It may sound obvious to some that playing any game with other people requires some basic sense of decency and poise. Well-designed software will usually bear the brunt of your aggression and impatience with saintly resignation and if your purpose for playing poker is to get rid of pent up emotion or to redirect frustration you had better stick to customized bot opponents. But it is surprising the amount of people who behave like bullies and hillbillies, sometimes in the belief that it is a manner of bluffing.
A lot about a person can be ascertained by his behavior, especially when involved with other players in a game of poker. The expert player comes off as focused and purposeful in his manner, even though he may be politely brisk. He is there for an honest, competitive game of quality poker. As for the student of the game, the more sincere, purposeful and focused he is, the better the chances that he is following the basic rules of etiquette.
A professional is known as one because of his demeanor as well as expertise in his field. He knows a pleasant atmosphere creates a winning one - for him. Experience has taught professional poker players that insulting the rookie not only endangers this pleasant environment but also cuts into their profits. The rookie can be a most profitable opponent.
When playing online with live opponents instead of bots, etiquette is just as important. The key factor in online games is to minimize chat. Sending and responding to messages can reveal much about yourself and your hand. The interpretation of messages flying about can also be very misleading. Messages may offer a major distraction to the game at hand. You may want to politely end all chatting for a time or for the entire round..
By incessantly chatting, you may be revealing your level of mastery (or lack thereof) to your opponents. This is not good for your game whatever your level may be. Being discreet is usually a good idea, but especially so in poker.
Always be polite but save the salacious stuff for the water cooler. You will be doing the table a favor. An online poker game is not a chat room and treating it as such wastes time and opportunity. Negative language will not achieve any goal. It will only pollute the atmosphere and you want to keep the atmosphere pure and neutral.
Attempting to anger your opponents into better play is a tactic that just doesn't work and may backfire by showing the table your actual level of ability. Believe it or not, blatant rudeness is officially taboo in most online poker rooms.
If you must type a message, avoid doing so in upper case. This comes across as shouting or expressing yourself in an intensely emotional vein, which has no place in a game of cards. This is the mark of an immature player and reveals much more about your true self than you intended. No matter what, be cool, and never let anyone see you sweat.
A lot about a person can be ascertained by his behavior, especially when involved with other players in a game of poker. The expert player comes off as focused and purposeful in his manner, even though he may be politely brisk. He is there for an honest, competitive game of quality poker. As for the student of the game, the more sincere, purposeful and focused he is, the better the chances that he is following the basic rules of etiquette.
A professional is known as one because of his demeanor as well as expertise in his field. He knows a pleasant atmosphere creates a winning one - for him. Experience has taught professional poker players that insulting the rookie not only endangers this pleasant environment but also cuts into their profits. The rookie can be a most profitable opponent.
When playing online with live opponents instead of bots, etiquette is just as important. The key factor in online games is to minimize chat. Sending and responding to messages can reveal much about yourself and your hand. The interpretation of messages flying about can also be very misleading. Messages may offer a major distraction to the game at hand. You may want to politely end all chatting for a time or for the entire round..
By incessantly chatting, you may be revealing your level of mastery (or lack thereof) to your opponents. This is not good for your game whatever your level may be. Being discreet is usually a good idea, but especially so in poker.
Always be polite but save the salacious stuff for the water cooler. You will be doing the table a favor. An online poker game is not a chat room and treating it as such wastes time and opportunity. Negative language will not achieve any goal. It will only pollute the atmosphere and you want to keep the atmosphere pure and neutral.
Attempting to anger your opponents into better play is a tactic that just doesn't work and may backfire by showing the table your actual level of ability. Believe it or not, blatant rudeness is officially taboo in most online poker rooms.
If you must type a message, avoid doing so in upper case. This comes across as shouting or expressing yourself in an intensely emotional vein, which has no place in a game of cards. This is the mark of an immature player and reveals much more about your true self than you intended. No matter what, be cool, and never let anyone see you sweat.
About the Author:
The author is a successful limit cash game player. He plays poker online and receives Victory Poker Rakeback as well as Power Rakeback.
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