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Something that tilts me

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  1. OnUrBikeSon OnUrBikeSon is offline Scammer

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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 11:32am) in reply to ndelapiedra

    reading some of these responses its really amazing how nerdy some of u are.
  2. Ddayy Ddayy is offline

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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 1:09pm) in reply to OnUrBikeSon

    Worse Question:

    When are you going to be done??

    kills me
     
  3. JokersOnYou JokersOnYou is offline

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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 1:52pm) in reply to Ddayy

     
    Originally Posted by Nels316 View Post

    Worse Question:

    When are you going to be done??

    kills me

    ^-----this, without a doubt.
     
  4. BigRed0000 BigRed0000 is offline

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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 1:58pm) in reply to MadTiger

    Agree with the OP, when I lived with 4 non-poker playing roommate they used to ask "are you winning" all the time until I explained in MTT's there is no 'winning', just prospects.

    One of my biggest pet peeves (as lame as it sounds) is when someone congratulates you for say a 4th or 5th place at a shitty FT. Or FT bubbling anything and having someone say "well at least you still made X$". Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilt

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  5. P33J P33J is offline

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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 2:16pm) in reply to BigRed0000

     
    Originally Posted by BigRed0000 View Post

    Agree with the OP, when I lived with 4 non-poker playing roommate they used to ask "are you winning" all the time until I explained in MTT's there is no 'winning', just prospects.

    One of my biggest pet peeves (as lame as it sounds) is when someone congratulates you for say a 4th or 5th place at a shitty FT. Or FT bubbling anything and having someone say "well at least you still made X$". Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilt

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    This exactly. "You made a hundred dollars that is still pretty sweet"
     
  6. Drewace34 Drewace34 is offline

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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 5:55pm) in reply to P33J

    clearly there r few things in life that r more frustrating than MTT sessions and only poker players understand this so IMO OP best thing to do is just re-barrell them and GIP them with texts about shitty things going on in their life...
     
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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 6:17pm) in reply to scarface_79

    dude it tilts me so bad they always ask about my wins and never care about my losses so ridiculous
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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 7:24pm) in reply to scarface_79

    Tell them to download the software and watch for themselves, or...

    Tell them you have a chip stack that's better than average, or less than average, and leave it at that
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    Sep 20th, 2009 (9/20/2009 9:01pm) in reply to scarface_79

    Stop associating with people who dont understand Tournament Holdem. Someone who doesnt understand the variance involved with tournament holdem just isnt worth having in your life anyway, Period!
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 11:31am) in reply to MadTiger

    This tilts me as well... Especially when I am on a downswing and my parents ask me if im winning... well, obv not if I am in $20k MU! People who don't play poker will never understand anything poker related, doesnt matter how much you try to explain to them the fundamental's of tournament poker, and the variance of the game, they just simply don't get it.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 11:58am) in reply to scarface_79

    Just keep telling them you're losing. I assume they will stop asking after awhile.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 12:00pm) in reply to ManchVegasPwn

    The best is when my 9yo son asks me this and I respond "You see that little guy with the affro....now you see that number in front of him?" He says, "you mean the 3,000?" To which I say, "Now what do you think, Bish?" And he says, "Man DAD! You must be rich!!!"

    I then send him off to get me a brewski and flip him a 1 spot.
  13. s1nnr s1nnr is offline will stab you

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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 12:04pm) in reply to scarface_79

    yea, but how much did you lose?
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 12:10pm) in reply to s1nnr

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    " Worse Question:

    When are you going to be done??

    kills me

    ^-----this, without a doubt. "

    I HATED when my fiance used to ask me this. Then she started playing poker. She's been playing for a few months now online and live, and when she completely out of the blue'd me with, "How's your stack?" "What's your table image?" "Average stack?" How many left until the bubble?" in one conversation, I about fell on the floor with my mouth open.

    Needless to say she's already a winning player and the day she sat with my at a cash table and quadded her stack while I lost 5 BB's in an hour session, she simply said, "It's easy to win when you get A-K and A-Q and donkeys shove with a mid-pair on a board showing A-x-x."

    LOVE.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 1:28pm) in reply to FireFighterFundz

     
    Originally Posted by FireFighterFundz View Post

    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.

    This is exactly the thinking that OP was refering to. You are the people we are talkinga bout. If you havent won or lost 10K in a day you have no business even posting your thoughts in this thread. Some people just will never get it.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 1:41pm) in reply to ProfitCenter

    This question only tilts me when I'm losing :)
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 4:06pm) in reply to scarface_79

    I see the logic in why this is an upsetting question. That being said, at work, I'll get asked 5 times a day by various people how's the day going. It's just a little greeting to show you they care.

    It's going good will likely get them to leave you alone.

    I have some funny feeling if we went on some parenting website, they'd be the flip of this question

    I text my damn kid at his job and asks how his day is going, and they just can't say good, he always has to lecture me about his job.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 4:28pm) in reply to scarface_79

    You know what tilts me to no end...Whining bitches like urself winning at poker.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 7:32pm) in reply to scarface_79

    Hey scarface, maybe try letting people know early on that the question wont be answered. Then when they invariably ask it you can, you can just remind them. Start em out like this.

    "OK I have one rule now that you know I play poker online. Just dont ask me how I am doing with calls and texts...I know you may mean well, but it is not something I want to focus on when I'm playing...OK?"
    Peace kid.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 8:48pm) in reply to telks

     
    Originally Posted by telks View Post

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

    i can picture this conversation

    person: Are you winning?

    telks: Pretty good.
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    Sep 23rd, 2009 (9/23/2009 10:06pm) in reply to shankingyou

     
    Originally Posted by shankingyou View Post

    You know what tilts me to no end...Whining bitches like urself winning at poker.

    Be more of a douche.
     
  22. nadatell nadatell is offline

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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 1:19pm) in reply to scarface_79

    Tell them poker is like a long term investment and you evaluate your investments once a month because looking at the hourly, daily, weekly swings would be to annoying.
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 2:15pm) in reply to scarface_79

    If someone asks me that that knows how tournaments work, ei: my gf or other poker players i usually just respond with my current mood and how i've been running for the last hour or so if im in mid session, or if i have any big stacks in things...for the rest i just summarize all categories as 'good'.
      
  24. Hecklerz Hecklerz is offline

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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 3:09pm) in reply to scarface_79

    Wow, you really get fired up about that???

    Here's my suggestion, don't answer the phone/text. Better yet, just turn it off.
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 3:15pm) in reply to Hecklerz

    you can just say it's going terrible then if they text you again, theyll know why u chose to ignore them
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 3:18pm) in reply to scarface_79

    I used to have ex after I did well and she would always says "Well how much did it cost to win that much"

    Umm huh. Just shut up.
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 5:53pm) in reply to scarface_79

    I see no reason to get mad about this. Just tell them you're still in a few and getting close to the money.
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 7:11pm) in reply to scarface_79

    yaaaaaa my gf comes home at like 5pm when i start my mtt day at 2pm and asks me '' how is poker going today '' .... ive learned to just say '' its going good '' every single time.
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 8:54pm) in reply to shankingyou

     
    Originally Posted by shankingyou View Post

    You know what tilts me to no end...Whining bitches like urself winning at poker.

    pretty much this
     
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    Sep 24th, 2009 (9/24/2009 9:15pm) in reply to ProfitCenter

     
    Originally Posted by ProfitCenter View Post


    This is exactly the thinking that OP was refering to. You are the people we are talkinga bout. If you havent won or lost 10K in a day you have no business even posting your thoughts in this thread. Some people just will never get it.

    dumbest post ever.
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