When the flop is K93, and you turn to your neighbour (me), whom you've never met, and whisper "I folded 93, damn".

Every.

****ing.

Hand.

when your name is dcor

Pretty sure this thread has been made multiple times.

To the dealer: give it a good scramble this time

Or: New Setup!

As often as the casino allows it...

"Flop lag!"

"I couldn't fold..."

"It was suited..."

Seriously, though...OP is a level.

... you get dealt pocket eights and try to split them.

You are confused as to why the dealer dealt you four cards on your first hand then walk off to the correct table...

<3

When you buy in with any bills other than hundos

you play with Phil Ruffin a lot?

As for chip stacks, stacks of 30 are much sexier, if you have like 45 or sth (1-2 game), then go for the single powerstack.

I usually know you're a fish before seeing this, but...


Despite being the first to act each time, you look to the right on each street to see if it's your turn to act.

It happens, but what boggles my mind is how long some of these people are at the table before they do this.

Now and then I'm playing 2/4 LHE and someone sits down with $200 red (when everyone else has on average $80 white or so), plays maybe an orbit folding and call/folding, and then all of a sudden makes a $25 preflop raise.

The really weird thing is usually these people are doing it with air and will bet to the river to try to save face...

No way. Sure, some folks mean it earnestly, but when I say it, I'm trying to encourage others. It works beauuuutifully in drunken home games. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.

On this note, when the player is sitting quietly and makes no sign of folding (instead of telegraphing like most 1/2 players), and then asks if it's his turn to act, and then carefully bets...

That's usually a big hand.

People don't care about screwing up the action if they're folding anyway. Some of them are proud of it. (Yesterday someone said, "Yeah, I know I folded out of turn, but I didn't like my cards, so I don't care.") Similarly, when they're drawing, they want their out-of-turn calls to encourage more calls. So when a 1/2 or 2/5 player is being fastidious, he has a huge interest in this pot.

Had a huge example of this one last night. I understand trying to save face, but this guy took it to a new level. He said he knew his opponent had a straight as he was calling the bet, then went on and on afterwards about how he knew it, that's why he said he knew it, and he was just "keeping him honest." This went on for several hands, even though nobody else was even talking about it. I smiled and agreed with his logic, of course.

Oy. It's even worse at blackjack or baccarat, when someone shows up with $1k in 20s. I feel sad for the person.

A lot of live tells are overrated, but this is one of the more prominate one to indicate hand strength IMO.

when you start berating others for their play at the table

Why on earth would you feel sad?
The 20s are from all the $20 bags of whatever they're selling.

In our "big" game close to half the players buy in for anything from
$1000 to 3 or $4000 in 10s and 20s. Wonder where that money comes from?

pizza delivery or taxi driver?

You are so wrong OP. There are times when the flop is going to come 222. If you fold your 27 preflop you are going to be hating life. Any hand has this possibilty and can be played from any position.

I'll give you an example. Last night old man coffee hadn't played a hand in 2 hours at the local 1/2 game. There was 1 limper and old man coffee raised to $50. I knew he had AA. I looked down at 93 offsuit in the big blind. I could possibly flop two pair or even trips and stack him for his whole stack of $83. I call and see a flop of 1093. Bingo, I stacked him and he stomped off muttering under his breath. Any two cards can win. You just have to play them. If I miss, I fold and save the $33. Easy game.

This is expert level.

If this will seriously get me labeled as a fish, I'm going to start bringing $20s with me to buy in. I'd prefer to have people think I'm a recreational player.

When you start eating real worms at the table....

When you come to the table with tartar sauce and chips...

agreed.

I actually keep my c-notes in one pocket and a was of 20s in the other, then I buy in with one or the other depending on how the table looks from seat 8.

You lead out on the flop for 3k into a 300 pot. Saw this last night.

That's a good point. Casinos are a good place to launder money. And it raises far fewer eyebrows than going to the bank every week to change it into $100s.

Eh, at a poker table, nobody really notices or cares. The buy-ins are too small at the lower stakes, and at the higher stakes you're dealing with a chip-runner or floorperson, not the dealer and the table. Besides, this kind of trick wouldn't fool them anyway.

When I sell a big buy-in with low bills at baccarat, it makes me think that this little old Chinese lady has saved up all her extra $20s for a long time, and is now setting it on fire.

People who can afford to play usually buy in with $100s. People who are used to having money don't carry many $20s around with them.