“F&%*ing UB!†If people aren’t blaming the site they’re playing on, they’re blaming another player. What would be so bad about looking to the way YOU played the hand to see if YOU did something wrong?
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In one of my graduate classes we learned some of the attributes of a critical thinker. One of these attributes was open-mindedness. I see it at almost every table I’m at - someone will say something like, how can you play that hand, or how can you call that? Being open-minded would allow a person like this to realize that it might not be all the other player’s fault - he/she might have something to do with it as well.
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Let’s take an example.
Let’s say you’re dealt QQ in middle position and you raise to 3X the BB. The BB calls. The flop comes 10 8 3. You bet out about half the pot, and the BB calls. Turn is a J. You decide that the BB might now have a solid hand, so you check as well. The river card is another 8. The BB bets, you call, and the BB flips 8 K for trips. You decide to berate this player, wondering how he calls a bet like that preflop and postflop. Maybe now would be a good time to step back and realize you gave this person a free card on the turn. Had you not done that, especially with another overcard to that person’s 8, he/she might’ve gone away.
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If you must get mad, get mad at yourself, and learn from it. Nothing good ever comes out of berating another player; it just gives that player more satisfaction when he/she knocks you out of the tournament.
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