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Originally Posted by SABR42
I play primarily $5/10/20, with some $5/10, $10/20, and $10/20/40 mixed in. Player pools aren't very big.
Anyone opening A9o in MP is going to get murdered long-term. Maybe that wasn't the example you wanted to use.
What? You play 10/20nl and read a book while playing? Yikes man, I assumed you were just a low stakes player. That's just so bad to do in a small player pool game like 10/20+ (even 5/10). It's way worse than having headphones (especially one ear bud) on. There's so many things doing that projects out to the action players that is bad for the game: (1) anti-social and self absorbed, (2) that you're just there to grind for a living and print, (3) that you are gonna be playing nitty/tight, (4) gets you less action from certain fish, (5) can make looser players potentially tighten up/add on to serious, quiet, competitive vibe instead of social, fun, non-competitive vibe, etc.
It's amazing how "smart" poker pros can still be so short sighted/narrow minded. I would suggest re-considering that behavior and really examine how much that hurts your long term EV. Not to mention the other players you play with. If you did that in my player pool at 10/20, not only would you get a ton of **** from a few of the good regs, but the action players would speak up as well. In many areas, that can lead to some real issues for you such as getting shut out of games, etc.
Surprised none of that has already happened. But that would make sense if your'e in Vegas I guess (no idea if you are, but seems most likely). Sorry, but your'e just not self aware enough to realize these things apparently - but they are absolutely true.