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Broncobabe · High Card Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 4

I started playing poker not quite 2 months ago. I've fallen in love with it though and am either reading books about playing or playing every chance I get. I learned my numbers playing Rummy when I was about 3 and played about every other card game growing up, so just a newbie to poker. I actually got started playing on a MMORPG that had added hold'em to it's game. The situation I'm asking about happened there.

Once I decided I wanted to play poker, I started searching out the best players on the RPG and asking them questions. A couple of the best felt sorry for me and started teaching me. I still consider myself a newbie, but I'm at the point where I can beat them at least as often as they beat me. Since there are a limited number of poker players on the site, you are constantly playing against the same people over and over and get to learn their styles.

Now here's my question. There is a girl on the site who considers herself a GREAT poker player. The better players I know actually consider her a big fish, but her opinion of herself is that she's awesome. Which means that she hates when anyone beats her. Thing is, when we come up head to head, I almost always beat her unless I'm just playing to pass the time, or if I'm tilting, which for the most part, I've gotten better about. Smile

The first time I played this girl, I called an all-in by her with 9 10 suited and won. She then proceded to fuss at me for how I played and tell me what I did wrong (how could I call an all-in holding those cards).

I beat her rather frequently when we play, once taking her entire bank roll in 2 consecutive hands. The problem is that she continues to tell me how awful of a player I am and what I'm doing wrong, and at times has even managed to put me on tilt because of it. I know I'm not a great player, I'm still learning, and there are a LOT of players out there better than I am, but getting this repeatedly from someone I have a winning record against gets to be rather irritating. I've been working on learning a couple styles so I can mix my play up, and last night I beat her in a BIG hand (took almost her entire stack, leaving her with a few cents to try to make a comeback with) and I got called for bluffing because my K beat her Q. Then she decided that I wasn't bluffing, but just didn't know what I was doing. After that I muted her, because I didn't want to hear any more of what she thought. LOL.

So I guess I'm wondering what you do when you're playing against someone who continuously puts down how you play or offers unhelpful advice, especially when you're winning against them? I hate the fact that what she says bothers me, I know I shouldn't let it, but it still does. Have any of y'all run into a similiar situation?

Thanks!
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mistaken69 · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject:

what are the stakes of this game?

And i reccomend moving your money over to a major pokersite ASAP

Muskogee Mike · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject:

My situation isn't exactly like yours, but I had a somewhat similar experience last week. I was playing a $5 SNG and a friend of one of the players came in and started harrassing me. He was calling me a donk and a fish, and saying that he wanted to play me heads up so he could take my money. He was criticizing my play. It got to the point where I finally had to turn off my observer chat so I wouldn't have to see it. I was already steaming a little from losing most of my stack to his friend, so I didn't need any more from him.

Anyway, after muting him, I was able to concentrate on my game and made a huge comeback to win the SNG. I could have talked trash after I won, but I just took contentment knowing that they now knew how good of a player I actually am. You can read about it here: http://pokerforums.fulltiltpoker.com/viewtopic.php?t=16755.

So I guess my advice is to block her out (mute her if needed) and focus on playing yoiur game. But take advantage of the fact that you can put her on tilt. Use it to your benefit. And take satisfaction from knowing that you can beat her consistantly.

clussman

krazybangs · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:

Don't Tap on the Aquarium....

ATMs are always good while they still have money in them.

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