lyle246
Branson/Minneapolis
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Game Desire Mobile -- Rip off
I just went on a mobile device for the first time here. WHAT A RIP OFF. It immediately started with the "Smart Stakes" option turned on, which put me in a 10K/20K table. Before I could get my bearings it cost me 20K chips, and I still didn't know exactly how to navigate the betting. It SHOULD start people either on a tutorial, or on a 5/10 (NOT 5K/10K) table. I am pretty pissed.
More on betting big "pre-flop" - the Dusty Springfield strategy/
Thanks for all the comments. Some were quite interesting.
Betting really big or going all in every time is what I call the Dusty Springfield strategy. As she said in her hit song, those players are just "Wishin' and Hopin'"
That said, I still stand by my statement: Players who be big (more than 20 times the big blind) EVERYTIME, really don't appreciate the game. I still believe that people who do that simply want the same type of thrill as people who play keno or bingo. They only love the luck factor and big wins, and that is NOT poker. Those people are childish and churlish in their behavior. (Notice I did NOT call them childish and churlish -- just their behavior)
Yes, I know there are different strategies when playing tournaments - I am NOT addressing tournaments here...just table play. I also understand there are different betting strategies, but "going all in all the time" is NOT a betting strategy. It is simply leaving things to random luck.
Betting big pre-flop CAN be part of a betting strategy, but "all in" or 20 times the big blind EVERYTIME is not. Unless one's strategy is just to "roll the dice and hope" -- and THAT is no strategy.
People who bet big before the flop
I have noticed that there are more and more people who bet big amounts prior to the flop - and they do it hand after hand after hand. I don't understand them at all. They obviously don't like to actually play POKER, but must just enjoy "spinning the wheel of fortune" and seeing what it lands on. There are other games that could "feed that need". Why don't they go play those games of pure chance and leave the poker tables to players who understand (perhaps) the game, want to learn/sharpen their skills, and enjoy (definitely) playing it? Why ruin the game for the other players? Those players are childish and churlish.
