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What Bothers Linda Johnson at the Poker Table

By Linda Johnson - Dec 28th, 2008

I’ve been playing poker for more than 30 years in legal card rooms and have seen many actions that annoy me at the poker table. Here’s a partial list of them: 1. I detest "over-celebration" at the table and think there is no place for it in poker. It’s absolutely ludicrous to jump up and down, scream, and yell when you win a pot, especially if you’ve just sucked out on someone. Remember, when you’ve just won a big pot, someone else has just lost a big pot. Why can’t we behave like ladies and gentlemen? 2.  Why do so many people think that online poker is rigged? I’ve seen such huge numbers of bad beats at World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker final tables and don’t believe that the beats could be any worse or more frequent online. 3.  One of my pet peeves is when a player asks to see other players’ cards. Although it is legal to do so in most card rooms, it isn’t necessary ethical and is very poor etiquette. Recently in a tournament, one of my opponents asked to see everyone’s cards in the first three called pots of the event. I objected to this ...

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4 Comments

Gerry Klawitter   December 29th, 2008 at 4:11 am

Great list.
One addition I can think of is educators at the table.

orville zoeller   December 30th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

could not agree more with you. PET peeve-people who dont know how to win or lose with a little class

Joey Jo Jo Shabado   December 30th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Your list is 100% on the money.Over-celebration at the tables is my biggest pet peeve.There is a old saying that is related to sports and life.
ACT LIKE YOU BEEN THERE BEFORE. Bad Beats are going to happen to everybody,how you act is a reflection on you as a person!!!!!!!!!!!

chad m   January 4th, 2009 at 1:20 am

there wouldnt be so many bad beats if people knew how to play correctly, there are so many people out there that think they can play from watching ESPN, it takes away the integrity of the game, i’m willing to bet that only 5 to 10 percent of people have a real poker education. and joey u are correct that how u act is a reflection, so when that person plays bad and doles out a bad beat, that is reflecting how stupid and ignorant that person is, so we have every right to berate a player.

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