When a girl, a friend, or my brother etc. asks me in a text or on the phone at some point during the day or night when im playing mtts, "Are you winning?" or "How are you doing?"

even when ive repeatedly told these ppl, i play tourneys, so its an impossible question to answer, and its quasi rude to ask ppl stuff about financial situations etc. especially if a person doesnt know u very well.

but, i usually say something along the lines of "i dont know", "not sure yet" etc. etc. and some of these ppl get all mad, like, "why cant u ever just give me a straight answer!!??" or "What do u mean u dont know?" "u either are winning or u arent".

and if u do say i play tourneys/usually not cash games, or i wont know how i do til alot later in the day cuz u dont make any real money til the final table etc.. That stuff always just leads to more bs questions and shit i have to try to explain taht just makes me even more pissed, especially if its someone taht ive either explained it to multiple times or always asks the same shit, and i tell them that its an impossible question to answer and to stop asking.

obv, as i write this, the girl that asked if i was winning in a text that made me write this thread, just texted me back with a bitchy text cuz i didnt respond to her text, basically saying, "well, i guess thats a no, sorry, just trying to have a convo, whatever, blah blah blah"

i edited title cuz it seems like ppl think im losing sleep over this or im gonna disown family and friends, and i was just posting something that annoys me occasionally that i figured other tourney players could relate to, i dont get mad at the ppl personally lol, just tilts me

Find more intelligent friends, gf and/or relatives?

just say "im up" and end the convo?

You sound like a fun person to be around. You been winning today???

 

Originally Posted by scarface_79

obv, as i write this, the girl that asked if i was winning in a text that made me write this thread, just texted me back with a bitchy text cuz i didnt respond to her text, basically saying, "well, i guess thats a no, sorry, just trying to have a convo, whatever, blah blah blah"

Social Skillzzzzzzzzzz ftw.

They aren't actually asking you "so, how many BBs you got left" just translate it into "how's work going", or "how's your day been", or "how's your family doing" or any other open ended question.

Lemme translate, it's their way of min betting the flop and it allows you to set the convo topic...you'll be okay.

god this couldn't be more tilting, but i know people have good intentions when they ask, so i usually just say pretty good.

 

Originally Posted by POKER_PANDA

cosign hate that question when im playing mtts. first off: i have no idea yet, but also, prolly not 9/10 times u ask, so quit asking. people just dont get it.

exactly

 

Originally Posted by nuttedup

i'll take this one step further. It is super super tilting to me after a tourney if someone asks "did you cash?" Like cashing is the ultimate goal.

lol, and their like, that's good, so u made money right? (when u more than likely lost overall for the day)

 

Originally Posted by nuttedup

i'll take this one step further. It is super super tilting to me after a tourney if someone asks "did you cash?" Like cashing is the ultimate goal.

'wow you beat so many people! That's still good, right?'

I hate this too, actually I hate poker in general, but I think I hate this question more. Plus there's no accurate way of answering the question, "Ya I won a tournament for 4k". OMG THATS SO MUCH MONEY. Ya...except I was down 10 last week

I normally say, NO im losing, and try to get across kind of frustrated/irrated. good excuse for not being talkative bout the subject or rude, its impossible to level with non-players talking bout poker. they just dont get it, they dont wanna get it, they dont get the answers,just a stupid questions they cant stop asking!

You play poker for a living and you expect people close to you to never ask how your doing loool. DEAL WITH IT or be a loner. I'm sure you play a shitload of poker as well so wth else is he/she supposed to ask you considering it probably consumes most of your life?

i 100% agree with OP ... i have a roomate who plays cards and sorry to say but not very well ... be he will always ask me after like an hour of playing how its going and ive tried to explain to him that i could be the chip leader after an hour and not even end up cashing ... dont know why this is so tilting for me but i see im not the only one

 

Originally Posted by oaklag

You sound like a fun person to be around.

This

I think you get annoyed a bit too easily...

 

Originally Posted by JokersOnYou

its called HAVING A CONVERSATION, it's like having someone asking about work and what did you do today...they necessarily won't understand exactly, but they're trying to get connect with you somehow. Sounds to me like you should get out of the house more.

Basically exactly what I'm saying, How can you expect someone not to ever ask about your job. If I played poker professionally and something this stupid "tilted" me I would simply turn my phone off and not have people over or have a private room for playing. If your saying people asking anything in general with poker lol GG social life.