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Originally Posted by MontyBurns
Grow up folks, it's your responsibility to know how much your opponent has in front of them.
I absolutely hate this attitude at the poker table.
You WANT to play against people who don't check your stack size until the turn. You DON'T want to play against people who are going to take a break from watching TV to specifically target you because they're pissed off.
And the drawback of playing oblivious, emotionally volatile opponents is that you need to coddle them. Not because there's a rule that you need to or because kids these days or because Geroge Costanza says We Live In A Society, but because that's how you get **** done.
Way too many poker players, especially NL players, act like they're not only willing but happy to ruin someone's night over a few dollars. Most of the time it's preventable (nights being ruined, not losing money). When someone complains your high denomination chips aren't visible, you can either ruin their night by counter-accusing them of being an idiot, or you can apologize and rearrange your stack even though the rules don't say you need to.
When I check, I say "check" and tap the felt with all five fingers well in front of my chips. Overkill? 99.9% of the time, yes. But when that 0.1% of the time comes around, it always goes in my favor because nobody accuses me of being unclear. When I raise, I say, "Raise. 130 total, 95 on top." Triple redundant? 99.9% of the time, yes. But when that 0.1% of the time comes around, nobody ever accuses me of being unclear.
Do the rules force me to do these things? No.
Am I enabling my opponents to pay less attention to the game, and be semi-drunk and still feel in control? Hell yes, and intentionally so.