what use to be great tourney,s mucked up

[yeoman42]

the 5 op66 tourney,s use to be somewhere you could nearly always get a good game of poker but some morons have infiltrated this haven of sanity,asked to post and fold cause the person in question had some where to go,no way would,nt listen so allin allin was his answer mucking up every ones game and knocking out numerous players before he finally met his match,this is,nt the first time he,s done this as i,ve been party to this individuals antics on at least four occasions,and his buddy is just as bad so if you happen to play on a table with these players timmy and jiggy i,m truely sorry.but if this is what we can expect in the future,then it is possible you my m8s will be seeing less and less of me,is there a answer to this problem?,maybe a referee who might be able to expel said players if a trend of allins is mucking the game of poker up,yes someone may have 2/3/4 hands on the trot that he feels or warrants going allin hard to believe but can happen but 5/6/7/8 hands come on,and does any hand warrant a allin even aa,maybe when you have no other choice,any how what ever these players make good players and poker a misery.

[zanegrey]

I to was on this table hoping for a laugh and a good game, but this was really not good as he was fooling everyone and gaining points without playing fairly, the mood of the game went quickly downhill and nobody wished to play except for the people who had too and were unable to challege without getting knocked out, no cards on the table but allin everytime...is this the way of things to come????
BINGO....

[saladdodger]

Yeoman m8 i agree with everything you said,but saying you got to go,an not post an fold is not the way to go.
it devalues the game in my opinion,either enter to play to the end,or dont enter at all.

[yeoman42]

your correct saladdodger,he entered knowing he could,nt complete the game and he,s done it before,i think he,s a student from what i learnt on the previous occasion,we know in a game sometimes players have a emergency and have to leave the game there should be a way of leaving the table and deleting said chips from game to make it fair

[scgirl]

I recently played in a tourney and a person said he was fixing to have to goen he started goin' all-in just to get rid of his chips. I didn't like that cause it seemed unfair to ev1 at the table. He had a considerable amount of chips. A person with a nice stack called him every time. Which in turn made that person the chip leader. Does anybody else see my point? It just wasn't a good game. Trust me I want to win one of these tourney's, but not like that.

[Mr_Slick]

Yeoman, I passed up the chance to call on two fours, even though I did'nt want to. But when he did the same on the next hand I was looking at A-9 Suited, I diliberated for a while and thought call, so I did. I thought he had a high pair because of the swiftness he went in, this was not to be and all he had was Q-10 off suit. No matter to him, he still won the pot on the 'River' with a Queen. People where understandably very annoyed with his bingo style of play, but it seems its well within his rights. [Steve]

[sa11y69]

there's sooo much of this going on...if there's one of these at my table i dont bother calling the blind till either he's gone out or i've been moved. totally ruins the game and the atmosphere, i know as soon as i call he's gunna put me all in so whats the point? they obviously dont know how to play poker, and should stick to knitting...

[future2112]

very annoying when people do that, they really do spoil it for others.

i think you should report it yeoman and if these people get reported enough times and evidence shows their game is way beyond normal then i think they should have a ban of some sort.

[RockDivaD]

I was there too, when asked by a number of players to post and fold if he had to go and not ruin the game, his answer was, I have a million chips this tourney means nothing.
I pointed out to him, it might not mean anything to you, but it plainly means something to the rest of the players at the table, this made no difference, so only goes to show how selfish some people can be, to completely disregard anyone one else for their cheap thrill of playing bingo.


There are plenty of sites where this is the norm, wish they'd buzzed off to them, before they ruin this site, that would be too much too hope for.

[MRCOOL1]

wow...

that's almost as irritating as someone posting and folding until they near the final table.

seriously, tho...
Yes, it is aggravating, and yes, it does screw up the dynamics of the game.

However, it IS still play that is allowable by the rules... to request that they be 'disqualified' or otherwise taken out of the game is ridiculous.
DEAL WITH IT like the calm, intelligent, and talented poker players that you are.

[jockney]

This has been debated before. Those of us who play the daily tourneys regularly, respect each other and if we have to leave, we will sit out for our blinds to be posted & folded. In my opinion that is the correct thing to do.

MR C is correct in what he says , in that no poker rule has been broken in the kind of play that Yeoman describes. We may all detest it, but the fact is , there will always be someone who decides to play kamakazi poker.

We can complain all we like , and it's good that we have this forum to get it off our chest, but as MR C says it aint going to change anything and we cant ban people just because we dont like the way they play.

[Mr_Slick]

Originally Posted by MRCOOL1

wow...

that's almost as irritating as someone posting and folding until they near the final table.

seriously, tho...
Yes, it is aggravating, and yes, it does screw up the dynamics of the game.

However, it IS still play that is allowable by the rules... to request that they be 'disqualified' or otherwise taken out of the game is ridiculous.
DEAL WITH IT like the calm, intelligent, and talented poker players that you are.

The only reason jockney is agreeing with you MRCOOL is because he knows you are right and I know you are right. The player in question has'nt broke any rules, he has the right to play as he sees fit. I guess we have to grin and bear it and come up with a different strategy to combat the bingo player. Feel free if you have any suggestions, I for one would like to hear them. Steve.

[LfcFan]

I came up against a couple of players in the BC tonight who had questionable all-in tactics but i tried not to let it bother me. Waited till i had the right hand to take them out and did so.
I raised my chip stack massively and went on to claim a silver medal thanks to them.
Not sure i would have got that far if i had not been gifted with their chips.
These players were raising all-in with ace rag off suit hands. Calling all sorts of my pre-flop raises.
In the end i was able to show my bluffs to them when they didnt call me. Basically i sucking them in by thinking i was bluffing again when i had a great hand.
Out play them.
Take their chips.
As for the people who sit out for ages. If you play well before they start playing then you can build enough of a stack that they cant bother you later.
In the long run, great hands beat lesser hands.

[MRCOOL1]

Originally Posted by Mr_Slick

Feel free if you have any suggestions, I for one would like to hear them.

Originally Posted by MRCOOL1

DEAL WITH IT like the calm, intelligent, and talented poker players that you are.

All my advice would be contained in that previous statement.

[Mr_Slick]

Originally Posted by LfcFan

I came up against a couple of players in the BC tonight who had questionable all-in tactics but i tried not to let it bother me. Waited till i had the right hand to take them out and did so.
I raised my chip stack massively and went on to claim a silver medal thanks to them.
Not sure i would have got that far if i had not been gifted with their chips.
These players were raising all-in with ace rag off suit hands. Calling all sorts of my pre-flop raises.
In the end i was able to show my bluffs to them when they didnt call me. Basically i sucking them in by thinking i was bluffing again when i had a great hand.
Out play them.
Take their chips.
As for the people who sit out for ages. If you play well before they start playing then you can build enough of a stack that they cant bother you later.
In the long run, great hands beat lesser hands.

Wow buddy im impressed and congrats on your silver, seems your strategy confused the hell out of em. Steve.

[Mr_Slick]

Originally Posted by MRCOOL1

All my advice would be contained in that previous statement.

I get your drift m8 thanx a bundle. Steve.

[daddyspoon]

iv found the perfect way of dealing with them. stop playing the op tourneys and find a good sit and go

[Tb1rd]

Or hit them with objects, Bingo me once get hit by a spoon, bingo me twice ... and well I daren't even say

[rad6]

I was at that table also and heard his snide remark when asked to post and fold. I have learnt to just fold to them or u take your chances at a bingo hand. Even if you hold an AK this does not warrant an all in only means you have a higher percentage of winning. More and more are coming onto the medal tables and as irritating as it is to me, posted a thread myself, it's either not play or wait it out. Have more fun on the sng's unfortuately not many players sit at them.

[sa11y69]

Originally Posted by LfcFan

As for the people who sit out for ages. If you play well before they start playing then you can build enough of a stack that they cant bother you later.
In the long run, great hands beat lesser hands.

for the first time ever, i find myself disagreeing with you
i do well in tourneys, usually, so this isnt a moan, merely an observation. last night in the crown flip and I didnt get one hand. not one. luckily we had eachother to bounce off and so we could laugh about it. i went out eventually, WITHOUT HITTING ONE PAIR IN THE WHOLE GAME. not even after i'd folded, not one. its never happened before, almost but not quite. so in this situation, with someone going all in, how can i play well and build up my stack against the all inner? bluff? call his all in knowing i have nothing? tell me how i can play well and build up my stack when this happens...coz it duz happen...

edit:
i have also noticed, that most of the people who have posted on here are original OP66ers, people who joined a small site consisting of solid poker players, or those who wanted to become solid poker players. we now play at a free-for-all-bingo site, jeeez, some people here dont even play poker, they just come to use the chatroom the standard of this place has dropped so much from what it used to be, sorry if you are a new comer reading this, but it has. OP66 was a fantastic place to play poker, to learn poker, to love poker...now its just a habitual place to visit, this place isnt a patch on the place i joined, i actually hate my addiction and wish the lord would break my lappie, coz i dont like it here anymore, in fact, i've spent the last week looking for another place to play...and thats drastic measures if you ask me...i just dont enjoy these games anymore...wow, this has turned into a moan hasnt it? prime example of how this place that i once loved has changed my opinion of poker anyways, thats my tuppenceworth