Tom Dwan amazes me every time I watch him play. I saw an episode of HSP this weekend where Dwan three-barrel bluffed Ivey to win a massive pot ($400k plus the uncalled river bet of about $270k). My mind was boggled. Amazingly, Ivey tanked forever with A6 on a KQxx6 board. He really believed his sixes had a good chance of being ahead, and he was right, but eventually he folded.

Back on-topic: In my group, WTF-Guy really believes he is a good player. He's super-aggro, and he wins a lot of small pots from the guppies who call pre, miss the flop, and fold. But he's terrible post-flop; he refuses to give up when he's obviously beaten, and he chases weak draws at any pot odds. The last time I played him HU, I had a perfect read and got my smaller stack all-in with a dominating (and SOOTED) ace. He hit his kicker on the turn and told me, "I knew you had a big ace, but I called because I felt the three coming." I patted him on the back and said "Nice hand, you made a great call then."

I then went home and kicked the cat until my foot hurt.

...and therein lies the brilliance of why he'll never understand when he loses this hand?!?! I see the same player at my game do it time and time again. The only difference is, he loses and yet keeps doing it. Then when I get up against him, there seems to be a suck out. It's so hard to do what you did there. My hat is off to you.

Haha, those STFU chips are funny, but it'd definitely have to be the right crowd.

There's really nothing you can say to annoying people. People have tried, and I keep ignoring them. 'Hey buddy, your personality sucks.' How would anybody take that well?

Just don't pick up his conversation threads. If he says something about you, even if it's wrong, just shrug.

This has been done by several different people...he hasn't seemed to get the point.

I had him on my right during the last 2 hours of the tourney Saturday night. He just kept talking into my right ear...I wouldn't even turn towards him or look in his direction. No acknowledgement that he was talking, and he kept going. His persistence is impressive.

This is not getting enough love.

The less subtle among us appreciate this.

Back off-topic...

He is definitely not Tom Dwan, and I am hopefully not Phil Hellmuth.

I can see Helmuth using the word "frond" quite honestly.

This is pretty much spot on. The only time I would disagree is if the chatterer is so annoying that he starts to drive off players. Then you have to say something, even if he finds it insulting.

Believe me, it took a while to get there. I had a couple of "How the HELL do you call with that crap?" moments against this guy before I realized the error of my ways.

Y'know, I did disinvite one person who just bugged me far too much, but it involved removing myself from his life completely (I was already on the brink). It was hard on him, but he was aware that he had a strong personality.

Ok, this I gotta hear... Please, please elaborate...

You know, I don't mind when people make fun of me. They can make fun of me all they want. But then I get them to put all of their money in when I'm a 5 to 1 favorite...

Oh....my...God....make it stop!

^^UB?!?! Good thing I don't have any bullets...might use them on myself.

Don't bother. You can dodge bullets, baby.

Decide if uninviting him for a few games might get the message across, after your talk (if he doesn't drastically improve).....

Or, learn to have fun at his expense, but in a mostly-friendly way.

Really, you're going to have to wipe away this association.... or I'm going to have to hate you on principle.

Frond you

I was ALREADY planning on a timeout for you, based on Sarge's thread.....

Just got a promo announcement from Nevada Jacks. They are giving away free chip sets to people who sign up with AP/UB. Yeah, I'm rushing to sign up............NOT!

I don't want to be associated with PH, that is for sure. And my cash game winning percentage is certainly better than his, at least based on TV games.

But who else can mix it up as needed, and rope-a-dope the LAGs until they put in their stack drawing almost dead? hmmmmm...

Well, I don't have his raw sexual power, but:



JD, sorry to hijack your thread.

I'll never forgive you...

As a mod I have my strengths...keeping threads on topic is not one of them.

At least I usually wait until the conversation plays out.

My daughter had loaded the vuvuzela app on her ipod touch before I mentioned it to her. Her use was more conventional; she shook it when USA scored against Algeria. I gave it a try and it's the most compelling reason to buy an iphone yet. I guess a real vuvuzela would be cheaper, though.