how the fack can they play good poker! lol

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That and smoking at the table.

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And regarding hiding the highest chips I always make it a point to tell everyone that the rules state that you have to show your highest denomination... also, I like to get approx. chip counts of people at my table, usually after every break.

When you try to look like a seasoned-pro and you don't even know what a continuation bet is!!! I want to kill you!!!

lol not sure why but that is hilarious to me

i got another one people who CONSTANTLY call for a setup

i was at the commerce in LA playing cash and a guy refused to give his cards back until a new setup was brought the floor was called and we eventually got the game going but i wish the just would have tossed his ass

1) People having to be told constantly that it's their turn to act or post blinds

2) People acting out of turn

3) People loudly speculating about a hand while it's still going on (and they're not in it)

4) Endless agonizing over trivial decisions

5) Cocktail waitresses anywhere close to my age

Ok I hate when I raise it up with say AA and a guy calls with QQ and I take a big pot on a board of say 844. And there's always that guy that says man you're lucky I didnt call that raise I had 84. Like I should feel lucky he didn't call off half his stack with 84 out of position

"Excuse me, but I am contemplating raising it up to steal your blinds now. Would you please tell me how many chips are in your stack so I can properly assess my risk in performing this task, and hopefully not pot commit myself with this wretched holding I have?"
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LMAO

One thing I like is when girls with fat ass titties are at my table.
Last night at morongo some chick has some dope ass big titties popping out and was sitting directing across from me. Needless to say I was having a hard time making my staring look incospicuous.... but hey it made waiting around better.
The bitch sucked out on everyone all night long too.... cept me, I donked off my chips to someone else.

RHCNNN this thread is about what you hate about live play you horny fk'n bastard ;)

Live:

I dislike players that wont STFU. I mean, a little talk here and there, yeah. But, do you really need to talk about what you did all day at the top of your lungs?

Players that think you don't have the right to know how many chips they have, and if you ask, it's some huge deal.

That's about it.

Live is easier than online, IMO. For me, there are many more tells, and my instincts are right FAR more often than they are online. I think you can get more creative live. I also think that, in general, you can figure out where you're at in the touney pretty easily, and count other's chips fairly easy. I think you can profile an opponent easier as well. Of course, I might just be saying this because I'm profitable playing live, and unprofitable playing online...lol.

My pet peeve is when you are sitting at my table :-)

No, seriously, here's a list of things that annoy me to no end:

1. People to my left who act out of position. My cards are ALWAYS visible. Don't tell me you didn't see them. Admit that you looked down at A8 and couldn't wait to raise (but they were SOOOOOOOTED!)

2. People who, when it is their turn to act, do anything BUT act. This includes stacking chips from the last pot, flirting with the waitress who is so far out of your league it's stopped being funny, telling your railbird buddies how unlucky you are, etc.

3. People who don't shower. That shit is assault, and one of these times, I am going to press charges.

4. Floorpeople who don't know the rules themselves. If you are gonna be an arbitrator of the rules, then read the frigging rulebook.

5. People who agonize aloud about a decision they made an hour ago. Especially if it was a laydown. Especially if it was to you. But ESPECIALLY if you didn't show your cards.

6. People who somehow can't grasp that, when I am listening to my iPod, it means that I DON'T want to talk to them.

And, some personal favorites...

1. Coffeehousers who get indignant when you toss that shit back that them.

2. Dealers who taunt you when your AA gets sucked out on by KK.

3. Tournament directors who break tables early and leave you without a seat.

As for the chip count issue, one way to counter that is to ask their stacks every hand their big chips are not visible. Eventually, this will annoy the table to the point where the person won't be able to hide them, cause other people will yell at them. Also, it should, hopefully, spur the dealer to action in making sure they are visible. Don't relent. It masks your intentions each hand, and it slows down action enough to get the proper action taken. Get the floor involved if necessary. Stealing blinds is crucial in a tourney, and you can't have this jeopardized by angle shooters and ignorami.

cause live after 2 hours of play and getting crap 99 looks like AA to me...

exactly, GB...in a major tourney with lots of time, the lack of hands pumped out by the dealer isn't such a big deal. But try, for example to play the weekly omaha 8 tourney at the Taj Mahal. Any time a dealer can't read the hands, or quickly and correctly split the pot in omaha, I fantasize about ending their life in violent fashion. I imagine that being tortured for information is more fun than playing live omaha