So I’m playing poker online tonight and one of the players at my table has the moniker “NolimitFreak.”
On one of the first hands he plays, on the final round of betting I make a big bet, he raises me, I reraise him “all in,” and he folds. He then proceeds to call me a “turd” in the area where players can chat. I have no idea why.
A while later, I ask him a question: “Hey NolimitFreak, have you read the book Freakonomics?”
He responds, “I wrote it.”
I type back, “That’s amazing…I love the book!”
He didn’t reply.
I find it outrageous that the author of Freakonomics would go around calling someone a turd.
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Yeah, we all have people like that on the internet. Well hope you liked meeting the writer of Freakonomics! What was that like?! ^^
Yeah, we all have people like that on the internet. Well hope you liked meeting the writer of Freakonomics! What was that like?! ^^
Poker is so fun, in person or online, and playing with people you don’t know always adds a new dimension.
I assume you were playing Texas Hold ‘Em – I love the game, but I am no good at it (according to most of the “seasoned Pros” I play against). But I beat them, almost always. How? I don’t play their game, and it often pisses them off. They can’t understand someone that raises on the river looking for an inside straight, but what they fail to realize is that, had they played me differently on the flop, I wouldn’t be sitting here on the river hoping for my straight – I would have been gone long ago.
I love pissing players off by hitting what they consider “miracle hands”, or just out bidding them. Texas Hold ‘Em Poker isn’t just about odds, it is more about balls – and being able to read people.
I would MUCH rather face a sore loser than a sore winner
Rob
Poker is so fun, in person or online, and playing with people you don’t know always adds a new dimension.
I assume you were playing Texas Hold ‘Em – I love the game, but I am no good at it (according to most of the “seasoned Pros” I play against). But I beat them, almost always. How? I don’t play their game, and it often pisses them off. They can’t understand someone that raises on the river looking for an inside straight, but what they fail to realize is that, had they played me differently on the flop, I wouldn’t be sitting here on the river hoping for my straight – I would have been gone long ago.
I love pissing players off by hitting what they consider “miracle hands”, or just out bidding them. Texas Hold ‘Em Poker isn’t just about odds, it is more about balls – and being able to read people.
I would MUCH rather face a sore loser than a sore winner
Rob
I’ve heard of ‘identity’ theft. But this is ‘freaking’ ridiculous!
I’ve heard of ‘identity’ theft. But this is ‘freaking’ ridiculous!
Maybe you were playing against Dubner.
Maybe you were playing against Dubner.