Sore Loser ruining the game for others
This guy I've played with at my buddy's homegame is always a sore loser. IMO, he is ruining the game for others. He's a huge fish, but equates his losses to "bad luck". Outside of poker, he's a decent guy from what my buddy tells me.
He slowplays AA preflop & all the way to the river then makes a big reraise, then is shocked that he lost to 2 pr. He says in an angry tone "you're lucky the board didn't pair, or I'd have won" (does he know the board pairing might give 2 pr a boat?). Why be a prick when you played it bad?
He misses his club flush draw, & is angry that the winner hit a heart flush. He says "if it'd been a club, you would've lost all your money" (does he realize if the river was a club, the winner misses his heart flush & wouldn't have called any bet?). He just had a draw, why the hostility.
Facing a preflop reraise from a tight player, he reraises all-in w/ QQ & goes nuts when he sees AA. "How can I put him on that, who doesn't slowplay Aces". I'm not saying he should fold QQ but why does he expect others to slowplay AA like he does? So they can get outdrawn like him?
Anytime he misses a draw, his opponent is "lucky" & he makes sure they hear his displeasure. Does he realize draws miss more often than not, & that he was losing the whole way?
He slowplays AA preflop & all the way to the river then makes a big reraise, then is shocked that he lost to 2 pr. He says in an angry tone "you're lucky the board didn't pair, or I'd have won" (does he know the board pairing might give 2 pr a boat?). Why be a prick when you played it bad?
He misses his club flush draw, & is angry that the winner hit a heart flush. He says "if it'd been a club, you would've lost all your money" (does he realize if the river was a club, the winner misses his heart flush & wouldn't have called any bet?). He just had a draw, why the hostility.
Facing a preflop reraise from a tight player, he reraises all-in w/ QQ & goes nuts when he sees AA. "How can I put him on that, who doesn't slowplay Aces". I'm not saying he should fold QQ but why does he expect others to slowplay AA like he does? So they can get outdrawn like him?
Anytime he misses a draw, his opponent is "lucky" & he makes sure they hear his displeasure. Does he realize draws miss more often than not, & that he was losing the whole way?
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It's okay to steam a bit and go quet when you either lose or misplay a hand but he seems to blame others for his misfortune. If you have a relationship where you can discuss his behaviour and ask him to modify it, then do so. Otherwise why bring the whole game down with one idiot?
If it was my game, I wouldn't invite him back but it's my buddy's homegame. The sore loser is a friend of my buddy's, & he is supposedly a decent guy away from poker. I don't really know the sore loser, so I can't really talk to him about it. I'm going to ask my buddy to take a players vote (when the sore loser isn't there, otherwise he might go crazy on everyone).
For me & a few others, he's 1 of the reasons I don't play my buddy's homegame often anymore, & that's a shame, because I really like playing poker with my buddies.
Tell GTA he's no longer welcome back.
And the intelligent discussion continues..........
It's a tough one there because you want him to come back because he is easy to beat, but you don't want him to come back because he is an ass when he gets beat.
I would just get some one to talk to him; either his friend that invited him or you if you invited him. The way I look at the home game is that you represent the people you bring so if one of your friends brought this guy then you have to get them to make him relax.
Bingo
If you don't want him at your game he can come to mine. He sounds like he's relatively new to the game.....ass when he loses and gloats IF he wins. At our room I picked up a sign that says "NO WHINING" , and when somebody starts we just point to the sign and usually get a laugh out of it. What I do is I usually agree with the bad beat braggers, keep them around tell them they got very unlucky drawing to there 9 high flush draw for all there chips. Anyways if your playing for decent money than these are the guys that you want in the game........if it's more for fun you have three options 1)ignore 2)ask buddy to not invite him 3)don't go.
Wader
I'd prefer to reinforce his flawed logic, personally. Congratulate the guy on his suckouts and console him on his "bad beats". I expect "proper" etiquette from people that should know better (people that have either played frequently, or play well (or both). From people that sound as clueless as this guy, I laugh (inside laugh) at his play/actions, and take his money.
IMO, if he's not braking anything or making people feel bad on purpose then put up with his rants and take all of his money. Once he goes broke and few times, maybe he'll buy a book and learn NOT to slowplay Aces all the way to the river.
Johnnie
Fishes are fun to take money from... but not when they make you go deaf...
Tell your friend it's a game, but it still requires skill to master, and even then, luck plays a part. Take the good with the bad.
Don't tap the aquarium if there's :fish: in the tank!
:fish: are friends, even if they bitch about their so-called "bad beats".
I love bingo players and losers that go on tilt because I will keep getting their chips/money. As long as the whiner is not attacking the other players, let them steam and hopefully donate more chips.
Ahh...you are so kind.........
Generally when you have a player that thinks the deck is stacked against him or he is the most unlucky player in the world you tried to lend him some sympathy by pointing some of the bad beats you have received or some of the draws you have missed. Then they then to realize they are not the only unlucky one.
Don't point out the bad plays to them as you don't want them to improve their game just point out the bad beats you get or the ones they have given.
I've blown up a couple of times, the worst time on the following hand, 4 left, 3 get paid..I believe I was in the BB with ATo, everyone called and I checked (possibly a bad move but let's not discuss it) and the flop came down a T high rainbow, I move all-in and get called by K4o. The turn was a 4 and the river was a 4, I stood up walked into another room and lost it throwing my card protector like a little baby (the card protector happened to be a hockey puck).
I felt stupid, small, and childish...and the blow up was exactly that, most of them are. I forgot two very important things...one, it's just a game..and 2, not everyone plays the same way. From my point of view the call was absolutely ridiculous but from the other players point of view it was correct. The player in question is a casual player known to be loose, his call should have been expected. I think if we take a bad beat we should take the time to step back and look at who was in the hand and how do they perceive the game....are you playing an inexperienced player or someone who just likes to gamble? And remember, it is just a game! I have hopefully learned from this and I hope never to repeat something like this....and I did apologize to the player for being such an idiot.
Nobody like a sore loser, I would tell your buddy to have a talk with this guy and let him know how it's affecting the game for you and the rest of the group and that he very well may lose you and other players if it keeps up. Myself if someone came to me with the same problem I would have no problem talking to the person about it, that's what friends do.
That was classic. I believe the puck is still there too.
Beer + Bad Beats = BAD TIMES!!
It is indeed stuck in the wall still, I've framed it.