Card Courtesy

[DKpirate]

I'm going to have a hard time explaining what my complaint is, but bare with me...

Two mornings ago, I had been playing poker in Tortuga for a quite a while. I was doing okay, and was winning more often than losing.

Another player sits down at the table. No big deal. I get dealt decent cards, and on the flop, I have a pretty decent hand of two pairs. So, I do a raise. The two computer players match, and so does the other player. The other player would do a series of raises.

Once all the cards are laid out, I do a small raise, which the first computer player matches, the other player matches and raises, and then the other computer player matches. I call, so does the other computer player and then the other player raises again. This started a cycle where it became obvious the player had nothing but junk but was attempting to bluff us all out of the game by raising to ridiculous extremes. Nobody fell for it.

Thing is, I had a decent hand. So, I stuck with it. Once the player apparently ran out of money, everyone showed their cards. As suspected, the other player had zilch. Not even a pair of twos. I had two pairs (Jacks and tens), but I lost to a computer player that had two pairs (Queens high). I lost more than I would have had the other player not been in the game running up the pot with her ridiculous bets. Granted, I could have folded at any time, but I had what was a pretty good hand.

My point is...if you sit down at a table with other players, it'll quicly be apparent if you have nothing and are simply trying to bluff your way to the pot. It won't work. Have some courtesy for the other players that have legitimate hands that they are playing against the computer.