Kat (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} platkat) wrote,@ 2004-08-03 18:47:00 |
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The Uh-Oh's and No-No's for Poker Ho's
1. If you plan to dictate the results of a questionable hand, make sure you're right.
2. If you plan to dictate the results of a questionable hand, make sure you are an active member that is playing at the table in question.
3. If you plan to dictate the results of a questionable hand, and you decide not to obey Rule 1 OR Rule 2, make sure you have at least watched the hand, and the betting, from beginning to end.
4. Playing out of turn does not intimidate the person in front of you. Rather, it gives that player extra information that puts him at an advantage.
5. Dropping hints about your bisexuality at the poker table and reneging on them does not impress anyone. Rather, it reveals a passive-aggressive characteristic of a player who bets large to be threatening, but folds under pressure.
6. Touching other players' cards is illegal when you are not in the game.
7. Touching other players' chips is illegal when you are not in the game.
8. Discussing hands with players and reacting to their decisions is illegal when you are not in the game.
9. Yelling at the table captain does not win you respect.
10. Yelling at members of the table does not win you respect.
11. Lateness is not a virtue.
As the poker league nowhere near over, this list will probably grow. It upsets me that a game I love is being tarnished by a miserable hillbilly.
Fortunately, my team is doing absurdly well. We're first in our division. And me? I'M doing beyond absurdly well. In 4 games, I've taken 4th, 1st, 2nd, and 1st places. I am now prepared to clobber the universe. At poker. I will be the best poker player (named Kat Taylor) in the WORLD!!
1. If you plan to dictate the results of a questionable hand, make sure you're right.
2. If you plan to dictate the results of a questionable hand, make sure you are an active member that is playing at the table in question.
3. If you plan to dictate the results of a questionable hand, and you decide not to obey Rule 1 OR Rule 2, make sure you have at least watched the hand, and the betting, from beginning to end.
4. Playing out of turn does not intimidate the person in front of you. Rather, it gives that player extra information that puts him at an advantage.
5. Dropping hints about your bisexuality at the poker table and reneging on them does not impress anyone. Rather, it reveals a passive-aggressive characteristic of a player who bets large to be threatening, but folds under pressure.
6. Touching other players' cards is illegal when you are not in the game.
7. Touching other players' chips is illegal when you are not in the game.
8. Discussing hands with players and reacting to their decisions is illegal when you are not in the game.
9. Yelling at the table captain does not win you respect.
10. Yelling at members of the table does not win you respect.
11. Lateness is not a virtue.
As the poker league nowhere near over, this list will probably grow. It upsets me that a game I love is being tarnished by a miserable hillbilly.
Fortunately, my team is doing absurdly well. We're first in our division. And me? I'M doing beyond absurdly well. In 4 games, I've taken 4th, 1st, 2nd, and 1st places. I am now prepared to clobber the universe. At poker. I will be the best poker player (named Kat Taylor) in the WORLD!!
