have you ever played poker and the guy at the table was a jerk. this is funny to me because the jerk they all say is me. I do not understand why people get aggravated with me till i understood the other day. Let's start off by saying i am not rude to people but for some reason they

just want to take my chips all the time. The reason is i see some of the play and i go wow that really happened. IE someone playing ace 3 and the flop king queen 6 the turn 8 and the river ace. The whole way through the hand a player is betting and the player calls on the river catches and ace but other player has ace king so the player ace 3 loses. Then i say wow why would a player chase the whole way there with nothing but ace high. Of course the players husband is sitting next to me and tries to reason saying o ace high was good till the river and my wife plays great poker. I sigh and laugh to myself. Now the stakes which we are playing is minimal we are playing a 5 dollar tournament so not the biggest and brightest stars there. But non the less a good game and some of these smaller games help you play your best. You take someones last 5 dollars and see how they fight for it. Well back to emotions part i later play this guy and he thinks i am bluffing like everyone else now a days. I have pocket queens and the board is all low. I know this guy is steaming because i was laughing at his wife's play. I go all in and wouldn't you know it he calls with jack t and the board is 8 2 5 so i wasn't scared. I won the hand and the player said you are a jerk you don't know how to play and you bully everyone and there is no way you can have a hand every time. I politely say you are right i got lucky i had a hand that time lol in my mind. This player was on tilt and playing on emotion that all he wanted to do is bust me in a game or one hand of poker to say see you are not the best you cant have a hand. Well the tournament was winner take all and lucky i had hands hold up so i won 40 dollars. Now we start another tournament and there are only 5 players this time. The same two who were mad at me before and a couple of newbies. I play my normal game and the husband raise pre flop i call the flop is 5 7 6 with 2 clubs. I have jack 8 of clubs. I immediately go all in on the flop and the player folds ace king and asks what i have i show and he proceeds to tell me how bad i play and i let him let it out. I agree and the player is steaming mad because i will not yell back he has his right to his opinion i say. The very next hand i wake up with pocket kings. I look over his wife is the big blind and she was going to slide her cards in the muck but the dealer stopped her and said no your the big blind so i see the weakness and know they are emotional players so i go all in the wife says f u and calls and the husband actually has pocket 5s so he calls as well. She shows 2 9 off suit. I put them on such emotional tile that she said f it and play a 2 9 off lol. Well i won that tournament too and won 25 dollars so not a bad night for me. The moral of the story is emotions kill in poker. You can show one bluff to the people and they think you have done them wrong so the next time they will call on emotion no matter what the have. Make sure when you play them again you have a monster and they will never lay their hand down. No matter how good or bad you play keep your emotions in check. Do not go on tilt just because someone out played you in a hand. There are many of hands in a game of poker keep them in check and play good.

may you have big pots,
diesel@learnpokerfromthejoes.com