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Respect or Lack of it!
I have just returned to playing on Skypoker after taking a break from the game totally for 18 months. Lots of things I see shows what a great site this is, excellent variety of games at all levels, some very good players all backed by the Sky staff.
One thing that I have witnessed more and more (happened 4 times in 4 games today) is players being verbally abusive to others on the tables I have been on, I'm not taking about 'table talk', its gone further than that, of course the player has been careful not to have the abuse ***** out but it has been personally offensive. I have only ever encountered this once live despite, prior to taking my break from the game, being an extremely active live player on the Blackpool circuit and it saddens me that these keyboard warriors mar the site.
Just disappointed and wonder whether they would be like this if they were sat playing live.
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I made it to the final table, probably over an hour later and eventually went out in 3rd - ironically I shoved AK and was called by AA if I remember correctly. Just as the script came up to say "BigRonnieC has been awarded 3rd place etc" the villain was back from the abyss laughing at my misfortune (3rd wasn't too bad).
Some people can't grasp that while this is a leisure activity with a competitive dimension, luck plays a large role and you will lose (often) with the best hand - it's just the way things work - even a 90% favourite will lose, sometimes in strings of bad luck. It's not the person who got lucky's fault. It's not sky's fault. It just is what it is and some people can't grasp that and rage at everyone.
"i have been playing on sky poker for a while now and cant help but see how many times the river hits the winning hand. now i know this does happen as i have been playing at the casino for a few years BUT this happens nearly every hand at sky. i have spoken to other players on here and they agree that this is the case. poker on sky is little more than bingo. i suspect that the randomiser on sky is geared up to pull in as much rake as they can from the cash games. i have got together with other players on here to look into taking this to the governing body to investigate sky and its misleading so called POKER site "
It's a human tendency to seek to attach a cause to everything, or to apportion blame where possible. I can understand when people throw their hands up when all is running smoothly then suddenly they lose two all-ins as an 80% favourite and suddenly they're busto. The difference is a winning player with an understanding of the game recognises that this is part of the game just as much as he understands the difference between preflop equity and postflop equity. To minimise variance and the role of luck, a good player develops situational awareness, understands and picks up on betting and calling patterns and incorporates this into his play to minimise the role of luck.
The key word is minimise. You can't eliminate chance from poker - that's why you should have a bankroll that can withstand misfortune but still grow if in the hands of a skillful player. Instead of analysing their game and opponents however, these bad players blame "fish", sky poker or anything, when, in reality, only bad play can lead to consitently bad results in the longrun.
This lack of honesty and responsibility for one's own actions then manifests itself as chat box rage and ignorant forum posts.
Be it playing pc games online, or playing your x-box or Playstation online with other players. You're constantly faced with cry babies who really can't stand losing.
The people who moan and complain about bad beats and bad luck show that they dont really understand poker.I do wonder why some people play this wonderful game if it gives them so much heartache.