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New pet hate - AWAY player no check down on DYMs
It sucks to lose in situations with an away player on the bubble because a player doesn't understand implicit collusion, or chooses not to blind out the away player for some reason: "I just want to play Poker", or to spite a particular player are both all too common.
I do get the tilt. However, it's their buy-in, they can do what they want, deal with it.
Tbh if they don't understand implicit collusion, which in away player spots is common sense rather than anything particularly complicated to get your head around, they probably have far bigger leaks too, from which you'll make far more money than you'll lose in the long run, so whatever.
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These uberDONK players are unforgivable, usually 'low roll reload rookies' at the game who think they have a unique angle, so bad they make me want to bang my head against the wall.
I suppose you should be grateful for them as they usually turn out to be Fish who only have a few games under their belt and give their money to you free on occasions, they can't get their minds around the concept of cooperation play, referred to by Harrington as implicit collusion. (Courtesy of the JohnConner thread). Surprsingly, there are many players who cannot figure this simple winning strategy out.
Maybe one day I will move up the stakes and leave them behind but I suspect their will be some more special surprises in store at the higher levels as human nature and the psychology of the poker player stays unremarkably and predictably consistent.
"I'm as mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore. Things have got to change."
It's a pretty bad leak to allow such a trivial matter to tilt you, too. Long term we should be loving a player who is so bad. OK, we have a little short term irritation, but we are still going to win more games when this fella is at the table than when he is not.
if I may say so, being so rude about inferior players went out of fashion many years ago, thank goodness. If we were to think about it, we should behave exactly the opposite towards bad players. These guys are our profit & personally, I prefer to show them a bit of love.
Turn it upside down - would we really prefer a top rate player to our man who does not even understand "implicit collusion" 4 handed? I know which of the 2 I'd rather face.
Good luck at the tables bud.
I have so far managed to not throw a virtual chair at these people but there is still time yet!
*As a foot note to the op, i found that the only feasible time that it is worth betting on a dym elimination is when there is a possibilty of a split pot or creating a side pot incase the short stack or away player wins the hand. ie. you have a full house or made a flush, as i found myself breaking the rule of 'implicite collusion' in these circumstances and getting a few comments and raised eyebrow wtf??s to myself when i bet my K hi fd, but i felt it justified under these circumstances and this puts the other players under more pressure if the ss happens to win the hand.
I've also found some 'Zombie' players (The Away Player) sometimes come back from the dead at the last minute only to regain their stack, so betting there is not always a bad thing, only when it is obviously a bad play is it worthy of justifiable denigration and 'virtual chair' hurling.