The Preflop Police

It's funny how often I run into these guys. It's the one thing about poker that does get under my skin.

It just makes absolutely no sense to me to berate bad players? To me it shows a much greater fundamental misunderstanding of the game than the poor play from a donkey.



Hand #1
Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/10/31 0:29:26 ET
Table 'Mars II' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: vanderpalu ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 2: fudu212 ($26 in chips)
Seat 3: _973.LIO_ ($29 in chips)
Seat 4: hombs ($34.05 in chips)
Seat 5: shawnjohn123 ($9.10 in chips)
Seat 6: TrejosBarris ($28.35 in chips)
Seat 7: serious piff ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 8: KevinX87 ($33.10 in chips)
Seat 9: deacon_bluez ($49.50 in chips)
deacon_bluez: posts small blind $0.25
vanderpalu: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
fudu212: raises $1 to $1.50
_973.LIO_: folds
hombs: folds
shawnjohn123: calls $1.50
TrejosBarris: folds
serious piff: folds
KevinX87: folds
deacon_bluez: folds
vanderpalu: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [8h 9s 7c]
vanderpalu: checks
fudu212: bets $1.50
shawnjohn123: raises $6.10 to $7.60 and is all-in
vanderpalu: folds
fudu212: calls $6.10
*** TURN *** [8h 9s 7c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 9s 7c 7d] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fudu212: shows [Jc Js] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
shawnjohn123: shows [Jh 6d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
fudu212 collected $9.50 from pot
shawnjohn123 collected $9.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.95 | Rake $0.95
Board [8h 9s 7c 7d Tc]
Seat 1: vanderpalu (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: fudu212 showed [Jc Js] and won ($9.50) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 3: _973.LIO_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: hombs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: shawnjohn123 showed [Jh 6d] and won ($9.50) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 6: TrejosBarris folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: serious piff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: KevinX87 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: deacon_bluez (small blind) folded before Flop

udu212 said, "that ****ing river card saved your sorry *** again"

fudu212 said, "god, you play terrible"

shawnjohn123 said, "yes"

shawnjohn123 said, "sorry"

fudu212 said, "how do you call my raise with that hand especially"

shawnjohn123 said, "open ended"


Hand #2
Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/10/31 0:32:36 ET
Table 'Mars II' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: vanderpalu ($6.50 in chips)
Seat 2: fudu212 ($26.85 in chips)
Seat 3: _973.LIO_ ($28.50 in chips)
Seat 5: shawnjohn123 ($7 in chips)
Seat 6: TrejosBarris ($21.35 in chips)
Seat 7: serious piff ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 8: KevinX87 ($45.85 in chips)
Seat 9: deacon_bluez ($49.25 in chips)
_973.LIO_: posts small blind $0.25
hombs: is sitting out
shawnjohn123: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
hombs leaves the table
TrejosBarris: calls $0.50
fudu212 said, "im talking about befor the flop"
serious piff: calls $0.50
KevinX87: folds
deacon_bluez: folds
vanderpalu: folds
fudu212: raises $1 to $1.50
shawnjohn123 said, "mad"
_973.LIO_: calls $1.25
df80wd40 joins the table at seat #4
shawnjohn123: calls $1
TrejosBarris: calls $1
serious piff said, "uh oh"
serious piff: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [3s Jd 9s]
_973.LIO_: checks
shawnjohn123: bets $1.50
TrejosBarris: folds
serious piff: calls $1.50
fudu212: raises $2 to $3.50
_973.LIO_: folds
shawnjohn123: calls $2
serious piff: folds
*** TURN *** [3s Jd 9s] [2h]
shawnjohn123: bets $2 and is all-in
fudu212: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [3s Jd 9s 2h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
shawnjohn123: shows [Qh 9d] (a pair of Nines)
fudu212: shows [As Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
fudu212 collected $19.05 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20 | Rake $0.95
Board [3s Jd 9s 2h 8d]
Seat 1: vanderpalu folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: fudu212 (button) showed [As Jh] and won ($19.05) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: _973.LIO_ (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: shawnjohn123 (big blind) showed [Qh 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: TrejosBarris folded on the Flop
Seat 7: serious piff folded on the Flop
Seat 8: KevinX87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: deacon_bluez folded before Flop (didn't bet)