something like, "move up to 1/2 NL. it's a better game altogether."

During 1/2NL when I was talking about Barack Obama (I'm Canadian... so not many people cared) and how I thought he was going to get elected and be amazing... and this other guy at the table was agreeing with me and outta nowhere, mid-shuffle this guy who hadn't said a single word all night pipes up:

"You know what buddy, you sound like an idiot."

I sat there waiting for some kind of punch line or something... but that was it, so I asked him "What do you mean? You don't like Barack or something?"

Him: "No, I'm 40 years old and when you get to my age hopefully youll stop talking like that because I gotta say, right now... you sound like a complete idiot."

The whole table was dead quiet and I mean, I'm not gonna get offended OR start a fight with some 40 year old dude when I'm only half his age. The VERY NEXT HAND, he's in the SB and pops it to $10 (the table standard), and of course 7 people call (the table standard), and I wake up with pocket 4's. Getting pretty good odds to hit a set AND with the button I make the easy call.

Flop comes and it's like 4h Jh 2c.

Now, with this many people out here... I need to thin the field so I can find out who has what exactly... with 9 players total... I dunno wtf I even wanna do, but thankfully Mr.Critic fires out a $50 bet into 8 other players. One guy calls and instead of raise, I figure I'll let this aggressive guy with his overpair bet (that's what I figured he had... somethin like that because I don't see AK c-betting half pot there from this guy... even though if he had like AhKh, that's a pretty good c-bet from him).

So I just call.

Now, my plan is to make a pretty big raise on the turn if the flush misses and if it hits I'll do some damage control and work some odds.

Of course, the flush comes 100% of the time in this situation.

Turn was like 7h

Now the first guy, mr.aggressive, open shoves for $400. The guy in-between us that called on the flop goes all in as well for his remaining $150. That's a $250 differential, but I was pretty tired and I wanted to figure out exactly what my pot odds were... as well as count their stacks because both of them had some jumble mess of chips. So about 15 seconds goes by and then he starts sayin "Cmon idiot, make the call, give me your chips."

Now... I'm completely fine with being needled while I'm not in a hand... but when you start getting aggressive like that while I'm trying to make a decision it throws me a bit off. He can tell me to make the call (well, in this particular casino he can) and angle me all he wants but calling me an idiot like that is kinda not cool... especially when I didn't say anything to him.

So, I actually say something back and I'm like "Dude, be quiet here... you're so far behind it's insane and it's ridiculous that you're shoving $400 on the turn when the flush draw comes into two players... EVERYONE KNOWS YOU HAVE AN OVERPAIR and I'm pretty sure this dude in between us has a flush." When I say that, the in-between guy's face goes bright red... so I'm guessin I was correct. After I settle the dispute I need about 0.2 seconds before I realize yeah, it's totally a great call to make cuz I'm pretty much like free-rolling the boat/quads.

The second I say call, Mr.Critic tosses over his hand and yells "BEST HAND IN THE GAME MORON, BEAT THAT!" The in-between guy politely says "Yeah, good read, I have the flush." Since I called, I don't have to expose in my casino unless I go to showdown and want to win.

River pairs the board, BOOM, SHIP IT.

The guy doesn't stop talking about how I'm such a moron for playing pocket 4's and how he's like a 16:1 favorite... even though he's not a 16:1 favorite over any pocket pair... he's like a 4:1... but I didn't correct him. He goes on like this for another two hours until someone finally says "Hey, doesn't it suck when an idiot takes your money?"

The table laughs... but so does the guy, proving that ignorance is bliss. I guess he really did have the last laugh.

I love this post. The entire existence of the word "reraise" should be stricken from this planet.

Another Canterbury policy that bewildered me:

A flop comes with something like ATT. I say to the person next to me, "ooh, possible jackpot here." The dealer sternly warns me against talking about the hand in progress. WTF?

They are very strict about table talk. A couple of warnings later and I became reluctant to talk about even my own hands.

The most absurd thing you can think of is the "one player to a hand" rule?

It's not the rule that's absurd; in fact, it obviously has merit. I just found it a bit too strict to invoke it when someone simply comments on the texture of the flop. That's essentially no more harmful than a stud dealer saying, "possible flush." Especially when the comment implies nothing about the individual players' holdings. What is wrong with simply remarking that a jackpot is possible?

And btw, that's far from the "most" absurd thing I could think of.

I play in live local NLHE tournaments that are charity fund-raisers licensed by the state (US) of Michigan.

There are a lot of regulars in the tournaments. I play very tight. Everyone knows it and comments on it. I have cashed in 2 of the last 4 without ever making a bluff. I don't have to.

Everyone likes to play a lot of hands. I can fold for two orbits, then raise under the gun, and get at least two callers. They just can't resist. Folding, even to the recognized tightest player in the room, just isn't any fun.

Wake up!
We've heard of instances where even talking about a possible bad beat board has disqualified the bad beat that was there.
Some fool not even in the hand cost the table 10's of k's by talking.
House rules.
Shaddup.

Playing in a live sit n go at Hawaiian Gardens blinds 75/150 lady folds KK for 600 chips face up after an allin,a call then her turn,
me: "what why did you fold that"
Her: "well i folded my KK because two people were allin and an ace flops 60% of the time"

A dealer should never say this.

Nonsense. That's almost like saying "only need a jack for a straight" on a 7-8-9-10 board which is obviously inappropriate discussion.

Props to the AA player for encouraging her.

I had this happen to me in a local $1/2 game ... this one guy was raising every hand and betting the flop and/or going all-in on the flop an inordinate amount of the time.

I had KQ and the flop came K 10 6 rainbow and he instantly went all in for about $150 into a $75 or so pot.

It was to me to call his all-in or fold ... no players behind me. He decides that since I am taking a minute to decide that he *must* be ahead shows me *jack*.

I obv snap call because he has either KJ or JJ... It's KJ and I win and he and his friend start complaining about how unfair it is! LOLOL

[ ] this post contained "most absurd poker thinking" in a live game

I seriously hope this is a level. Otherwise I weep for mankind.

Sigh.

Can we start a "Worst berating of a fish you have heard in a live game?" thread???

Most absurd poker thinking? Probably not.
Post worthy? Absolutely

I already weep for mankind. This makes my wallet happy though.

1/2 nl in a local charity room.

gets to the river between player A and player B. Player B is in position.

Board: K 10 10 Q 2

Player A checks, player B checks. A shows nut str8, player B shows quad tens.

When asked why he checked on the river, player B says he was going to trap player A.

I think some terrible players have subconsciously resigned themselves to the fact that they could only have a profitable year if they hit a BBJ.

Are you kidding? That election was huge news here, I heard 5 times more about that election than our own election in Canada.

At the Bike, there are dozens of people on disability or some other assistance who's day to day life involves playing any hand with JJ+ or suited connectors in 3/6 Omaha, and then checking it down to try and hit the BBJ. Every one of them I've talked to claims to have hit it at least once, and has a good memory as to when the last time the others have hit.

In stud, it can be appropriate for a dealer to remark on the players 'up' boards to show who's action, and also b/c it can be difficult to tell hearts from diamonds, etc from the 3 to the 8 or whatever.

Not appropriate for dealer or player to comment on hold'em board. Ever.

The good thing when someone starts chirping "ooh jackpot????" every time two aces come is they are almost always a donkey.

I was playing in a game like this. 2-10 spread. dont remember the action but the point of the story was that the flop with KKK. guy bets out in first position for $4. everyone folds. he then shows K2. When asked why he didnt check he said, "i was worried about my kicker"

From what I've told in higher stud games the dealer doesn't announce possible straight/flush and only new pairs if they become the high pair. I think either TT or RR made that post.

that would certainly make sense. i have only played donk-level Stud live.