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Originally Posted by Aceh0le
There will always be individuals who act irrationally for one reason or another. Come to terms that these recreational players will continue to make mistakes and you'll be on the wrong end of the result from time to time. It is what it is, good luck on continuing to mop up the game.
And, since they value entertainment > money, if you are nice to them, they'll continue to show up at the same game/table and continually lose, occasionally winning, and you will benefit greatly.
I'd also argue it's not irrational, they just get a high degree of entertainment utility from a night of fun and polite gamboooool amongst adults. That utility is bigger than the dollars lost in the gambooool.
The irrational ones are the ones who claim to be experts at poker while playing ******edly - the ones who overshove with JJ b/c they don't wanna see a flop types. They value the money but play ******edly and seemingly have no desire to improve since they think they've solved the game. But someone limp/calling $30 with 72o? That's a gambooool type.